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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Honda ST1100X: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which ST1100X years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 86.1% average, from 505 DVSA tests.

1998
highest-passing year · 91.7%
2002
lowest-passing year · 82.2%
9.5pp
spread across 4 years

Pass rate by registration year

first-time pass rate · cohorts with 50 or more tests · registration year from first use date

Highest pass rate: 1998 (91.7% of 109 tests). Lowest: 2002 (82.2% of 73). Years more than two points below the model average: 2002.

80%87%94%1998: 91.7% pass (109 tests)1999: 85.1% pass (161 tests)2001: 87.6% pass (113 tests)2002: 82.2% pass (73 tests)199820012002
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (86.1%)
1998 109 91.7% +5.6 pp
1999 161 85.1% -1.0 pp
2001 113 87.6% +1.5 pp
2002 73 82.2% -3.9 pp

Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years. A first-time MOT pass is a roadworthiness check, not a full mechanical inspection.

Pass rate over time

first-time pass rate by test year · 2006–2014
79%87%95%2006: 92.6% pass (68 tests)2007: 90.9% pass (55 tests)2008: 82.0% pass (50 tests)2009: 90.2% pass (41 tests)2010: 90.3% pass (31 tests)2014: 86.7% pass (30 tests)20062014

Questions

Which ST1100X years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2002 registered examples pass first time less often than the Honda ST1100X overall (86.1%); the 2002 cohort is lowest at 82.2% from 73 tests.
Which ST1100X year has the highest MOT pass rate?
1998, at 91.7% of 109 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the ST1100X pass rate vary by year?
9.5 percentage points between the highest (1998, 91.7%) and lowest (2002, 82.2%) cohorts with at least 50 tests. Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years.

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