Honda TLR200: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which TLR200 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 88.4% average, from 698 DVSA tests.

1984

highest-passing year · 91.8%

1983

lowest-passing year · 88.5%

3.3pp

spread across 3 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: 1984 (91.8% of 73 tests). Lowest: 1983 (88.5% of 295).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (88.4%)
1983	295	88.5%	+0.1 pp
1984	73	91.8%	+3.4 pp
1986	65	89.2%	+0.8 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 · 2007–2017

Questions

Which TLR200 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda TLR200 falls more than two points under the model's 88.4% overall pass rate.
Which TLR200 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1984, at 91.8% of 73 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the TLR200 pass rate vary by year?: 3.3 percentage points between the highest (1984, 91.8%) and lowest (1983, 88.5%) 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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