Honda Valkyrie: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Valkyrie years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 84.8% average, from 560 DVSA tests.

1999

highest-passing year · 96.0%

1997

lowest-passing year · 84.7%

11.3pp

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: 1999 (96.0% of 75 tests). Lowest: 1997 (84.7% of 111).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (84.8%)
1997	111	84.7%	-0.1 pp
1998	182	87.4%	+2.6 pp
1999	75	96.0%	+11.2 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 · 2011–2018

Questions

Which Valkyrie years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda Valkyrie falls more than two points under the model's 84.8% overall pass rate.
Which Valkyrie year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1999, at 96.0% of 75 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 1998, 1999.
How much does the Valkyrie pass rate vary by year?: 11.3 percentage points between the highest (1999, 96.0%) and lowest (1997, 84.7%) 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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