Honda VF750S: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which VF750S years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 77.6% average, from 642 DVSA tests.

1982

highest-passing year · 79.8%

1984

lowest-passing year · 65.3%

14.5pp

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: 1982 (79.8% of 104 tests). Lowest: 1984 (65.3% of 98). Years more than two points below the model average: 1984.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (77.6%)
1982	104	79.8%	+2.2 pp
1983	251	78.9%	+1.3 pp
1984	98	65.3%	-12.3 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 · 2006–2017

Questions

Which VF750S years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 1984 registered examples pass first time less often than the Honda VF750S overall (77.6%); the 1984 cohort is lowest at 65.3% from 98 tests.
Which VF750S year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1982, at 79.8% of 104 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the VF750S pass rate vary by year?: 14.5 percentage points between the highest (1982, 79.8%) and lowest (1984, 65.3%) 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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