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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Honda VFR750F: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which VFR750F years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 83.4% average, from 58,979 DVSA tests.

1997
highest-passing year · 86.6%
1971
lowest-passing year · 70.2%
16.4pp
spread across 15 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: 1997 (86.6% of 16,291 tests). Lowest: 1971 (70.2% of 57). Years more than two points below the model average: 1971, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1999.

67%78%90%1971: 70.2% pass (57 tests)1986: 76.0% pass (1,743 tests)1987: 79.6% pass (1,853 tests)1988: 79.1% pass (3,760 tests)1989: 81.0% pass (4,927 tests)1990: 81.6% pass (6,057 tests)1991: 83.4% pass (5,278 tests)1992: 81.0% pass (2,448 tests)1993: 81.8% pass (1,825 tests)1994: 83.9% pass (3,563 tests)1995: 84.6% pass (4,347 tests)1996: 85.1% pass (5,640 tests)1997: 86.6% pass (16,291 tests)1998: 86.3% pass (922 tests)1999: 77.2% pass (101 tests)197119921999
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (83.4%)
1971 57 70.2% -13.2 pp
1986 1,743 76.0% -7.4 pp
1987 1,853 79.6% -3.8 pp
1988 3,760 79.1% -4.3 pp
1989 4,927 81.0% -2.4 pp
1990 6,057 81.6% -1.8 pp
1991 5,278 83.4% +0.0 pp
1992 2,448 81.0% -2.4 pp
1993 1,825 81.8% -1.6 pp
1994 3,563 83.9% +0.5 pp
1995 4,347 84.6% +1.2 pp
1996 5,640 85.1% +1.7 pp
1997 16,291 86.6% +3.2 pp
1998 922 86.3% +2.9 pp
1999 101 77.2% -6.2 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 · 2005–2025
78%85%91%2005: 85.1% pass (920 tests)2006: 83.2% pass (5,053 tests)2007: 83.1% pass (4,658 tests)2008: 81.8% pass (4,363 tests)2009: 81.4% pass (4,230 tests)2010: 80.6% pass (4,000 tests)2011: 81.9% pass (3,885 tests)2012: 81.4% pass (3,585 tests)2013: 82.0% pass (3,405 tests)2014: 80.5% pass (3,203 tests)2015: 82.8% pass (2,970 tests)2016: 84.9% pass (2,775 tests)2017: 85.1% pass (2,608 tests)2018: 86.2% pass (1,866 tests)2019: 85.7% pass (1,848 tests)2020: 87.1% pass (1,506 tests)2021: 86.1% pass (1,956 tests)2022: 87.6% pass (1,873 tests)2023: 88.0% pass (1,710 tests)2024: 88.4% pass (1,254 tests)2025: 89.2% pass (1,311 tests)20052025

Questions

Which VFR750F years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
1971, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1999 registered examples pass first time less often than the Honda VFR750F overall (83.4%); the 1971 cohort is lowest at 70.2% from 57 tests.
Which VFR750F year has the highest MOT pass rate?
1997, at 86.6% of 16,291 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 1997, 1998.
How much does the VFR750F pass rate vary by year?
16.4 percentage points between the highest (1997, 86.6%) and lowest (1971, 70.2%) 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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