Honda VT 125 C-4: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which VT 125 C-4 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 70.8% average, from 2,277 DVSA tests.

2006

highest-passing year · 76.5%

2004

lowest-passing year · 69.6%

6.9pp

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: 2006 (76.5% of 200 tests). Lowest: 2004 (69.6% of 938).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (70.8%)
2004	938	69.6%	-1.2 pp
2005	1,066	70.4%	-0.4 pp
2006	200	76.5%	+5.7 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 · 2007–2025

Questions

Which VT 125 C-4 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda VT 125 C-4 falls more than two points under the model's 70.8% overall pass rate.
Which VT 125 C-4 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2006, at 76.5% of 200 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the VT 125 C-4 pass rate vary by year?: 6.9 percentage points between the highest (2006, 76.5%) and lowest (2004, 69.6%) 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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