Honda VT 750 C2-7: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which VT 750 C2-7 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 89.5% average, from 1,347 DVSA tests.

2007

highest-passing year · 90.3%

2009

lowest-passing year · 87.5%

2.8pp

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: 2007 (90.3% of 673 tests). Lowest: 2009 (87.5% of 248).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (89.5%)
2007	673	90.3%	+0.8 pp
2008	381	88.2%	-1.3 pp
2009	248	87.5%	-2.0 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 · 2010–2025

Questions

Which VT 750 C2-7 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda VT 750 C2-7 falls more than two points under the model's 89.5% overall pass rate.
Which VT 750 C2-7 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2007, at 90.3% of 673 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the VT 750 C2-7 pass rate vary by year?: 2.8 percentage points between the highest (2007, 90.3%) and lowest (2009, 87.5%) 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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