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

Which VT 750 C2-Ba years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 88.8% average, from 904 DVSA tests.

2012

highest-passing year · 90.7%

2011

lowest-passing year · 88.4%

2.3pp

spread across 4 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: 2012 (90.7% of 97 tests). Lowest: 2011 (88.4% of 318).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (88.8%)
2010	420	88.8%	+0.0 pp
2011	318	88.4%	-0.4 pp
2012	97	90.7%	+1.9 pp
2013	69	88.4%	-0.4 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 · 2013–2025

Questions

Which VT 750 C2-Ba years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda VT 750 C2-Ba falls more than two points under the model's 88.8% overall pass rate.
Which VT 750 C2-Ba year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2012, at 90.7% of 97 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the VT 750 C2-Ba pass rate vary by year?: 2.3 percentage points between the highest (2012, 90.7%) and lowest (2011, 88.4%) 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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