Honda VT 750 S-B: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which VT 750 S-B years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 90.9% average, from 917 DVSA tests.

2013

highest-passing year · 91.3%

2012

lowest-passing year · 90.5%

0.8pp

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: 2013 (91.3% of 80 tests). Lowest: 2012 (90.5% of 402).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (90.9%)
2011	424	91.0%	+0.1 pp
2012	402	90.5%	-0.4 pp
2013	80	91.3%	+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 · 2014–2025

Questions

Which VT 750 S-B years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda VT 750 S-B falls more than two points under the model's 90.9% overall pass rate.
Which VT 750 S-B year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2013, at 91.3% of 80 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the VT 750 S-B pass rate vary by year?: 0.8 percentage points between the highest (2013, 91.3%) and lowest (2012, 90.5%) 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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