Honda VT 750 Sa: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which VT 750 Sa years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 92.4% average, from 1,607 DVSA tests.

2013

highest-passing year · 98.6%

2011

lowest-passing year · 90.5%

8.1pp

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: 2013 (98.6% of 69 tests). Lowest: 2011 (90.5% of 398).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (92.4%)
2010	756	93.7%	+1.3 pp
2011	398	90.5%	-1.9 pp
2012	384	90.9%	-1.5 pp
2013	69	98.6%	+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 · 2013–2025

Questions

Which VT 750 Sa years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda VT 750 Sa falls more than two points under the model's 92.4% overall pass rate.
Which VT 750 Sa year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2013, at 98.6% of 69 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the VT 750 Sa pass rate vary by year?: 8.1 percentage points between the highest (2013, 98.6%) and lowest (2011, 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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