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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Honda VT750C: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which VT750C years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 86.8% average, from 9,552 DVSA tests.

2012
highest-passing year · 94.3%
1983
lowest-passing year · 65.6%
28.7pp
spread across 18 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 (94.3% of 87 tests). Lowest: 1983 (65.6% of 64). Years more than two points below the model average: 1983, 1984, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2003.

60%80%100%1983: 65.6% pass (64 tests)1984: 78.4% pass (51 tests)1997: 84.3% pass (1,414 tests)1998: 84.1% pass (963 tests)1999: 87.0% pass (1,245 tests)2000: 87.3% pass (644 tests)2001: 84.3% pass (400 tests)2002: 88.4% pass (173 tests)2003: 80.8% pass (182 tests)2004: 87.6% pass (525 tests)2005: 88.0% pass (926 tests)2006: 86.8% pass (657 tests)2007: 89.8% pass (548 tests)2008: 92.3% pass (532 tests)2009: 90.1% pass (456 tests)2010: 89.6% pass (346 tests)2011: 91.2% pass (181 tests)2012: 94.3% pass (87 tests)198320042012
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (86.8%)
1983 64 65.6% -21.2 pp
1984 51 78.4% -8.4 pp
1997 1,414 84.3% -2.5 pp
1998 963 84.1% -2.7 pp
1999 1,245 87.0% +0.2 pp
2000 644 87.3% +0.5 pp
2001 400 84.3% -2.5 pp
2002 173 88.4% +1.6 pp
2003 182 80.8% -6.0 pp
2004 525 87.6% +0.8 pp
2005 926 88.0% +1.2 pp
2006 657 86.8% +0.0 pp
2007 548 89.8% +3.0 pp
2008 532 92.3% +5.5 pp
2009 456 90.1% +3.3 pp
2010 346 89.6% +2.8 pp
2011 181 91.2% +4.4 pp
2012 87 94.3% +7.5 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 · 2005–2020
83%87%91%2005: 89.6% pass (67 tests)2006: 89.1% pass (470 tests)2007: 87.5% pass (480 tests)2008: 87.5% pass (575 tests)2009: 85.6% pass (612 tests)2010: 87.6% pass (643 tests)2011: 84.2% pass (673 tests)2012: 86.8% pass (674 tests)2013: 84.9% pass (723 tests)2014: 87.8% pass (757 tests)2015: 87.4% pass (764 tests)2016: 85.6% pass (744 tests)2017: 85.8% pass (702 tests)2018: 87.8% pass (557 tests)2019: 88.2% pass (557 tests)2020: 86.2% pass (484 tests)20052020

Questions

Which VT750C years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
1983, 1984, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2003 registered examples pass first time less often than the Honda VT750C overall (86.8%); the 1983 cohort is lowest at 65.6% from 64 tests.
Which VT750C year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2012, at 94.3% of 87 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012.
How much does the VT750C pass rate vary by year?
28.7 percentage points between the highest (2012, 94.3%) and lowest (1983, 65.6%) 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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