BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Honda VT750C2: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which VT750C2 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 87.4% average, from 907 DVSA tests.

2008
highest-passing year · 93.3%
2006
lowest-passing year · 84.9%
8.4pp
spread across 6 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: 2008 (93.3% of 89 tests). Lowest: 2006 (84.9% of 53). Years more than two points below the model average: 2006.

83%89%95%2006: 84.9% pass (53 tests)2007: 87.0% pass (177 tests)2008: 93.3% pass (89 tests)2009: 90.5% pass (105 tests)2010: 90.6% pass (138 tests)2011: 90.9% pass (55 tests)200620092011
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (87.4%)
2006 53 84.9% -2.5 pp
2007 177 87.0% -0.4 pp
2008 89 93.3% +5.9 pp
2009 105 90.5% +3.1 pp
2010 138 90.6% +3.2 pp
2011 55 90.9% +3.5 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 · 2010–2020
76%86%97%2010: 87.2% pass (39 tests)2011: 83.7% pass (49 tests)2012: 86.2% pass (58 tests)2013: 89.2% pass (83 tests)2014: 93.2% pass (88 tests)2015: 81.4% pass (102 tests)2016: 90.0% pass (90 tests)2017: 93.0% pass (86 tests)2018: 88.1% pass (67 tests)2019: 86.5% pass (74 tests)2020: 79.7% pass (64 tests)20102020

Questions

Which VT750C2 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2006 registered examples pass first time less often than the Honda VT750C2 overall (87.4%); the 2006 cohort is lowest at 84.9% from 53 tests.
Which VT750C2 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2008, at 93.3% of 89 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011.
How much does the VT750C2 pass rate vary by year?
8.4 percentage points between the highest (2008, 93.3%) and lowest (2006, 84.9%) 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.

Full report: Honda VT750C2 reliability, failures and mileage · ranked #1787 of 5428 models· other Honda models: CBR600F, CBR900RR, CBR1100XX, CB500, C90, VFR800 Fi