Honda VTX: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which VTX years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 86.3% average, from 637 DVSA tests.

2006

highest-passing year · 89.9%

2004

lowest-passing year · 86.2%

3.7pp

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: 2006 (89.9% of 148 tests). Lowest: 2004 (86.2% of 145).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (86.3%)
2004	145	86.2%	-0.1 pp
2005	97	88.7%	+2.4 pp
2006	148	89.9%	+3.6 pp
2007	106	87.7%	+1.4 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 VTX years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda VTX falls more than two points under the model's 86.3% overall pass rate.
Which VTX year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2006, at 89.9% of 148 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2005, 2006.
How much does the VTX pass rate vary by year?: 3.7 percentage points between the highest (2006, 89.9%) and lowest (2004, 86.2%) 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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