Honda XR600R: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which XR600R years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 82.3% average, from 679 DVSA tests.

1998

highest-passing year · 84.9%

1997

lowest-passing year · 81.0%

3.9pp

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: 1998 (84.9% of 93 tests). Lowest: 1997 (81.0% of 84).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (82.3%)
1995	67	83.6%	+1.3 pp
1996	137	81.8%	-0.5 pp
1997	84	81.0%	-1.3 pp
1998	93	84.9%	+2.6 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 · 2006–2016

Questions

Which XR600R years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Honda XR600R falls more than two points under the model's 82.3% overall pass rate.
Which XR600R year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1998, at 84.9% of 93 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the XR600R pass rate vary by year?: 3.9 percentage points between the highest (1998, 84.9%) and lowest (1997, 81.0%) 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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