Honda XR650R: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which XR650R years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 81.3% average, from 902 DVSA tests.

2002

highest-passing year · 85.6%

2000

lowest-passing year · 77.2%

8.4pp

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: 2002 (85.6% of 292 tests). Lowest: 2000 (77.2% of 202). Years more than two points below the model average: 2000, 2001.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (81.3%)
2000	202	77.2%	-4.1 pp
2001	189	78.8%	-2.5 pp
2002	292	85.6%	+4.3 pp
2003	116	82.8%	+1.5 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 · 2006–2023

Questions

Which XR650R years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2000, 2001 registered examples pass first time less often than the Honda XR650R overall (81.3%); the 2000 cohort is lowest at 77.2% from 202 tests.
Which XR650R year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2002, at 85.6% of 292 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the XR650R pass rate vary by year?: 8.4 percentage points between the highest (2002, 85.6%) and lowest (2000, 77.2%) 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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