BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Honda XRV750M: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which XRV750M years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 81.8% average, from 633 DVSA tests.

1992
highest-passing year · 81.5%
1993
lowest-passing year · 79.0%
2.5pp
spread across 3 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: 1992 (81.5% of 238 tests). Lowest: 1993 (79.0% of 81). Years more than two points below the model average: 1993.

78%80%82%1991: 79.9% pass (179 tests)1992: 81.5% pass (238 tests)1993: 79.0% pass (81 tests)199119921993
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (81.8%)
1991 179 79.9% -1.9 pp
1992 238 81.5% -0.3 pp
1993 81 79.0% -2.8 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 · 2006–2017
70%81%92%2006: 85.2% pass (54 tests)2007: 78.6% pass (56 tests)2008: 87.9% pass (58 tests)2009: 78.6% pass (56 tests)2010: 80.0% pass (50 tests)2011: 80.9% pass (47 tests)2012: 81.4% pass (43 tests)2013: 73.3% pass (45 tests)2014: 87.5% pass (40 tests)2015: 87.8% pass (41 tests)2016: 85.0% pass (40 tests)2017: 78.8% pass (33 tests)20062017

Questions

Which XRV750M years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
1993 registered examples pass first time less often than the Honda XRV750M overall (81.8%); the 1993 cohort is lowest at 79.0% from 81 tests.
Which XRV750M year has the highest MOT pass rate?
1992, at 81.5% of 238 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the XRV750M pass rate vary by year?
2.5 percentage points between the highest (1992, 81.5%) and lowest (1993, 79.0%) 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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