Kawasaki BN125A1: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which BN125A1 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 69.1% average, from 988 DVSA tests.

2000

highest-passing year · 74.6%

1998

lowest-passing year · 68.8%

5.8pp

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: 2000 (74.6% of 63 tests). Lowest: 1998 (68.8% of 510).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (69.1%)
1998	510	68.8%	-0.3 pp
1999	294	70.4%	+1.3 pp
2000	63	74.6%	+5.5 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 · 2006–2017

Questions

Which BN125A1 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Kawasaki BN125A1 falls more than two points under the model's 69.1% overall pass rate.
Which BN125A1 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2000, at 74.6% of 63 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the BN125A1 pass rate vary by year?: 5.8 percentage points between the highest (2000, 74.6%) and lowest (1998, 68.8%) 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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