BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Kawasaki BN125A6: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which BN125A6 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 73.0% average, from 671 DVSA tests.

2005
highest-passing year · 83.0%
2003
lowest-passing year · 65.4%
17.6pp
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: 2005 (83.0% of 53 tests). Lowest: 2003 (65.4% of 127). Years more than two points below the model average: 2003.

62%74%87%2003: 65.4% pass (127 tests)2005: 83.0% pass (53 tests)2006: 74.6% pass (410 tests)200320052006
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (73.0%)
2003 127 65.4% -7.6 pp
2005 53 83.0% +10.0 pp
2006 410 74.6% +1.6 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 · 2009–2021
53%69%85%2009: 76.6% pass (64 tests)2010: 70.0% pass (60 tests)2011: 76.3% pass (59 tests)2012: 80.0% pass (50 tests)2013: 58.1% pass (43 tests)2014: 67.3% pass (49 tests)2015: 65.9% pass (41 tests)2016: 70.0% pass (40 tests)2017: 75.8% pass (33 tests)2021: 73.3% pass (30 tests)20092021

Questions

Which BN125A6 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2003 registered examples pass first time less often than the Kawasaki BN125A6 overall (73.0%); the 2003 cohort is lowest at 65.4% from 127 tests.
Which BN125A6 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2005, at 83.0% of 53 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the BN125A6 pass rate vary by year?
17.6 percentage points between the highest (2005, 83.0%) and lowest (2003, 65.4%) 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.

Full report: Kawasaki BN125A6 reliability, failures and mileage · ranked #4498 of 5428 models· other Kawasaki models: ZX-6R, ZX-9R, ZZR600, ER5, ZZ-R1100, ZX