Kawasaki Ej 800 Abf: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Ej 800 Abf years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 92.9% average, from 1,638 DVSA tests.

2012

highest-passing year · 94.3%

2011

lowest-passing year · 92.5%

1.8pp

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: 2012 (94.3% of 316 tests). Lowest: 2011 (92.5% of 1,246).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (92.9%)
2011	1,246	92.5%	-0.4 pp
2012	316	94.3%	+1.4 pp
2013	76	93.4%	+0.5 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 · 2014–2025

Questions

Which Ej 800 Abf years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Kawasaki Ej 800 Abf falls more than two points under the model's 92.9% overall pass rate.
Which Ej 800 Abf year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2012, at 94.3% of 316 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Ej 800 Abf pass rate vary by year?: 1.8 percentage points between the highest (2012, 94.3%) and lowest (2011, 92.5%) 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 Ej 800 Abf reliability, failures and mileage · ranked #315 of 5428 models· other Kawasaki models: ZX-6R, ZX-9R, ZZR600, ER5, ZZ-R1100, ZX