BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Kawasaki Er 650 C9F: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Er 650 C9F years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 84.3% average, from 2,302 DVSA tests.

2009
highest-passing year · 84.8%
2011
lowest-passing year · 78.4%
6.4pp
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: 2009 (84.8% of 1,728 tests). Lowest: 2011 (78.4% of 74). Years more than two points below the model average: 2011.

77%82%86%2009: 84.8% pass (1,728 tests)2010: 83.4% pass (489 tests)2011: 78.4% pass (74 tests)200920102011
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (84.3%)
2009 1,728 84.8% +0.5 pp
2010 489 83.4% -0.9 pp
2011 74 78.4% -5.9 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 · 2012–2025
78%84%90%2012: 86.4% pass (177 tests)2013: 86.1% pass (245 tests)2014: 85.2% pass (244 tests)2015: 84.3% pass (230 tests)2016: 83.1% pass (219 tests)2017: 85.7% pass (210 tests)2018: 82.1% pass (145 tests)2019: 82.2% pass (135 tests)2020: 82.9% pass (117 tests)2021: 83.2% pass (137 tests)2022: 80.0% pass (140 tests)2023: 84.0% pass (119 tests)2024: 85.4% pass (89 tests)2025: 88.2% pass (93 tests)20122025

Questions

Which Er 650 C9F years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2011 registered examples pass first time less often than the Kawasaki Er 650 C9F overall (84.3%); the 2011 cohort is lowest at 78.4% from 74 tests.
Which Er 650 C9F year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2009, at 84.8% of 1,728 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Er 650 C9F pass rate vary by year?
6.4 percentage points between the highest (2009, 84.8%) and lowest (2011, 78.4%) 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 Er 650 C9F reliability, failures and mileage · ranked #2659 of 5428 models· other Kawasaki models: ZX-6R, ZX-9R, ZZR600, ER5, ZZ-R1100, ZX