Kawasaki Er 650 HJF: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Er 650 HJF years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 89.4% average, from 1,692 DVSA tests.

2019

highest-passing year · 92.0%

2017

lowest-passing year · 87.4%

4.6pp

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: 2019 (92.0% of 174 tests). Lowest: 2017 (87.4% of 349).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (89.4%)
2017	349	87.4%	-2.0 pp
2018	1,164	89.6%	+0.2 pp
2019	174	92.0%	+2.6 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 · 2020–2025

Questions

Which Er 650 HJF years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Kawasaki Er 650 HJF falls more than two points under the model's 89.4% overall pass rate.
Which Er 650 HJF year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2019, at 92.0% of 174 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Er 650 HJF pass rate vary by year?: 4.6 percentage points between the highest (2019, 92.0%) and lowest (2017, 87.4%) 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.

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