BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Kawasaki Ex 250 K9F: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Ex 250 K9F years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 76.6% average, from 2,342 DVSA tests.

2010
highest-passing year · 81.2%
2008
lowest-passing year · 75.0%
6.2pp
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: 2010 (81.2% of 277 tests). Lowest: 2008 (75.0% of 513).

74%78%82%2008: 75.0% pass (513 tests)2009: 76.2% pass (1,495 tests)2010: 81.2% pass (277 tests)200820092010
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (76.6%)
2008 513 75.0% -1.6 pp
2009 1,495 76.2% -0.4 pp
2010 277 81.2% +4.6 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 · 2011–2025
65%74%83%2011: 76.4% pass (55 tests)2012: 76.7% pass (236 tests)2013: 78.9% pass (247 tests)2014: 78.2% pass (239 tests)2015: 79.0% pass (238 tests)2016: 77.3% pass (216 tests)2017: 79.1% pass (196 tests)2018: 68.1% pass (138 tests)2019: 74.6% pass (138 tests)2020: 75.2% pass (113 tests)2021: 73.9% pass (138 tests)2022: 71.9% pass (121 tests)2023: 80.2% pass (116 tests)2024: 78.3% pass (69 tests)2025: 74.1% pass (81 tests)20112025

Questions

Which Ex 250 K9F years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
none: no registration year of the Kawasaki Ex 250 K9F falls more than two points under the model's 76.6% overall pass rate.
Which Ex 250 K9F year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2010, at 81.2% of 277 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Ex 250 K9F pass rate vary by year?
6.2 percentage points between the highest (2010, 81.2%) and lowest (2008, 75.0%) 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 Ex 250 K9F reliability, failures and mileage · ranked #4109 of 5428 models· other Kawasaki models: ZX-6R, ZX-9R, ZZR600, ER5, ZZ-R1100, ZX