Kawasaki Ex 650 C9F: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Ex 650 C9F years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 85.6% average, from 3,438 DVSA tests.

2010

highest-passing year · 87.4%

2009

lowest-passing year · 84.7%

2.7pp

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 (87.4% of 1,090 tests). Lowest: 2009 (84.7% of 2,249).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (85.6%)
2009	2,249	84.7%	-0.9 pp
2010	1,090	87.4%	+1.8 pp
2011	99	86.9%	+1.3 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

Questions

Which Ex 650 C9F years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Kawasaki Ex 650 C9F falls more than two points under the model's 85.6% overall pass rate.
Which Ex 650 C9F year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2010, at 87.4% of 1,090 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Ex 650 C9F pass rate vary by year?: 2.7 percentage points between the highest (2010, 87.4%) and lowest (2009, 84.7%) 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 650 C9F reliability, failures and mileage · ranked #2333 of 5428 models· other Kawasaki models: ZX-6R, ZX-9R, ZZR600, ER5, ZZ-R1100, ZX