Kawasaki Ex 650 Kjfa KRT Edition: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Ex 650 Kjfa KRT Edition years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 89.4% average, from 988 DVSA tests.

2019

highest-passing year · 93.8%

2017

lowest-passing year · 88.5%

5.3pp

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 (93.8% of 112 tests). Lowest: 2017 (88.5% of 148).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (89.4%)
2017	148	88.5%	-0.9 pp
2018	725	88.8%	-0.6 pp
2019	112	93.8%	+4.4 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 · 2021–2025

Questions

Which Ex 650 Kjfa KRT Edition years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Kawasaki Ex 650 Kjfa KRT Edition falls more than two points under the model's 89.4% overall pass rate.
Which Ex 650 Kjfa KRT Edition year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2019, at 93.8% of 112 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Ex 650 Kjfa KRT Edition pass rate vary by year?: 5.3 percentage points between the highest (2019, 93.8%) and lowest (2017, 88.5%) 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.

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