Kawasaki Ex 650 Kkfa: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Ex 650 Kkfa years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 90.4% average, from 1,205 DVSA tests.

2020

highest-passing year · 92.7%

2019

lowest-passing year · 89.4%

3.3pp

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: 2020 (92.7% of 219 tests). Lowest: 2019 (89.4% of 861).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (90.4%)
2018	116	92.2%	+1.8 pp
2019	861	89.4%	-1.0 pp
2020	219	92.7%	+2.3 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 · 2022–2025

Questions

Which Ex 650 Kkfa years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Kawasaki Ex 650 Kkfa falls more than two points under the model's 90.4% overall pass rate.
Which Ex 650 Kkfa year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2020, at 92.7% of 219 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Ex 650 Kkfa pass rate vary by year?: 3.3 percentage points between the highest (2020, 92.7%) and lowest (2019, 89.4%) 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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