Kawasaki EX500-D7: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which EX500-D7 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 78.7% average, from 3,960 DVSA tests.

2003

highest-passing year · 81.8%

2000

lowest-passing year · 76.9%

4.9pp

spread across 5 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: 2003 (81.8% of 121 tests). Lowest: 2000 (76.9% of 1,643).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (78.7%)
1999	117	78.6%	-0.1 pp
2000	1,643	76.9%	-1.8 pp
2001	1,411	79.9%	+1.2 pp
2002	667	79.9%	+1.2 pp
2003	121	81.8%	+3.1 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 · 2005–2025

Questions

Which EX500-D7 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Kawasaki EX500-D7 falls more than two points under the model's 78.7% overall pass rate.
Which EX500-D7 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2003, at 81.8% of 121 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the EX500-D7 pass rate vary by year?: 4.9 percentage points between the highest (2003, 81.8%) and lowest (2000, 76.9%) 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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