Kawasaki GPX750R: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which GPX750R years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 74.3% average, from 3,219 DVSA tests.

1990

highest-passing year · 79.7%

1986

lowest-passing year · 66.7%

13.0pp

spread across 6 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: 1990 (79.7% of 202 tests). Lowest: 1986 (66.7% of 105). Years more than two points below the model average: 1986, 1988.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (74.3%)
1986	105	66.7%	-7.6 pp
1987	1,252	74.2%	-0.1 pp
1988	910	72.1%	-2.2 pp
1989	514	73.7%	-0.6 pp
1990	202	79.7%	+5.4 pp
1991	155	78.7%	+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 · 2005–2025

Questions

Which GPX750R years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 1986, 1988 registered examples pass first time less often than the Kawasaki GPX750R overall (74.3%); the 1986 cohort is lowest at 66.7% from 105 tests.
Which GPX750R year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1990, at 79.7% of 202 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 1990, 1991.
How much does the GPX750R pass rate vary by year?: 13.0 percentage points between the highest (1990, 79.7%) and lowest (1986, 66.7%) 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.

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