Kawasaki KL650-C5: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which KL650-C5 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 80.5% average, from 502 DVSA tests.

2001

highest-passing year · 84.6%

2000

lowest-passing year · 78.5%

6.1pp

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: 2001 (84.6% of 104 tests). Lowest: 2000 (78.5% of 289).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (80.5%)
1999	104	80.8%	+0.3 pp
2000	289	78.5%	-2.0 pp
2001	104	84.6%	+4.1 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 · 2006–2015

Questions

Which KL650-C5 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Kawasaki KL650-C5 falls more than two points under the model's 80.5% overall pass rate.
Which KL650-C5 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2001, at 84.6% of 104 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the KL650-C5 pass rate vary by year?: 6.1 percentage points between the highest (2001, 84.6%) and lowest (2000, 78.5%) 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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