Kawasaki Kle 650 A7F: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Kle 650 A7F years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 83.8% average, from 4,527 DVSA tests.

2009

highest-passing year · 87.7%

2007

lowest-passing year · 83.7%

4.0pp

spread across 4 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: 2009 (87.7% of 73 tests). Lowest: 2007 (83.7% of 3,782).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (83.8%)
2006	410	83.9%	+0.1 pp
2007	3,782	83.7%	-0.1 pp
2008	239	83.7%	-0.1 pp
2009	73	87.7%	+3.9 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 · 2010–2025

Questions

Which Kle 650 A7F years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Kawasaki Kle 650 A7F falls more than two points under the model's 83.8% overall pass rate.
Which Kle 650 A7F year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2009, at 87.7% of 73 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Kle 650 A7F pass rate vary by year?: 4.0 percentage points between the highest (2009, 87.7%) and lowest (2007, 83.7%) 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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