Kawasaki Kle 650 B7F: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Kle 650 B7F years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 82.7% average, from 1,037 DVSA tests.

2006

highest-passing year · 96.6%

2007

lowest-passing year · 81.4%

15.2pp

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: 2006 (96.6% of 58 tests). Lowest: 2007 (81.4% of 886).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (82.7%)
2006	58	96.6%	+13.9 pp
2007	886	81.4%	-1.3 pp
2008	67	85.1%	+2.4 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 · 2010–2025

Questions

Which Kle 650 B7F years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Kawasaki Kle 650 B7F falls more than two points under the model's 82.7% overall pass rate.
Which Kle 650 B7F year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2006, at 96.6% of 58 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2006, 2008.
How much does the Kle 650 B7F pass rate vary by year?: 15.2 percentage points between the highest (2006, 96.6%) and lowest (2007, 81.4%) 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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