Kawasaki Kle 650 FKF: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Kle 650 FKF years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 92.2% average, from 933 DVSA tests.

2019

highest-passing year · 92.7%

2020

lowest-passing year · 90.3%

2.4pp

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: 2019 (92.7% of 673 tests). Lowest: 2020 (90.3% of 113).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (92.2%)
2018	145	91.0%	-1.2 pp
2019	673	92.7%	+0.5 pp
2020	113	90.3%	-1.9 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 · 2021–2025

Questions

Which Kle 650 FKF years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Kawasaki Kle 650 FKF falls more than two points under the model's 92.2% overall pass rate.
Which Kle 650 FKF year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2019, at 92.7% of 673 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Kle 650 FKF pass rate vary by year?: 2.4 percentage points between the highest (2019, 92.7%) and lowest (2020, 90.3%) 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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