Kawasaki KLZ 1000 Acf: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which KLZ 1000 Acf years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 89.1% average, from 2,422 DVSA tests.

2011

highest-passing year · 90.9%

2012

lowest-passing year · 88.7%

2.2pp

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: 2011 (90.9% of 77 tests). Lowest: 2012 (88.7% of 1,402).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (89.1%)
2011	77	90.9%	+1.8 pp
2012	1,402	88.7%	-0.4 pp
2013	933	89.6%	+0.5 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 · 2015–2025

Questions

Which KLZ 1000 Acf years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Kawasaki KLZ 1000 Acf falls more than two points under the model's 89.1% overall pass rate.
Which KLZ 1000 Acf year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2011, at 90.9% of 77 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the KLZ 1000 Acf pass rate vary by year?: 2.2 percentage points between the highest (2011, 90.9%) and lowest (2012, 88.7%) 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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