Kawasaki KLZ: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which KLZ years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 88.5% average, from 5,492 DVSA tests.

2013

highest-passing year · 91.5%

2016

lowest-passing year · 87.4%

4.1pp

spread across 5 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: 2013 (91.5% of 176 tests). Lowest: 2016 (87.4% of 1,693).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (88.5%)
2013	176	91.5%	+3.0 pp
2014	1,011	90.2%	+1.7 pp
2015	2,160	88.5%	+0.0 pp
2016	1,693	87.4%	-1.1 pp
2017	377	88.9%	+0.4 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 · 2017–2025

Questions

Which KLZ years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Kawasaki KLZ falls more than two points under the model's 88.5% overall pass rate.
Which KLZ year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2013, at 91.5% of 176 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the KLZ pass rate vary by year?: 4.1 percentage points between the highest (2013, 91.5%) and lowest (2016, 87.4%) 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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