Kawasaki LTD750: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which LTD750 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 79.1% average, from 584 DVSA tests.

1982

highest-passing year · 78.9%

1980

lowest-passing year · 77.8%

1.1pp

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: 1982 (78.9% of 114 tests). Lowest: 1980 (77.8% of 126).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (79.1%)
1980	126	77.8%	-1.3 pp
1981	248	78.6%	-0.5 pp
1982	114	78.9%	-0.2 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 · 2006–2017

Questions

Which LTD750 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Kawasaki LTD750 falls more than two points under the model's 79.1% overall pass rate.
Which LTD750 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1982, at 78.9% of 114 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the LTD750 pass rate vary by year?: 1.1 percentage points between the highest (1982, 78.9%) and lowest (1980, 77.8%) 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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