BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Kawasaki ZG 1400 A9F: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which ZG 1400 A9F years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 89.1% average, from 1,796 DVSA tests.

2010
highest-passing year · 89.7%
2011
lowest-passing year · 81.0%
8.7pp
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: 2010 (89.7% of 310 tests). Lowest: 2011 (81.0% of 79). Years more than two points below the model average: 2011.

79%85%91%2009: 89.5% pass (1,407 tests)2010: 89.7% pass (310 tests)2011: 81.0% pass (79 tests)200920102011
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (89.1%)
2009 1,407 89.5% +0.4 pp
2010 310 89.7% +0.6 pp
2011 79 81.0% -8.1 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 · 2012–2025
81%89%98%2012: 83.9% pass (124 tests)2013: 86.5% pass (156 tests)2014: 94.8% pass (155 tests)2015: 91.7% pass (157 tests)2016: 92.2% pass (154 tests)2017: 88.5% pass (156 tests)2018: 90.9% pass (121 tests)2019: 86.3% pass (124 tests)2020: 94.6% pass (93 tests)2021: 83.7% pass (123 tests)2022: 86.5% pass (133 tests)2023: 93.0% pass (115 tests)2024: 85.7% pass (91 tests)2025: 88.0% pass (92 tests)20122025

Questions

Which ZG 1400 A9F years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2011 registered examples pass first time less often than the Kawasaki ZG 1400 A9F overall (89.1%); the 2011 cohort is lowest at 81.0% from 79 tests.
Which ZG 1400 A9F year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2010, at 89.7% of 310 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the ZG 1400 A9F pass rate vary by year?
8.7 percentage points between the highest (2010, 89.7%) and lowest (2011, 81.0%) 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.

Full report: Kawasaki ZG 1400 A9F reliability, failures and mileage · ranked #1243 of 5428 models· other Kawasaki models: ZX-6R, ZX-9R, ZZR600, ER5, ZZ-R1100, ZX