Kawasaki ZG 1400 CBF: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which ZG 1400 CBF years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 91.3% average, from 1,406 DVSA tests.

2011

highest-passing year · 91.4%

2012

lowest-passing year · 90.7%

0.7pp

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: 2011 (91.4% of 828 tests). Lowest: 2012 (90.7% of 388).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (91.3%)
2011	828	91.4%	+0.1 pp
2012	388	90.7%	-0.6 pp
2013	182	91.2%	-0.1 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 · 2014–2025

Questions

Which ZG 1400 CBF years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Kawasaki ZG 1400 CBF falls more than two points under the model's 91.3% overall pass rate.
Which ZG 1400 CBF year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2011, at 91.4% of 828 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the ZG 1400 CBF pass rate vary by year?: 0.7 percentage points between the highest (2011, 91.4%) and lowest (2012, 90.7%) 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.

Full report: Kawasaki ZG 1400 CBF reliability, failures and mileage · ranked #619 of 5428 models· other Kawasaki models: ZX-6R, ZX-9R, ZZR600, ER5, ZZ-R1100, ZX