Kawasaki ZR 1000 A6F: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which ZR 1000 A6F years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 82.2% average, from 2,898 DVSA tests.

2006

highest-passing year · 83.3%

2005

lowest-passing year · 78.1%

5.2pp

spread across 4 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: 2006 (83.3% of 2,169 tests). Lowest: 2005 (78.1% of 334). Years more than two points below the model average: 2005, 2007, 2008.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (82.2%)
2005	334	78.1%	-4.1 pp
2006	2,169	83.3%	+1.1 pp
2007	307	79.8%	-2.4 pp
2008	88	79.5%	-2.7 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 · 2009–2025

Questions

Which ZR 1000 A6F years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2005, 2007, 2008 registered examples pass first time less often than the Kawasaki ZR 1000 A6F overall (82.2%); the 2005 cohort is lowest at 78.1% from 334 tests.
Which ZR 1000 A6F year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2006, at 83.3% of 2,169 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the ZR 1000 A6F pass rate vary by year?: 5.2 percentage points between the highest (2006, 83.3%) and lowest (2005, 78.1%) 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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