Kawasaki ZR 1000 Daf: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which ZR 1000 Daf years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 87.5% average, from 2,681 DVSA tests.

2012

highest-passing year · 91.4%

2010

lowest-passing year · 86.7%

4.7pp

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: 2012 (91.4% of 269 tests). Lowest: 2010 (86.7% of 1,537).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (87.5%)
2010	1,537	86.7%	-0.8 pp
2011	833	87.4%	-0.1 pp
2012	269	91.4%	+3.9 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 · 2013–2025

Questions

Which ZR 1000 Daf years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Kawasaki ZR 1000 Daf falls more than two points under the model's 87.5% overall pass rate.
Which ZR 1000 Daf year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2012, at 91.4% of 269 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the ZR 1000 Daf pass rate vary by year?: 4.7 percentage points between the highest (2012, 91.4%) and lowest (2010, 86.7%) 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.

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