Kawasaki ZR 1200 A6F: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which ZR 1200 A6F years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 91.2% average, from 1,910 DVSA tests.

2008

highest-passing year · 93.3%

2007

lowest-passing year · 90.2%

3.1pp

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: 2008 (93.3% of 312 tests). Lowest: 2007 (90.2% of 768).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (91.2%)
2006	824	91.4%	+0.2 pp
2007	768	90.2%	-1.0 pp
2008	312	93.3%	+2.1 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 · 2009–2025

Questions

Which ZR 1200 A6F years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Kawasaki ZR 1200 A6F falls more than two points under the model's 91.2% overall pass rate.
Which ZR 1200 A6F year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2008, at 93.3% of 312 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the ZR 1200 A6F pass rate vary by year?: 3.1 percentage points between the highest (2008, 93.3%) and lowest (2007, 90.2%) 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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