Kawasaki ZR 750 J6F: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which ZR 750 J6F years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 81.4% average, from 2,522 DVSA tests.

2006

highest-passing year · 81.7%

2005

lowest-passing year · 79.8%

1.9pp

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: 2006 (81.7% of 2,073 tests). Lowest: 2005 (79.8% of 233).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (81.4%)
2005	233	79.8%	-1.6 pp
2006	2,073	81.7%	+0.3 pp
2007	202	80.2%	-1.2 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 750 J6F years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Kawasaki ZR 750 J6F falls more than two points under the model's 81.4% overall pass rate.
Which ZR 750 J6F year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2006, at 81.7% of 2,073 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the ZR 750 J6F pass rate vary by year?: 1.9 percentage points between the highest (2006, 81.7%) and lowest (2005, 79.8%) 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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