Kawasaki ZR 750 L9F: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which ZR 750 L9F years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 82.4% average, from 1,803 DVSA tests.

2008

highest-passing year · 87.5%

2009

lowest-passing year · 81.5%

6.0pp

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 (87.5% of 152 tests). Lowest: 2009 (81.5% of 1,335).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (82.4%)
2008	152	87.5%	+5.1 pp
2009	1,335	81.5%	-0.9 pp
2010	306	83.3%	+0.9 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 · 2012–2025

Questions

Which ZR 750 L9F years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Kawasaki ZR 750 L9F falls more than two points under the model's 82.4% overall pass rate.
Which ZR 750 L9F year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2008, at 87.5% of 152 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the ZR 750 L9F pass rate vary by year?: 6.0 percentage points between the highest (2008, 87.5%) and lowest (2009, 81.5%) 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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