Kawasaki ZR-7S: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which ZR-7S years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 83.7% average, from 3,879 DVSA tests.

2005

highest-passing year · 88.8%

2001

lowest-passing year · 82.1%

6.7pp

spread across 6 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: 2005 (88.8% of 241 tests). Lowest: 2001 (82.1% of 708).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (83.7%)
2001	708	82.1%	-1.6 pp
2002	918	83.9%	+0.2 pp
2003	736	83.4%	-0.3 pp
2004	1,020	83.0%	-0.7 pp
2005	241	88.8%	+5.1 pp
2006	111	86.5%	+2.8 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 · 2006–2025

Questions

Which ZR-7S years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Kawasaki ZR-7S falls more than two points under the model's 83.7% overall pass rate.
Which ZR-7S year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2005, at 88.8% of 241 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2005, 2006.
How much does the ZR-7S pass rate vary by year?: 6.7 percentage points between the highest (2005, 88.8%) and lowest (2001, 82.1%) 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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