Kawasaki ZR 900 BJF: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which ZR 900 BJF years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 90.4% average, from 1,517 DVSA tests.

2017

highest-passing year · 93.9%

2019

lowest-passing year · 89.1%

4.8pp

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: 2017 (93.9% of 66 tests). Lowest: 2019 (89.1% of 192).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (90.4%)
2017	66	93.9%	+3.5 pp
2018	1,259	90.4%	+0.0 pp
2019	192	89.1%	-1.3 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 · 2021–2025

Questions

Which ZR 900 BJF years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Kawasaki ZR 900 BJF falls more than two points under the model's 90.4% overall pass rate.
Which ZR 900 BJF year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2017, at 93.9% of 66 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the ZR 900 BJF pass rate vary by year?: 4.8 percentage points between the highest (2017, 93.9%) and lowest (2019, 89.1%) 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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