Kawasaki ZRX1200: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which ZRX1200 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 84.1% average, from 787 DVSA tests.

2003

highest-passing year · 89.9%

2002

lowest-passing year · 74.3%

15.6pp

spread across 5 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: 2003 (89.9% of 189 tests). Lowest: 2002 (74.3% of 152). Years more than two points below the model average: 2002, 2004.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (84.1%)
2001	93	87.1%	+3.0 pp
2002	152	74.3%	-9.8 pp
2003	189	89.9%	+5.8 pp
2004	87	77.0%	-7.1 pp
2005	174	84.5%	+0.4 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 · 2007–2023

Questions

Which ZRX1200 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2002, 2004 registered examples pass first time less often than the Kawasaki ZRX1200 overall (84.1%); the 2002 cohort is lowest at 74.3% from 152 tests.
Which ZRX1200 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2003, at 89.9% of 189 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2001, 2003.
How much does the ZRX1200 pass rate vary by year?: 15.6 percentage points between the highest (2003, 89.9%) and lowest (2002, 74.3%) 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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