Kawasaki ZX 1400 A7F: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which ZX 1400 A7F years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 88.6% average, from 4,130 DVSA tests.

2007

highest-passing year · 88.8%

2008

lowest-passing year · 86.2%

2.6pp

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: 2007 (88.8% of 3,657 tests). Lowest: 2008 (86.2% of 188). Years more than two points below the model average: 2006, 2008.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (88.6%)
2006	274	86.5%	-2.1 pp
2007	3,657	88.8%	+0.2 pp
2008	188	86.2%	-2.4 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 · 2010–2025

Questions

Which ZX 1400 A7F years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 2006, 2008 registered examples pass first time less often than the Kawasaki ZX 1400 A7F overall (88.6%); the 2008 cohort is lowest at 86.2% from 188 tests.
Which ZX 1400 A7F year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2007, at 88.8% of 3,657 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the ZX 1400 A7F pass rate vary by year?: 2.6 percentage points between the highest (2007, 88.8%) and lowest (2008, 86.2%) 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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