BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Kawasaki ZX 600 Raf: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which ZX 600 Raf years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 84.6% average, from 1,703 DVSA tests.

2011
highest-passing year · 86.4%
2010
lowest-passing year · 83.2%
3.2pp
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: 2011 (86.4% of 689 tests). Lowest: 2010 (83.2% of 844).

82%85%87%2010: 83.2% pass (844 tests)2011: 86.4% pass (689 tests)2012: 84.4% pass (167 tests)201020112012
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (84.6%)
2010 844 83.2% -1.4 pp
2011 689 86.4% +1.8 pp
2012 167 84.4% -0.2 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 · 2013–2025
73%84%95%2013: 76.5% pass (98 tests)2014: 86.2% pass (174 tests)2015: 83.0% pass (200 tests)2016: 84.2% pass (183 tests)2017: 87.1% pass (163 tests)2018: 83.7% pass (123 tests)2019: 84.3% pass (115 tests)2020: 91.3% pass (92 tests)2021: 86.2% pass (130 tests)2022: 86.0% pass (129 tests)2023: 84.5% pass (116 tests)2024: 87.3% pass (79 tests)2025: 79.0% pass (100 tests)20132025

Questions

Which ZX 600 Raf years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
none: no registration year of the Kawasaki ZX 600 Raf falls more than two points under the model's 84.6% overall pass rate.
Which ZX 600 Raf year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2011, at 86.4% of 689 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the ZX 600 Raf pass rate vary by year?
3.2 percentage points between the highest (2011, 86.4%) and lowest (2010, 83.2%) 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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