BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Kawasaki ZX 636 C6F: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which ZX 636 C6F years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 79.8% average, from 7,429 DVSA tests.

2005
highest-passing year · 81.0%
2007
lowest-passing year · 72.8%
8.2pp
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: 2005 (81.0% of 1,075 tests). Lowest: 2007 (72.8% of 114). Years more than two points below the model average: 2007.

71%77%83%2005: 81.0% pass (1,075 tests)2006: 79.7% pass (6,231 tests)2007: 72.8% pass (114 tests)200520062007
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (79.8%)
2005 1,075 81.0% +1.2 pp
2006 6,231 79.7% -0.1 pp
2007 114 72.8% -7.0 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 · 2008–2025
73%80%87%2008: 81.3% pass (48 tests)2009: 79.6% pass (722 tests)2010: 80.1% pass (684 tests)2011: 80.8% pass (650 tests)2012: 82.8% pass (588 tests)2013: 78.5% pass (587 tests)2014: 82.6% pass (546 tests)2015: 81.9% pass (508 tests)2016: 77.8% pass (487 tests)2017: 80.3% pass (427 tests)2018: 77.1% pass (314 tests)2019: 77.7% pass (300 tests)2020: 81.1% pass (249 tests)2021: 74.9% pass (315 tests)2022: 75.2% pass (303 tests)2023: 78.4% pass (291 tests)2024: 79.3% pass (203 tests)2025: 84.5% pass (207 tests)20082025

Questions

Which ZX 636 C6F years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2007 registered examples pass first time less often than the Kawasaki ZX 636 C6F overall (79.8%); the 2007 cohort is lowest at 72.8% from 114 tests.
Which ZX 636 C6F year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2005, at 81.0% of 1,075 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the ZX 636 C6F pass rate vary by year?
8.2 percentage points between the highest (2005, 81.0%) and lowest (2007, 72.8%) 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.

Full report: Kawasaki ZX 636 C6F reliability, failures and mileage · ranked #3628 of 5428 models· other Kawasaki models: ZX-6R, ZX-9R, ZZR600, ER5, ZZ-R1100, ZX