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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Kawasaki ZX-6R: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which ZX-6R years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 78.1% average, from 173,956 DVSA tests.

2012
highest-passing year · 88.6%
1994
lowest-passing year · 68.3%
20.3pp
spread across 20 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: 2012 (88.6% of 167 tests). Lowest: 1994 (68.3% of 60). Years more than two points below the model average: 1971, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998.

64%78%93%1971: 70.6% pass (85 tests)1994: 68.3% pass (60 tests)1995: 73.3% pass (3,144 tests)1996: 71.6% pass (5,782 tests)1997: 73.9% pass (12,134 tests)1998: 74.6% pass (20,905 tests)1999: 76.6% pass (22,811 tests)2000: 78.3% pass (24,044 tests)2001: 79.0% pass (20,963 tests)2002: 81.2% pass (20,419 tests)2003: 81.4% pass (18,215 tests)2004: 80.5% pass (8,441 tests)2005: 79.5% pass (6,107 tests)2006: 80.6% pass (3,672 tests)2007: 79.2% pass (2,438 tests)2008: 82.1% pass (1,703 tests)2009: 81.8% pass (1,613 tests)2010: 83.9% pass (793 tests)2011: 76.5% pass (268 tests)2012: 88.6% pass (167 tests)197120032012
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (78.1%)
1971 85 70.6% -7.5 pp
1994 60 68.3% -9.8 pp
1995 3,144 73.3% -4.8 pp
1996 5,782 71.6% -6.5 pp
1997 12,134 73.9% -4.2 pp
1998 20,905 74.6% -3.5 pp
1999 22,811 76.6% -1.5 pp
2000 24,044 78.3% +0.2 pp
2001 20,963 79.0% +0.9 pp
2002 20,419 81.2% +3.1 pp
2003 18,215 81.4% +3.3 pp
2004 8,441 80.5% +2.4 pp
2005 6,107 79.5% +1.4 pp
2006 3,672 80.6% +2.5 pp
2007 2,438 79.2% +1.1 pp
2008 1,703 82.1% +4.0 pp
2009 1,613 81.8% +3.7 pp
2010 793 83.9% +5.8 pp
2011 268 76.5% -1.6 pp
2012 167 88.6% +10.5 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 · 2005–2025
74%79%85%2005: 81.2% pass (1,883 tests)2006: 82.8% pass (13,088 tests)2007: 81.0% pass (13,079 tests)2008: 78.4% pass (12,970 tests)2009: 76.6% pass (12,824 tests)2010: 76.3% pass (12,209 tests)2011: 76.6% pass (11,923 tests)2012: 75.4% pass (11,047 tests)2013: 75.5% pass (10,553 tests)2014: 76.4% pass (9,993 tests)2015: 76.7% pass (9,385 tests)2016: 77.7% pass (8,583 tests)2017: 77.1% pass (7,854 tests)2018: 78.5% pass (5,666 tests)2019: 78.5% pass (5,401 tests)2020: 78.1% pass (4,333 tests)2021: 78.6% pass (5,702 tests)2022: 79.4% pass (5,310 tests)2023: 79.8% pass (4,921 tests)2024: 80.3% pass (3,581 tests)2025: 81.1% pass (3,651 tests)20052025

Questions

Which ZX-6R years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
1971, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 registered examples pass first time less often than the Kawasaki ZX-6R overall (78.1%); the 1994 cohort is lowest at 68.3% from 60 tests.
Which ZX-6R year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2012, at 88.6% of 167 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012.
How much does the ZX-6R pass rate vary by year?
20.3 percentage points between the highest (2012, 88.6%) and lowest (1994, 68.3%) 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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