Kawasaki ZZ-R1200: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which ZZ-R1200 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 86.4% average, from 3,392 DVSA tests.

2004

highest-passing year · 88.6%

2005

lowest-passing year · 85.1%

3.5pp

spread across 4 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: 2004 (88.6% of 775 tests). Lowest: 2005 (85.1% of 235).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (86.4%)
2002	1,368	85.4%	-1.0 pp
2003	913	86.2%	-0.2 pp
2004	775	88.6%	+2.2 pp
2005	235	85.1%	-1.3 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 · 2006–2025

Questions

Which ZZ-R1200 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Kawasaki ZZ-R1200 falls more than two points under the model's 86.4% overall pass rate.
Which ZZ-R1200 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2004, at 88.6% of 775 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the ZZ-R1200 pass rate vary by year?: 3.5 percentage points between the highest (2004, 88.6%) and lowest (2005, 85.1%) 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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