Kawasaki MOT pass rate

110,673 MOT tests in 2024. Overall pass rate: 87%

Kawasaki has a 87% MOT pass rate based on 110,673 real DVSA test records from 2024. That is 8.7 percentage points above the UK average of 78.3%. It ranks 23 out of 85 makes.

The strongest model is the Zr 900 Clfb at 98.2%, while the Zxr400 is lowest at 75.2%.

The single most common reason a Kawasaki fails its MOT is a shock absorber not functioning or leaking severely, which accounted for 1,203 failures.

Most common Kawasaki MOT failures

Reason	Count
a shock absorber not functioning or leaking severely	1,203
tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements	960
significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake	787
a direction indicator lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning	534
brake lining or pad worn below 1.0mm	526
reflector missing or reflecting white to the rear	522
stop lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning	489
a transmission belt, chain, sprocket or pulley excessively loose or worn	469
number plate does not conform to the specified requirements	454
a rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps	449

How Kawasaki compares

Kawasaki pass rate87%

UK average78.3%

Black line = UK average (78.3%). Based on 57.7 million MOT tests.

All Kawasaki models

Model	Tests	Pass rate	Avg mileage
Zx-6R	6,315	81.3%	27,440
Zx	6,088	90.4%	16,564
Zx-9R	3,712	83.8%	31,315
Unclassified	2,687	80.2%	24,000
Zr	2,108	87.3%	14,424
Ex	1,792	86.6%	15,057
Er6	1,677	84.3%	23,691
Er5	1,667	80.1%	28,627
Zzr600	1,576	83.8%	30,476
Er	1,281	85.7%	16,328
Zrx1100	1,260	89.1%	31,470
Zx-12R	1,258	88.8%	29,302
Z1000	1,172	87.3%	22,508
Vn800	1,146	86%	22,658
Zx-10R	1,129	88%	22,476
Zx-7R	1,128	84.3%	27,707
Zx 1000 Wjf	1,100	92.6%	13,308
Klz	986	89.4%	19,742
W650	897	87.3%	21,695
Zz-R1100	867	88.1%	34,940
Zx 1000 Wkf	857	93.9%	10,093
Vn	801	88.6%	15,058
Kle	769	88.4%	21,098
Zr 900 Cjfb	744	96.8%	7,172
Zx 1000 Whf	663	92.6%	13,528
Zx 1002 Bjf Sx Se	651	94.5%	11,940
Z750	617	83.8%	23,245
Er 650 Hkf	616	89.1%	10,992
Gpz500S	545	85.1%	24,389
En	543	90.8%	12,704
Zx 1002 Klf	541	95.4%	8,804
Zx 1002 Kmfan	529	95.5%	7,168
Vn1500	528	82%	26,148
Zr 900 Flf	508	93.9%	6,811
Zr 900 Bhf	501	89%	11,509
Zr-7	496	86.9%	27,450
Er 650 Hjf	490	90%	13,529
Er 650 Hhf	487	87.1%	14,999
Ex 650 Kkfa	477	91.6%	8,517
Gpz900R	468	87%	38,140
Zrx1200R	465	94.8%	26,094
Zxr400	455	75.2%	24,486
Br 125 Kkfa	443	77.7%	9,565
Zzr1400	437	89.7%	27,585
Bx 125 Akfa	429	76.2%	11,495
Zr 900 Ckfb	427	94.6%	6,445
Zr 900 Fmf Nn	427	92.3%	5,797
Zr 900 Kmfbb	422	94.5%	4,157
Zg	419	90.2%	25,170
Sc	403	83.9%	17,600
Zr 900 Ejf Cafe	394	93.9%	6,274
Zx 1002 Klfa	382	96.1%	9,840
Zx 1400 Daf Abs	374	90.1%	28,005
Zr 900 Bkf	373	89.3%	8,206
Zx 636 C6F	358	79.6%	24,087
Zx 1400 Fcf Abs	353	93.8%	23,199
Kmx125	350	78.3%	16,086
Vn900	348	86.5%	19,219
Klx	348	85.1%	8,083
Kle 650 Fkf	346	89.3%	10,571
Zx 600 P7F	343	84%	21,566
Kx	340	92.1%	649
Zr 900 Bjf	338	94.4%	9,147
Ex 650 Mlfa	336	90.8%	7,068
Vn1600	333	86.5%	24,330
Zephyr 750	329	82.1%	25,242
Klz 1000 Bhf	326	92.9%	17,448
Gt550	318	80.8%	36,459
Klz 1000 Dkf Se	317	91.8%	11,305
Ej	308	89.3%	12,778
Ex 650 Kjf	304	91.1%	11,514
Kle500	301	83.7%	24,175
Zr 1000 A1H	294	89.5%	25,215
Zx6R	292	81.8%	28,691
Zr 900 Clfb	285	98.2%	5,184
Klz 1000 Acf	280	88.9%	26,950
Ex 650 Khf	279	86.7%	11,866
Ex 650 Mmfan	278	94.6%	6,204
Zr 1000 Daf	277	91.7%	17,690
Zx 1000 E8F	275	90.5%	22,546
Zx 1400 A7F	271	87.8%	32,715
Zephyr 550	265	81.9%	24,964
En 650 Dlfa	261	91.2%	7,092
Zrx1200S	259	92.7%	28,715
Zx 1400 D8F Abs	258	90.3%	33,289
Zxr750	257	85.6%	31,318
Kle 650 Fmfnn	244	93.4%	7,535
Ex250	244	76.6%	18,348
Zr 750 K6F	240	82.1%	25,662
Er 650 Klfa	239	89.5%	8,642
Zr 1000 Klfb	238	92.9%	6,681
Ex 650 Ecf	235	87.2%	17,508
Ex 650 Kjfa Krt Edition	234	92.3%	9,427
Kle 650 Caf	233	87.6%	25,256
Kle 650 A7F	229	81.7%	29,734
Er 650 Kmfan	226	85.4%	12,449
Zx 636 C1H	223	80.3%	23,344
Zephyr 1100	223	89.2%	28,168
Klz 1000 Ckf	223	89.7%	11,856
Ex 650 Kkf	219	90%	8,182
Ex 650 Khfa Krt Edition	218	89%	11,546
Br 125 Lmfan	217	81.6%	6,319
Ex 650 C9F	216	85.6%	21,224
Zr 750 J1H	216	78.7%	23,799
Ex 650 A8F	215	84.2%	26,043
Ex 650 A7F	215	83.3%	25,252
Z750S	214	86.4%	23,041
Zr 900 Cjf	213	93%	7,611
Klz 1000 Bjf	209	94.3%	14,531
Zx-6Rr	209	85.6%	19,394
En 650 Jmfan	206	88.3%	5,308
Kle 650 A9F	205	86.8%	25,473
Zr 1000 A6F	201	87.6%	24,475
Vn2000	200	92.5%	29,177
En 650 Dlf	200	90.5%	6,490