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Common Kawasaki Kle 650 A9f MOT failures

Based on 1,798 Kawasaki Kle 650 A9f tests on record carrying an official DVSA defect code, so every category below is counted from real failures rather than estimated.

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Where MOT tests find problems: Kawasaki Kle 650 A9f

Axles, wheels, tyres and suspension 373 tests (20.7%)
Brakes 226 tests (12.6%)
Body, structure and attachments 194 tests (10.8%)
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 143 tests (8.0%)
Nuisance (emissions and noise) 90 tests (5.0%)
Steering 47 tests (2.6%)
Other equipment 26 tests (1.4%)

A test can find problems in more than one category, so the figures above do not sum to 100%. Each percentage is the share of classifiable tests that found at least one defect in that category. Based on 1,798 classifiable tests for Kawasaki Kle 650 A9f.

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What Kawasaki Kle 650 A9f failures look like

1,798 Kawasaki Kle 650 A9f tests on record carry the manual reference DVSA attaches to each defect. The most frequent problems were with axles, wheels, tyres and suspension on 373 tests (20.7%), with brakes on 226 tests (12.6%) and with body, structure and attachments on 194 tests (10.8%). A test can fail on more than one thing, and an MOT can be failed on one defect while another is only advised, so these counts do not add up to the number of tests.

Narrowed down from the categories to the individual defects themselves, three come up on more than one test:

  • Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge

    MOT inspection manual reference 5.2.3, in axles, wheels, tyres and suspension

    Recorded on 210 of the 1,798 tests: 31 failures and 179 advisories or minors.

  • Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot severely deteriorated

    MOT inspection manual reference 6.1.7, in body, structure and attachments

    Recorded on 154 of the 1,798 tests: 21 failures and 133 advisories or minors.

  • Shock absorbers has light misting of oil

    MOT inspection manual reference 5.3.2, in axles, wheels, tyres and suspension

    Recorded on 129 of the 1,798 tests: 28 failures and 101 advisories or minors.

Where there is enough data to compare: Kawasaki Zx (147,306 tests), Kawasaki Zr (20,858 tests), Kawasaki Ex (15,768 tests), Kawasaki (15,168 tests), every Kawasaki model (785,768 tests).

Clauses are read from the manual reference at the end of every defect on the cached test records, and a defect shown here has to appear on at least two of them before it is named. The site-wide breakdown explains how that works and compares every make.