MOT History from tests of petrol KAWASAKI EX500s year 1995

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Pass percent:71.21%

(The average a petrol KAWASAKI EX500 year 1995 passes without issue)

Based on:66 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	4
Horn not working \|1.7.3a\|	2
Offside Front Front shock absorber seal failed and leaking oil \|2.3.3\|	2
Nearside Front shock absorber seal failed and leaking oil \|2.3.3\|	2
Front Brake cylinder severely corroded \|3.2.B1b\|	1
Brake component has an inadequate repair \|3.1.5\|	1
Rear shock absorber has inadequate damping effect. \|2.4.A.3b\|	1
Rear reflector on motorcycle missing \|1.4.1\|	1
Rear Rear wheel spindle securing nut locking device insecure \|2.4.A.2b\|	1
Front Steering headbearing has excessive free play \|2.2.2\|	1
Rear Roller brake test indicates a binding brake \|3.3.A1a\|	1
Front Front wheel spindle loose \|2.3.5a\|	1
Roller brake test The less effective brake control does not achieve an efficiency of 25%. \|3.3.A2b\|	1
Front Roller brake test indicates excessive fluctuation of brake effort \|3.3.A1d\|	1
Exhaust is leaking and excessively noisey silencer stand stop bracket area \|7.1.1b\|	1
Front Upper Steering headbearing has excessive free play \|2.2.2\|	1
Front Front wheel bearings are excessively rough \|2.3.5b\|	1
Handlebar mounting clamp bolt loose \|2.1.1a\|	1
Nearside Front Front shock absorber seal failed and leaking oil \|2.3.3\|	1
Rear wheel spindle securing nut locking device insecure \|2.4.A.2b\|	1
Front Exhaust is leaking and excessively noisey \|7.1.1b\|	1
Direction indicator missing All \|1.5.1a\|	1
Drive chain excessively loose \|6.2.1d\|	1
Throttle operating incorrectly Sticking \|6.2.1f\|	1
Steering movement excessively `notchy` with the weight on the lower bearing \|2.2.1a\|	1
Steering movement excessively `notchy` with the wheel raised \|2.2.1b\|	1
Headlamp incorrect colour \|1.2.1\|	1
Exhaust is leaking and excessively noisey \|7.1.1b\|	1
Rear Drive chain excessively loose \|6.2.1d\|	1
Rear Wheel alignment incorrect which adversely affects the steering \|2.5.1\|	1
Rear wheel spindle securing nut locking device missing \|2.4.A.2b\|	1
Front Horn not working \|1.7.3a\|	1
Front Roller brake test indicates a binding brake \|3.3.A1a\|	1
Rear Rear shock absorber seal failed and leaking oil \|2.4.A.1c\|	1
Rear Rear suspension bush has excessive free play \|2.4.A2a\|i\|\|	1
Rear Drive chain sprocket carrier worn to excess \|6.2.1e\|	1
Drive chain worn to excess \|6.2.1e\|	1
Throttle operating incorrectly \|6.2.1f\|	1

We get to these numbers by trawling through over 1 billion MOT test results since 2004 and crunched the numbers. We remove anything to do with Tyres, as they are model independent and group together common non-model specific issues. We are trying to get to a picture of what models have what issues.

Please note: We take the data from the DVSA. This data is raw and can contain typos and spelling mistakes that garages may have entered while recording a MOT result. Specifically miss-match on names of models and makes. We are constantly cleaning the data so bear with the odd issue.

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Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	4
Horn not working \|1.7.3a\|	2
Offside Front Front shock absorber seal failed and leaking oil \|2.3.3\|	2
Nearside Front shock absorber seal failed and leaking oil \|2.3.3\|	2
Front Brake cylinder severely corroded \|3.2.B1b\|	1
Brake component has an inadequate repair \|3.1.5\|	1
Rear shock absorber has inadequate damping effect. \|2.4.A.3b\|	1
Rear reflector on motorcycle missing \|1.4.1\|	1
Rear Rear wheel spindle securing nut locking device insecure \|2.4.A.2b\|	1
Front Steering headbearing has excessive free play \|2.2.2\|	1
Rear Roller brake test indicates a binding brake \|3.3.A1a\|	1
Front Front wheel spindle loose \|2.3.5a\|	1
Roller brake test The less effective brake control does not achieve an efficiency of 25%. \|3.3.A2b\|	1
Front Roller brake test indicates excessive fluctuation of brake effort \|3.3.A1d\|	1
Exhaust is leaking and excessively noisey silencer stand stop bracket area \|7.1.1b\|	1
Front Upper Steering headbearing has excessive free play \|2.2.2\|	1
Front Front wheel bearings are excessively rough \|2.3.5b\|	1
Handlebar mounting clamp bolt loose \|2.1.1a\|	1
Nearside Front Front shock absorber seal failed and leaking oil \|2.3.3\|	1
Rear wheel spindle securing nut locking device insecure \|2.4.A.2b\|	1
Front Exhaust is leaking and excessively noisey \|7.1.1b\|	1
Direction indicator missing All \|1.5.1a\|	1
Drive chain excessively loose \|6.2.1d\|	1
Throttle operating incorrectly Sticking \|6.2.1f\|	1
Steering movement excessively `notchy` with the weight on the lower bearing \|2.2.1a\|	1
Steering movement excessively `notchy` with the wheel raised \|2.2.1b\|	1
Headlamp incorrect colour \|1.2.1\|	1
Exhaust is leaking and excessively noisey \|7.1.1b\|	1
Rear Drive chain excessively loose \|6.2.1d\|	1
Rear Wheel alignment incorrect which adversely affects the steering \|2.5.1\|	1
Rear wheel spindle securing nut locking device missing \|2.4.A.2b\|	1
Front Horn not working \|1.7.3a\|	1
Front Roller brake test indicates a binding brake \|3.3.A1a\|	1
Rear Rear shock absorber seal failed and leaking oil \|2.4.A.1c\|	1
Rear Rear suspension bush has excessive free play \|2.4.A2a\|i\|\|	1
Rear Drive chain sprocket carrier worn to excess \|6.2.1e\|	1
Drive chain worn to excess \|6.2.1e\|	1
Throttle operating incorrectly \|6.2.1f\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol KAWASAKI EX500s year 1995

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