MOT History from tests of petrol KAWASAKI GPZ500s year 1998

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Pass percent:64.10%

(The average a petrol KAWASAKI GPZ500 year 1998 passes without issue)

Based on:39 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Front Roller brake test indicates a binding brake \|3.3.A1a\|	4
Exhaust is leaking and excessively noisey \|7.1.1b\|	3
Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.6\|	3
Offside Steering lock stop ineffective \|2.1.3\|	2
Offside Handlebar mounting clamp bolt loose \|2.1.1a\|	2
Nearside Front Locking devices not correctly fitted which may make the motor bicycle dangerous to ride \|6.2.1h\|	1
Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies \|1.3.1a\|	1
Nearside Handlebar deformed \|2.1.1b\|	1
Nearside Steering lock stop maladjusted \|2.1.3\|	1
Rear Roller brake test indicates a binding brake \|3.3.A1a\|	1
Roller brake test The less effective brake control does not achieve an efficiency of 25%. \|3.3.A2b\|	1
Steering headbearing has excessive free play \|2.2.2\|	1
Offside Steering control has Insufficient clearance at full lock affecting the riders grasp of handlebars \|2.1.2b\|	1
Headlamp aim beam image kick-up is to the offside \|1.6.1\|	1
Nearside Rear suspension bush has excessive free play swinging arm bushes \|2.4.A2a\|i\|\|	1
Rear mono-shock pivot excessively worn x2 bushes \|2.4.B.4\|	1
Rear suspension movement is excessively stiff \|2.4.A.3b\|	1
Centre Exhaust is leaking and excessively noisey \|7.1.1b\|	1
Front Floor brake test indicates a binding brake \|3.3.C2c\|	1
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1
Offside Rear Direction indicator not working \|1.5.1c\|	1
Offside Front Direction indicator insecure \|1.5.3b\|	1
Offside Front Direction indicator damaged and function impaired \|1.5.3a\|	1
Offside Rear Direction indicator damaged and function impaired \|1.5.3a\|	1
Offside Handlebar deformed \|2.1.1b\|	1
Exhaust excessively deteriorated \|7.1.1a\|	1
Nearside Front shock absorber seal failed and leaking oil \|2.3.3\|	1
Horn not loud enough to be heard by another road user \|1.7.3a\|	1
Handlebar deformed \|2.1.1b\|	1
Rear reflector missing (4.8.2 (a) (ii))	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
Front Roller brake test indicates a binding brake \|3.3.A1a\|	4
Exhaust is leaking and excessively noisey \|7.1.1b\|	3
Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.6\|	3
Offside Steering lock stop ineffective \|2.1.3\|	2
Offside Handlebar mounting clamp bolt loose \|2.1.1a\|	2
Nearside Front Locking devices not correctly fitted which may make the motor bicycle dangerous to ride \|6.2.1h\|	1
Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies \|1.3.1a\|	1
Nearside Handlebar deformed \|2.1.1b\|	1
Nearside Steering lock stop maladjusted \|2.1.3\|	1
Rear Roller brake test indicates a binding brake \|3.3.A1a\|	1
Roller brake test The less effective brake control does not achieve an efficiency of 25%. \|3.3.A2b\|	1
Steering headbearing has excessive free play \|2.2.2\|	1
Offside Steering control has Insufficient clearance at full lock affecting the riders grasp of handlebars \|2.1.2b\|	1
Headlamp aim beam image kick-up is to the offside \|1.6.1\|	1
Nearside Rear suspension bush has excessive free play swinging arm bushes \|2.4.A2a\|i\|\|	1
Rear mono-shock pivot excessively worn x2 bushes \|2.4.B.4\|	1
Rear suspension movement is excessively stiff \|2.4.A.3b\|	1
Centre Exhaust is leaking and excessively noisey \|7.1.1b\|	1
Front Floor brake test indicates a binding brake \|3.3.C2c\|	1
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1
Offside Rear Direction indicator not working \|1.5.1c\|	1
Offside Front Direction indicator insecure \|1.5.3b\|	1
Offside Front Direction indicator damaged and function impaired \|1.5.3a\|	1
Offside Rear Direction indicator damaged and function impaired \|1.5.3a\|	1
Offside Handlebar deformed \|2.1.1b\|	1
Exhaust excessively deteriorated \|7.1.1a\|	1
Nearside Front shock absorber seal failed and leaking oil \|2.3.3\|	1
Horn not loud enough to be heard by another road user \|1.7.3a\|	1
Handlebar deformed \|2.1.1b\|	1
Rear reflector missing (4.8.2 (a) (ii))	1

MOT History from tests of petrol KAWASAKI GPZ500s year 1998

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