MOT History from tests of petrol KAWASAKI GPZ550s year 1991

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Pass percent:82.14%

(The average a petrol KAWASAKI GPZ550 year 1991 passes without issue)

Based on:84 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	3
Rear shock absorber has inadequate damping effect. \|2.4.A.3b\|	2
Nearside Front shock absorber seal failed and leaking oil \|2.3.3\|	2
Stop lamp affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.3.2\|	1
Front Roller brake test indicates a binding brake \|3.3.A1a\|	1
Rear Footrest insecure \|6.2.1a\|	1
Drive chain horseshoe locking device likely to become detached \|6.1.7 \|j\| \|ii\|\|	1
Front Brake lever has inadequate reserve travel \|3.1.3b\|	1
Fuel system component insecure \|7.2.1b\|	1
Rear Brake disc\|s\| excessively worn \|3.2.A1l\|	1
Front wheel bearings have excessive free play \|2.3.5b\|	1
Front wheel bearings are excessively rough \|2.3.5b\|	1
Steering movement excessively stiff with the wheel raised \|2.2.1b\|	1
Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|4.1.1 \|a\| \|ii\|\|	1
Offside Handlebar handgrip not secure to handlebars. \|2.1.1c\|	1
Rear Rear reflector on motorcycle missing \|1.4.1\|	1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator not working \|1.5.1c\|	1
Throttle has a significant change in engine speed whilst moving the steering from lock to lock \|2.1.4\|	1
Front Brake disc\|s\| is excessively distorted \|3.2.A1m\|	1
Rear Brake linkage has abnormal movement due to maladjustment \|3.2.A1i\|	1
Front Headlamp at least one does not illuminate on main beam \|1.2.2a\|ii\|\|	1
Front Horn not working \|1.7.3a\|	1
Rear Motorcycle structure excessively damaged \|6.1.1a\|	1
Fuel tank leaking \|7.2.1a\|	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	3
Rear shock absorber has inadequate damping effect. \|2.4.A.3b\|	2
Nearside Front shock absorber seal failed and leaking oil \|2.3.3\|	2
Stop lamp affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.3.2\|	1
Front Roller brake test indicates a binding brake \|3.3.A1a\|	1
Rear Footrest insecure \|6.2.1a\|	1
Drive chain horseshoe locking device likely to become detached \|6.1.7 \|j\| \|ii\|\|	1
Front Brake lever has inadequate reserve travel \|3.1.3b\|	1
Fuel system component insecure \|7.2.1b\|	1
Rear Brake disc\|s\| excessively worn \|3.2.A1l\|	1
Front wheel bearings have excessive free play \|2.3.5b\|	1
Front wheel bearings are excessively rough \|2.3.5b\|	1
Steering movement excessively stiff with the wheel raised \|2.2.1b\|	1
Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|4.1.1 \|a\| \|ii\|\|	1
Offside Handlebar handgrip not secure to handlebars. \|2.1.1c\|	1
Rear Rear reflector on motorcycle missing \|1.4.1\|	1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator not working \|1.5.1c\|	1
Throttle has a significant change in engine speed whilst moving the steering from lock to lock \|2.1.4\|	1
Front Brake disc\|s\| is excessively distorted \|3.2.A1m\|	1
Rear Brake linkage has abnormal movement due to maladjustment \|3.2.A1i\|	1
Front Headlamp at least one does not illuminate on main beam \|1.2.2a\|ii\|\|	1
Front Horn not working \|1.7.3a\|	1
Rear Motorcycle structure excessively damaged \|6.1.1a\|	1
Fuel tank leaking \|7.2.1a\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol KAWASAKI GPZ550s year 1991

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