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MOT History from tests of petrol KAWASAKI ZL900s year 1985

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Pass percent:83.71%
(The average a petrol KAWASAKI ZL900 year 1985 passes without issue)
Based on:178 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment6
Registration plate issues3
Front wheel bearings have excessive free play |2.3.5b|3
Rear wheel bearings have excessive free play |2.4.A.2c|2
Front Roller brake test indicates excessive fluctuation of brake effort |3.3.A1d|2
Front wheel bearings are excessively rough |2.3.5b|2
Front Front wheel bearings have excessive free play |2.3.5b|1
Rear Brake disc|s| cracked |3.2.A1g|1
Offside Front Direction indicator not working |1.5.1c|1
Offside Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies hand control |1.3.1a|1
Horn not working |1.7.3a|1
Headlamp aim not tested |4.1.2 |b||1
Headlamp not working on dipped beam |4.1.1 |a| |ii||1
Headlamp not working on main beam |4.1.1 |a| |ii||1
Rear Position lamp not working |4.2.1 |a||1
Offside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour |4.4.3 |a||1
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |4.4.3 |a||1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |4.4.3 |a||1
Exhaust noise is clearly in excess of that emitted by a similar motorcycle fitted with a standard silencer in average condition |8.1.1 |a||1
Throttle control functioning such that safe operation of the motorcycle is adversely affected high engine revs making control of motorbike difficult |6.2.7 |a| |ii||1
Exhaust noise is clearly in excess of that emitted by a similar motor bicycle fitted with a standard silencer in average condition |7.1.2|1
Rear Floor brake test indicates a binding brake |3.3.C2c|1
Offside Headlamp at least one does not illuminate on dipped beam |1.2.2a|i||1
Headlamp at least one does not illuminate on dipped beam |1.2.2a|i||1
Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside |1.6|1
Headlamp insecure |1.2.3b|1
Front Roller brake test indicates a binding brake |3.3.A1a|1
Rear Roller brake test indicates a severely grabbing brake |3.3.A1b|1
Front shock absorber seal failed and leaking oil |2.3.3|1
Front Roller brake test indicates a sticking brake |3.3.A1a|1
Front Brake disc|s| friction surface contaminated by oil or grease |3.2.A1k|1
Exhaust excessively deteriorated |7.1.1a|1
Rear position lamp does not illuminate immediately when it is switched on |1.1.3a|1
Steering headbearing has excessive free play |2.2.2|1
Throttle operating incorrectly |6.2.1f|1
Throttle has a significant change in engine speed whilst moving the steering from lock to lock |2.1.4|1
Fuel system component leaking |7.2.1a|1
Rear suspension bearing has excessive free play swinging arm |2.4.A2a|i||1
Horn missing |1.7.1|1
Indicator tell tale not functioning |1.5.2|1
Headlamp incorrect colour |1.2.1|1
Stop lamp not working |4.3.1 |a| |ii||1
Nearside Front Lower Brake disc|s| friction surface contaminated by oil or grease |3.2.A1k|1
Horn sound not in accordance with requirements (7.7 (c))1
Stop lamp not working (4.3.1 (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.

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