Suzuki GSF 1250 Sa L0: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which GSF 1250 Sa L0 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 88.0% average, from 4,373 DVSA tests.

2009

highest-passing year · 88.5%

2011

lowest-passing year · 87.5%

1.0pp

spread across 4 years

Pass rate by registration year

first-time pass rate · cohorts with 50 or more tests · registration year from first use date

Highest pass rate: 2009 (88.5% of 965 tests). Lowest: 2011 (87.5% of 803).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (88.0%)
2009	965	88.5%	+0.5 pp
2010	2,260	88.0%	+0.0 pp
2011	803	87.5%	-0.5 pp
2012	345	87.5%	-0.5 pp

Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years. A first-time MOT pass is a roadworthiness check, not a full mechanical inspection.

Pass rate over time

first-time pass rate by test year · 2012–2025

Questions

Which GSF 1250 Sa L0 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Suzuki GSF 1250 Sa L0 falls more than two points under the model's 88.0% overall pass rate.
Which GSF 1250 Sa L0 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2009, at 88.5% of 965 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the GSF 1250 Sa L0 pass rate vary by year?: 1.0 percentage points between the highest (2009, 88.5%) and lowest (2011, 87.5%) cohorts with at least 50 tests. Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years.

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