Suzuki GSF1200 Bandit: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which GSF1200 Bandit years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 84.3% average, from 530 DVSA tests.

1997

highest-passing year · 86.4%

2000

lowest-passing year · 81.3%

5.1pp

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: 1997 (86.4% of 59 tests). Lowest: 2000 (81.3% of 64). Years more than two points below the model average: 1996, 2000.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (84.3%)
1996	113	81.4%	-2.9 pp
1997	59	86.4%	+2.1 pp
1998	137	85.4%	+1.1 pp
2000	64	81.3%	-3.0 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 · 2006–2016

Questions

Which GSF1200 Bandit years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 1996, 2000 registered examples pass first time less often than the Suzuki GSF1200 Bandit overall (84.3%); the 2000 cohort is lowest at 81.3% from 64 tests.
Which GSF1200 Bandit year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1997, at 86.4% of 59 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the GSF1200 Bandit pass rate vary by year?: 5.1 percentage points between the highest (1997, 86.4%) and lowest (2000, 81.3%) 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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