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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Suzuki GSF1250: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which GSF1250 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 86.6% average, from 6,534 DVSA tests.

2011
highest-passing year · 92.1%
2007
lowest-passing year · 83.8%
8.3pp
spread across 5 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: 2011 (92.1% of 366 tests). Lowest: 2007 (83.8% of 1,834). Years more than two points below the model average: 2007.

82%88%94%2007: 83.8% pass (1,834 tests)2008: 86.7% pass (1,774 tests)2009: 87.9% pass (1,673 tests)2010: 88.0% pass (775 tests)2011: 92.1% pass (366 tests)200720092011
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (86.6%)
2007 1,834 83.8% -2.8 pp
2008 1,774 86.7% +0.1 pp
2009 1,673 87.9% +1.3 pp
2010 775 88.0% +1.4 pp
2011 366 92.1% +5.5 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 · 2010–2025
82%86%91%2010: 83.1% pass (154 tests)2011: 89.5% pass (306 tests)2012: 87.7% pass (447 tests)2013: 85.5% pass (517 tests)2014: 84.4% pass (550 tests)2015: 86.2% pass (550 tests)2016: 88.7% pass (513 tests)2017: 85.5% pass (502 tests)2018: 87.3% pass (393 tests)2019: 86.3% pass (358 tests)2020: 88.5% pass (355 tests)2021: 83.7% pass (416 tests)2022: 87.3% pass (417 tests)2023: 85.9% pass (412 tests)2024: 88.9% pass (297 tests)2025: 88.7% pass (344 tests)20102025

Questions

Which GSF1250 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2007 registered examples pass first time less often than the Suzuki GSF1250 overall (86.6%); the 2007 cohort is lowest at 83.8% from 1,834 tests.
Which GSF1250 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2011, at 92.1% of 366 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the GSF1250 pass rate vary by year?
8.3 percentage points between the highest (2011, 92.1%) and lowest (2007, 83.8%) 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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