BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Suzuki GSX1250: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which GSX1250 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 88.9% average, from 1,081 DVSA tests.

2012
highest-passing year · 94.1%
2010
lowest-passing year · 86.5%
7.6pp
spread across 3 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: 2012 (94.1% of 186 tests). Lowest: 2010 (86.5% of 488). Years more than two points below the model average: 2010.

85%90%96%2010: 86.5% pass (488 tests)2011: 90.1% pass (365 tests)2012: 94.1% pass (186 tests)201020112012
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (88.9%)
2010 488 86.5% -2.4 pp
2011 365 90.1% +1.2 pp
2012 186 94.1% +5.2 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 · 2013–2025
84%89%94%2013: 91.3% pass (46 tests)2014: 90.2% pass (92 tests)2015: 89.6% pass (106 tests)2016: 85.8% pass (106 tests)2017: 88.1% pass (101 tests)2018: 89.3% pass (84 tests)2019: 92.3% pass (78 tests)2020: 85.5% pass (76 tests)2021: 92.3% pass (91 tests)2022: 87.2% pass (86 tests)2023: 90.6% pass (85 tests)2024: 85.9% pass (64 tests)2025: 87.5% pass (64 tests)20132025

Questions

Which GSX1250 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2010 registered examples pass first time less often than the Suzuki GSX1250 overall (88.9%); the 2010 cohort is lowest at 86.5% from 488 tests.
Which GSX1250 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2012, at 94.1% of 186 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the GSX1250 pass rate vary by year?
7.6 percentage points between the highest (2012, 94.1%) and lowest (2010, 86.5%) 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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