Suzuki GSXF600: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which GSXF600 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 71.6% average, from 669 DVSA tests.

1999

highest-passing year · 76.8%

1995

lowest-passing year · 62.5%

14.3pp

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: 1999 (76.8% of 56 tests). Lowest: 1995 (62.5% of 104). Years more than two points below the model average: 1995, 2001.

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (71.6%)
1995	104	62.5%	-9.1 pp
1998	63	73.0%	+1.4 pp
1999	56	76.8%	+5.2 pp
2000	112	74.1%	+2.5 pp
2001	70	68.6%	-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 GSXF600 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: 1995, 2001 registered examples pass first time less often than the Suzuki GSXF600 overall (71.6%); the 1995 cohort is lowest at 62.5% from 104 tests.
Which GSXF600 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 1999, at 76.8% of 56 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 1999, 2000.
How much does the GSXF600 pass rate vary by year?: 14.3 percentage points between the highest (1999, 76.8%) and lowest (1995, 62.5%) 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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