Suzuki Gsxr 1000 AL7 Abs: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Gsxr 1000 AL7 Abs years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 92.1% average, from 1,538 DVSA tests.

2017

highest-passing year · 92.4%

2019

lowest-passing year · 90.6%

1.8pp

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: 2017 (92.4% of 1,118 tests). Lowest: 2019 (90.6% of 64).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (92.1%)
2017	1,118	92.4%	+0.3 pp
2018	354	91.5%	-0.6 pp
2019	64	90.6%	-1.5 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 · 2020–2025

Questions

Which Gsxr 1000 AL7 Abs years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Suzuki Gsxr 1000 AL7 Abs falls more than two points under the model's 92.1% overall pass rate.
Which Gsxr 1000 AL7 Abs year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2017, at 92.4% of 1,118 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Gsxr 1000 AL7 Abs pass rate vary by year?: 1.8 percentage points between the highest (2017, 92.4%) and lowest (2019, 90.6%) 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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