BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Suzuki Gsxr 1000 L0: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Gsxr 1000 L0 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 88.6% average, from 1,555 DVSA tests.

2011
highest-passing year · 89.8%
2012
lowest-passing year · 80.0%
9.8pp
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: 2011 (89.8% of 586 tests). Lowest: 2012 (80.0% of 65). Years more than two points below the model average: 2012.

78%85%92%2010: 88.6% pass (893 tests)2011: 89.8% pass (586 tests)2012: 80.0% pass (65 tests)201020112012
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (88.6%)
2010 893 88.6% +0.0 pp
2011 586 89.8% +1.2 pp
2012 65 80.0% -8.6 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
83%88%92%2013: 90.3% pass (93 tests)2014: 90.7% pass (172 tests)2015: 90.8% pass (174 tests)2016: 87.0% pass (177 tests)2017: 88.6% pass (158 tests)2018: 87.8% pass (123 tests)2019: 88.9% pass (126 tests)2020: 90.8% pass (76 tests)2021: 89.3% pass (112 tests)2022: 88.0% pass (108 tests)2023: 85.0% pass (100 tests)2024: 87.7% pass (65 tests)2025: 84.5% pass (71 tests)20132025

Questions

Which Gsxr 1000 L0 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2012 registered examples pass first time less often than the Suzuki Gsxr 1000 L0 overall (88.6%); the 2012 cohort is lowest at 80.0% from 65 tests.
Which Gsxr 1000 L0 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2011, at 89.8% of 586 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Gsxr 1000 L0 pass rate vary by year?
9.8 percentage points between the highest (2011, 89.8%) and lowest (2012, 80.0%) 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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