Suzuki Gsxr 600 L1: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Gsxr 600 L1 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 88.5% average, from 2,622 DVSA tests.

2012

highest-passing year · 89.3%

2011

lowest-passing year · 87.5%

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: 2012 (89.3% of 1,459 tests). Lowest: 2011 (87.5% of 993).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (88.5%)
2011	993	87.5%	-1.0 pp
2012	1,459	89.3%	+0.8 pp
2013	162	88.3%	-0.2 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 · 2014–2025

Questions

Which Gsxr 600 L1 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Suzuki Gsxr 600 L1 falls more than two points under the model's 88.5% overall pass rate.
Which Gsxr 600 L1 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2012, at 89.3% of 1,459 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Gsxr 600 L1 pass rate vary by year?: 1.8 percentage points between the highest (2012, 89.3%) and lowest (2011, 87.5%) 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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