BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Suzuki GSXR1300: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which GSXR1300 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 89.6% average, from 584 DVSA tests.

2010
highest-passing year · 93.2%
2007
lowest-passing year · 79.7%
13.5pp
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: 2010 (93.2% of 59 tests). Lowest: 2007 (79.7% of 64). Years more than two points below the model average: 2007.

77%86%96%2002: 88.6% pass (88 tests)2005: 90.0% pass (100 tests)2007: 79.7% pass (64 tests)2008: 91.8% pass (97 tests)2010: 93.2% pass (59 tests)200220072010
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (89.6%)
2002 88 88.6% -1.0 pp
2005 100 90.0% +0.4 pp
2007 64 79.7% -9.9 pp
2008 97 91.8% +2.2 pp
2010 59 93.2% +3.6 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 · 2011–2022
71%85%99%2011: 91.4% pass (35 tests)2012: 90.3% pass (31 tests)2013: 81.1% pass (37 tests)2014: 89.5% pass (38 tests)2015: 88.9% pass (36 tests)2016: 89.7% pass (39 tests)2017: 94.6% pass (37 tests)2018: 90.0% pass (30 tests)2021: 88.2% pass (34 tests)2022: 75.8% pass (33 tests)20112022

Questions

Which GSXR1300 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2007 registered examples pass first time less often than the Suzuki GSXR1300 overall (89.6%); the 2007 cohort is lowest at 79.7% from 64 tests.
Which GSXR1300 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2010, at 93.2% of 59 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2008, 2010.
How much does the GSXR1300 pass rate vary by year?
13.5 percentage points between the highest (2010, 93.2%) and lowest (2007, 79.7%) 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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