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Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Suzuki GT750: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which GT750 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 89.0% average, from 6,224 DVSA tests.

1973
highest-passing year · 90.8%
1976
lowest-passing year · 88.4%
2.4pp
spread across 8 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: 1973 (90.8% of 152 tests). Lowest: 1976 (88.4% of 1,988).

88%90%92%1971: 90.1% pass (312 tests)1972: 89.4% pass (453 tests)1973: 90.8% pass (152 tests)1974: 89.8% pass (518 tests)1975: 88.7% pass (1,132 tests)1976: 88.4% pass (1,988 tests)1977: 88.8% pass (1,131 tests)1978: 89.5% pass (391 tests)197119751978
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (89.0%)
1971 312 90.1% +1.1 pp
1972 453 89.4% +0.4 pp
1973 152 90.8% +1.8 pp
1974 518 89.8% +0.8 pp
1975 1,132 88.7% -0.3 pp
1976 1,988 88.4% -0.6 pp
1977 1,131 88.8% -0.2 pp
1978 391 89.5% +0.5 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 · 2005–2025
81%89%97%2005: 88.9% pass (63 tests)2006: 88.3% pass (384 tests)2007: 88.5% pass (347 tests)2008: 88.7% pass (390 tests)2009: 87.3% pass (418 tests)2010: 86.8% pass (408 tests)2011: 85.8% pass (444 tests)2012: 86.9% pass (464 tests)2013: 87.6% pass (539 tests)2014: 89.8% pass (559 tests)2015: 88.3% pass (549 tests)2016: 93.0% pass (569 tests)2017: 91.9% pass (531 tests)2018: 92.6% pass (190 tests)2019: 92.3% pass (65 tests)2020: 83.9% pass (62 tests)2021: 94.3% pass (70 tests)2022: 92.6% pass (54 tests)2023: 86.4% pass (44 tests)2024: 92.7% pass (41 tests)2025: 90.9% pass (33 tests)20052025

Questions

Which GT750 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
none: no registration year of the Suzuki GT750 falls more than two points under the model's 89.0% overall pass rate.
Which GT750 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
1973, at 90.8% of 152 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the GT750 pass rate vary by year?
2.4 percentage points between the highest (1973, 90.8%) and lowest (1976, 88.4%) 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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