BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Suzuki GX125: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which GX125 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 61.5% average, from 761 DVSA tests.

2008
highest-passing year · 84.5%
2005
lowest-passing year · 56.6%
27.9pp
spread across 4 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: 2008 (84.5% of 58 tests). Lowest: 2005 (56.6% of 106). Years more than two points below the model average: 2003, 2005.

51%71%90%2003: 57.3% pass (457 tests)2005: 56.6% pass (106 tests)2007: 69.1% pass (68 tests)2008: 84.5% pass (58 tests)200320072008
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (61.5%)
2003 457 57.3% -4.2 pp
2005 106 56.6% -4.9 pp
2007 68 69.1% +7.6 pp
2008 58 84.5% +23.0 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 · 2006–2017
50%64%77%2006: 72.6% pass (62 tests)2007: 62.0% pass (50 tests)2008: 59.6% pass (52 tests)2009: 62.1% pass (58 tests)2010: 63.1% pass (65 tests)2011: 55.6% pass (63 tests)2012: 56.5% pass (62 tests)2013: 58.7% pass (63 tests)2014: 62.3% pass (53 tests)2015: 54.5% pass (44 tests)2016: 65.6% pass (32 tests)2017: 56.7% pass (30 tests)20062017

Questions

Which GX125 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2003, 2005 registered examples pass first time less often than the Suzuki GX125 overall (61.5%); the 2005 cohort is lowest at 56.6% from 106 tests.
Which GX125 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2008, at 84.5% of 58 first tests (2005–2025). Years more than two points above the model average: 2007, 2008.
How much does the GX125 pass rate vary by year?
27.9 percentage points between the highest (2008, 84.5%) and lowest (2005, 56.6%) 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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