Suzuki VL800 K1: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which VL800 K1 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 87.9% average, from 3,386 DVSA tests.

2003

highest-passing year · 93.6%

2002

lowest-passing year · 87.9%

5.7pp

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: 2003 (93.6% of 157 tests). Lowest: 2002 (87.9% of 2,054).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (87.9%)
2001	1,065	88.0%	+0.1 pp
2002	2,054	87.9%	+0.0 pp
2003	157	93.6%	+5.7 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 · 2005–2020

Questions

Which VL800 K1 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the Suzuki VL800 K1 falls more than two points under the model's 87.9% overall pass rate.
Which VL800 K1 year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2003, at 93.6% of 157 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the VL800 K1 pass rate vary by year?: 5.7 percentage points between the highest (2003, 93.6%) and lowest (2002, 87.9%) 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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