BIKERELIABILITY
MOT DATA · GREAT BRITAIN · 2005–2025
Model report · 2005–2025

YAMAHA GTS

1002cc Petrol Class 2
84.8%
first-time pass rate
9.8%
failed outright
25,594
median miles at test
112
MOT tests, 2005–2025

What fails on a GTS

failure defects by component group · advisories excluded
Component group Share of defects Defects % of defects
steering and suspension
6 40
lighting and signalling
3 20
lamps and reflectors
2 13.3
audible warning (Horn)
1 6.7
fuel and exhaust
1 6.7
brakes
1 6.7
tyres and wheels
1 6.7

Defects recorded against failed normal tests, 2005–2025, grouped by DVSA inspection section. One test can record multiple defects.

Pass rate by registration year

how each model-year cohort fares · registration year from first use date

Best year to buy used: 1993 (88.1% pass). Weakest: 1993 (88.1%).

First-time pass rate by the year each bike was first registered (cohorts with ≥ 50 tests). Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years.