BIKERELIABILITY
MOT DATA · GREAT BRITAIN · 2005–2025
League table/ DERBI/TERRA 125 ADVENTURE
Model report · 2005–2025

DERBI TERRA 125 ADVENTURE

124cc Petrol Class 1
72.7%
first-time pass rate
16.8%
failed outright
6,779
median miles at test
476
MOT tests, 2005–2025

Pass rate over time

first-time pass rate by test year · 2013–2018

The TERRA 125 ADVENTURE's first-time pass rate has fallen 3.7 points since 2013, 76.7% to 73.0%.

69%74%78%2013: 76.7% pass (30 tests)2014: 70.4% pass (54 tests)2015: 71.9% pass (57 tests)2016: 74.6% pass (67 tests)2017: 72.2% pass (54 tests)2018: 73.0% pass (37 tests)20132018

What fails on a TERRA 125 ADVENTURE

failure defects by component group · advisories excluded
Component group Share of defects Defects % of defects
brakes
43 23.1
lighting and signalling
43 23.1
drive system
26 14
steering and suspension
19 10.2
lamps and reflectors
16 8.6
structure and attachments
14 7.5
tyres and wheels
10 5.4
suspension
9 4.8
reg plates and vin
3 1.6
driving controls
3 1.6

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: 2010 (77.0% pass). Weakest: 2008 (60.4%).

57%69%80%2008: 60.4% pass (53 tests)2009: 63.6% pass (55 tests)2010: 77.0% pass (100 tests)2011: 75.0% pass (112 tests)2012: 74.1% pass (112 tests)200820102012

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.