BIKERELIABILITY
MOT DATA · GREAT BRITAIN · 2005–2025
League table/ INDIAN MOTORCYCLE/SCOUT BOBBER SIXTY
Model report · 2005–2025

INDIAN MOTORCYCLE SCOUT BOBBER SIXTY

1000cc Petrol Class 2
90.2%
first-time pass rate
4.5%
failed outright
4,254
median miles at test
112
MOT tests, 2005–2025

Pass rate over time

first-time pass rate by test year · 2024–2025

The SCOUT BOBBER SIXTY's first-time pass rate has risen 9.0 points since 2024, 86.7% to 95.7%.

84%91%98%2024: 86.7% pass (45 tests)2025: 95.7% pass (46 tests)20242025

What fails on a SCOUT BOBBER SIXTY

failure defects by component group · advisories excluded
Component group Share of defects Defects % of defects
lamps and reflectors
10 62.5
Identification of the vehicle
3 18.8
brakes
2 12.5
tyres
1 6.2

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

How rivals compare

same type, similar capacity, high test volume

On first-time pass rate the SCOUT BOBBER SIXTY beats 4 of its 4 closest rivals (TRIUMPH BONNEVILLE, TRIUMPH THUNDERBIRD, HARLEY-DAVIDSON XLH 883).

Rivals share this bike's type and sit within ±30% of its engine capacity, ≥ 5,000 tests. Card colour = better/worse first-time pass rate than the SCOUT BOBBER SIXTY.

Pass rate by registration year

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

Best year to buy used: 2021 (94.4% pass). Weakest: 2020 (86.2%).

85%90%96%2020: 86.2% pass (58 tests)2021: 94.4% pass (54 tests)20202021

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.