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

INDIAN MOTORCYCLE SCOUT BOBBER TWENTY

1133cc Petrol Class 2
90.7%
first-time pass rate
3.9%
failed outright
3,126
median miles at test
204
MOT tests, 2005–2025

Pass rate over time

first-time pass rate by test year · 2023–2025

The SCOUT BOBBER TWENTY's first-time pass rate has risen 11.1 points since 2023, 81.6% to 92.7%.

79%87%96%2023: 81.6% pass (38 tests)2024: 92.9% pass (70 tests)2025: 92.7% pass (96 tests)20232025

What fails on a SCOUT BOBBER TWENTY

failure defects by component group · advisories excluded
Component group Share of defects Defects % of defects
lamps and reflectors
5 35.7
structure and attachments
4 28.6
Identification of the vehicle
2 14.3
brakes
1 7.1
suspension
1 7.1
tyres
1 7.1

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 TWENTY 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 TWENTY.

Pass rate by registration year

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

Best year to buy used: 2021 (95.8% pass). Weakest: 2020 (89.3%).

88%93%97%2020: 89.3% pass (103 tests)2021: 95.8% pass (71 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.