BIKERELIABILITY
MOT DATA · GREAT BRITAIN · 2005–2025
Model report · 2005–2025
84.1%
first-time pass rate
8.8%
failed outright
3,724
median miles at test
328
MOT tests, 2005–2025

Pass rate over time

first-time pass rate by test year · 2014–2016

The SPRINT's first-time pass rate has fallen 7.9 points since 2014, 80.6% to 72.7%.

71%77%83%2014: 80.6% pass (31 tests)2016: 72.7% pass (33 tests)20142016

What fails on a SPRINT

failure defects by component group · advisories excluded
Component group Share of defects Defects % of defects
lighting and signalling
39 48.8
brakes
16 20
steering and suspension
13 16.2
tyres and wheels
8 10
driving controls
2 2.5
body and structure
1 1.2
sidecar
1 1.2

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 SPRINT beats 4 of its 4 closest rivals (PIAGGIO VESPA, HONDA PCX 125, HONDA Vision 110).

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 SPRINT.

Pass rate by registration year

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

Best year to buy used: 1966 (86.9% pass). Weakest: 1966 (86.9%).

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.