BIKERELIABILITY
MOT DATA · GREAT BRITAIN · 2005–2025
League table/ PIAGGIO/TYPHOON 80
Model report · 2005–2025
73.1%
first-time pass rate
19.7%
failed outright
7,558
median miles at test
487
MOT tests, 2005–2025

Pass rate over time

first-time pass rate by test year · 2006–2012

The TYPHOON 80's first-time pass rate has fallen 10.5 points since 2006, 77.9% to 67.4%.

64%74%85%2006: 77.9% pass (77 tests)2007: 69.4% pass (62 tests)2008: 74.5% pass (55 tests)2009: 75.6% pass (41 tests)2010: 81.4% pass (43 tests)2011: 69.2% pass (39 tests)2012: 67.4% pass (43 tests)20062012

What fails on a TYPHOON 80

failure defects by component group · advisories excluded
Component group Share of defects Defects % of defects
lighting and signalling
86 35.4
steering and suspension
54 22.2
brakes
50 20.6
tyres and wheels
23 9.5
fuel and exhaust
18 7.4
lamps and reflectors
3 1.2
steering
3 1.2
reg plates and vin
2 0.8
body and structure
2 0.8
Items Not Tested
2 0.8

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: 1995 (76.7% pass). Weakest: 1998 (64.0%).

61%70%79%1995: 76.7% pass (86 tests)1996: 75.7% pass (103 tests)1997: 72.0% pass (132 tests)1998: 64.0% pass (50 tests)199519971998

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.