Full make league · 2005–2025

Every make, ranked

All 205 motorcycle makes with a substantial MOT record (500+ tests and at least one well-sampled model), ranked by first-time pass rate.

#	Make	Pass %	Fail %	Tests
1	BROUGH SUPERIOR	96.0	1.5	654
2	SCOTT	95.6	1.5	2,202
3	ASKOLL	94.9	2.1	530
4	TRITON	94.2	2.2	1,979
5	NEW HUDSON	94.0	2.8	570
6	RUDGE	94.0	1.9	1,679
7	VELOCETTE	93.8	1.9	25,127
8	HESKETH	93.7	2.2	510
9	VINCENT	93.6	1.9	7,294
10	GREEVES	93.5	2.0	3,938
11	EXCELSIOR	93.0	3.2	1,123
12	ARIEL	92.7	2.5	15,078
13	DOUGLAS	92.7	3.4	3,565
14	INDIAN MOTORCYCLE	92.6	3.4	13,094
15	SUNBEAM	92.3	2.8	6,107
16	JAMES	92.3	3.7	3,353
17	MATCHLESS	92.1	2.8	19,091
18	NORTON	91.9	3.2	58,620
19	RALEIGH	91.8	4.1	3,628
20	NSU	91.6	4.2	2,137
21	ZERO MOTORCYCLES	91.4	5.6	1,227
22	PANTHER	91.3	3.2	3,632
23	DI BLASI	91.3	5.0	1,767
24	BSA	91.1	3.6	117,950
25	VELOSOLEX	91.1	6.1	1,468
26	FRANCIS BARNETT	90.4	4.2	2,857
27	VICTORY	90.1	4.6	15,057
28	NORMAN	90.1	4.9	697
29	FRANCIS BARNET	89.9	4.4	793
30	BMW	89.8	5.8	1,072,249
31	MOBYLETTE	89.7	5.5	2,539
32	ROYAL ENFIELD	89.5	4.7	97,240
33	MONTESA	89.3	5.9	2,824
34	SERVETA	89.3	6.4	645
35	RICKMAN	89.2	5.6	808
36	VIJAY	88.9	6.6	557
37	SCOOTERS INDIA	88.7	7.0	834
38	SCORPA	88.7	6.3	1,078
39	HARLEY-DAVIDSON	88.5	5.3	806,394
40	NIU	88.4	9.1	2,587
41	LAMBRETTA	88.1	6.6	194,546
42	MV AGUSTA	87.8	6.5	26,909
43	ENFIELD	87.8	6.2	14,682
44	SCOOTERS INDIA LTD	87.8	6.4	1,757
45	ROYAL ALLOY	87.6	8.4	8,154
46	TRIUMPH	87.5	6.7	1,360,106
47	LAVERDA	87.5	6.1	11,179
48	MOTO GUZZI	87.3	6.8	108,030
49	DUCATI	87.0	7.0	413,327
50	URAL	86.9	6.5	2,709
51	BIMOTA	86.8	7.3	3,686
52	SKYWING	86.7	3.7	570
53	MOTOGUZZI	86.6	7.5	598
54	PUCH	86.5	7.7	5,740
55	MORINI	86.3	6.0	3,706
56	HARRIS	86.2	6.0	501
57	URALMOTO	86.1	6.2	1,314
58	VMOTO	86.0	10.0	2,982
59	CAN AM	86.0	8.6	544
60	SCOMADI	85.9	8.6	7,404
61	ARMSTRONG	85.8	7.3	4,260
62	BUELL	85.6	7.3	36,375
63	VECTRIX	85.5	12.1	688
64	MOTO MORINI	85.5	6.6	3,552
65	INNOCENTI	85.1	12.1	671
66	JAWA	85.1	8.0	4,558
67	FANTIC MOTOR	84.8	7.7	2,369
68	SWM	84.5	7.6	1,237
69	CZ	84.3	9.8	2,628
70	VIJAI SUPER	84.2	9.0	664
71	TOMOS	84.0	8.2	2,304
72	MZ	83.6	8.8	29,629
73	BULTACO	83.1	10.8	1,669
74	BETA	82.4	9.1	13,062
75	VESPA	82.3	10.5	21,606
76	NEVAL	82.2	10.4	1,613
77	VESPA (DOUGLAS)	82.2	11.0	51,214
78	MODENAS	82.2	11.5	853
79	HONDA	82.1	11.0	4,199,388
80	KAWASAKI	81.9	10.8	1,626,971
81	BETAMOTOR	81.8	8.8	1,804
82	KTM	81.8	9.6	304,547
83	LML	81.7	11.0	22,929
84	SUZUKI	81.2	11.1	2,462,464
85	CCM	81.1	10.0	30,296
86	YAMAHA	80.6	11.7	2,745,593
87	SHERCO	80.5	11.3	3,427
88	CF MOTO	80.4	14.0	946
89	BENELLI	80.0	12.7	23,112
90	GAS GAS	80.0	11.6	15,370
91	HUSQVARNA	79.6	11.2	37,284
92	HUSABERG	79.0	11.6	7,510
93	JINCHENG	78.7	12.4	1,594
94	EASY RIDER	78.5	12.2	10,880
95	BAJAJ	78.3	14.4	1,859
96	PIAGGIO	78.1	14.7	837,642
97	AJS	77.6	14.2	46,654
98	MASH	77.6	13.1	2,549
99	SKYTEAM	75.6	14.9	6,065
100	APRILIA	75.4	17.0	377,941
101	NIPPONIA	75.3	17.6	875
102	SYM	75.0	17.4	114,695
103	ITALJET	74.8	18.8	12,110
104	AJP	74.8	14.6	1,441
105	TAIWAN GOLDEN BEE	74.7	19.0	1,053
106	KYMCO	74.3	17.3	62,968
107	PGO	73.8	17.9	5,631
108	NECO	72.3	20.6	3,764
109	TGB	71.7	19.7	15,037
110	HER CHE	71.5	21.5	954
111	MUTT	71.3	17.6	6,238
112	SACHS	71.3	19.7	8,578
113	UM	70.9	20.6	982
114	HERALD MOTOR COMPANY	70.7	16.5	3,914
115	MONDIAL	70.5	19.9	1,498
116	ADLY	70.4	23.4	3,129
117	CAGIVA	70.3	20.8	26,240
118	DAELIM	70.1	21.0	10,607
119	JIALING	70.1	21.1	1,506
120	BULLIT	69.8	19.0	2,863
121	PEUGEOT	69.4	22.5	264,662
122	BAROSSA	68.9	20.2	916
123	BRANSON	68.9	23.0	708
124	GILERA	68.7	23.3	133,938
125	HERALD	68.7	19.3	1,339
126	HONLEY	68.3	21.1	1,196
127	BRIXTON	68.2	18.4	560
128	SINNIS	67.7	23.1	16,099
129	CHUNLAN	67.6	24.4	1,125
130	HANWAY	67.5	20.1	1,814
131	CHAMP	67.4	23.1	952
132	LONCIN	67.1	22.9	780
133	SIAMOTO	66.9	25.7	1,514
134	MOTO ROMA	66.7	23.8	7,447
135	WK BIKES	66.1	23.9	5,136
136	HYOSUNG	66.1	23.5	29,064
137	TAMORETTI	66.1	22.6	2,980
138	MBK	65.9	25.8	16,504
139	MALAGUTI	65.8	26.4	10,553
140	MOTORINI	65.5	26.3	2,630
141	ZONTES	65.4	24.3	7,159
142	STARWAY	65.4	26.1	598
143	HARTFORD	65.3	22.4	3,250
144	GENERIC	65.0	25.8	8,021
145	HONGDOU	64.7	24.3	2,625
146	ZNEN	64.6	25.5	6,578
147	BTM	64.6	26.1	2,080
148	BAOTIAN	64.6	27.1	17,276
149	FYM	64.6	25.4	678
150	LINTEX	64.6	26.4	632
151	WUYANG	64.3	21.4	1,086
152	KEEWAY	64.2	25.4	27,084
153	LONGJIA	64.1	26.6	8,296
154	ZONGSHEN	64.0	25.3	1,683
155	SKYGO	63.9	25.8	784
156	BEELINE	63.8	26.8	1,591
157	DIRECT BIKES	63.8	26.8	13,135
158	LIFAN	63.7	24.3	12,374
159	FEIYING	63.2	25.0	505
160	YIYING	63.2	26.6	2,548
161	LEXMOTO	63.0	26.9	94,182
162	JIANSHE	62.9	27.3	965
163	SUKIDA	62.2	27.4	6,503
164	PULSE	62.1	27.9	15,152
165	KSR Moto	61.6	28.1	4,258
166	CPI	61.3	28.9	8,531
167	JM STAR	61.1	31.0	871
168	QINGQI	61.1	28.6	16,335
169	TAISHAN	60.3	31.2	895
170	Z Y MOTOR	60.3	30.8	788
171	JONWAY	60.2	32.7	2,608
172	JINLUN	59.9	29.3	10,497
173	DERBI	59.4	30.1	27,273
174	SANBEN	59.4	32.4	985
175	DIRECT BIKE	59.3	30.6	1,424
176	GIANTCO	59.2	29.6	1,305
177	XINGYUE	59.2	32.0	568
178	WANGYE	59.2	32.0	2,050
179	SFM	59.1	30.1	607
180	HAOTIAN	58.8	27.5	2,171
181	PIONEER	58.7	29.1	6,445
182	GEELY	58.7	32.5	693
183	HUONIAO	58.4	28.0	4,708
184	YIBEN MEIDUC	58.3	33.9	679
185	BAIMO	58.0	30.9	895
186	VULCAN	57.9	30.2	1,939
187	HUATIAN	57.9	34.0	1,970
188	BETTER	57.6	29.7	1,423
189	CHITUMA	57.5	30.8	1,712
190	YAMASAKI	57.3	32.8	800
191	DAJIANG	57.2	30.0	526
192	RIEJU	57.2	32.8	12,126
193	SHINERAY	56.7	31.6	2,229
194	WHITE KNUCKLE	56.2	32.6	2,879
195	SONIK	55.2	37.6	922
196	SUPERBYKE	54.3	34.5	5,022
197	SANYA	53.5	31.7	1,450
198	XINLING	53.3	36.5	542
199	URBAN	53.1	35.5	961
200	KINROAD	52.6	36.9	2,569
201	MOTOR HISPANIA	49.8	40.3	3,099
202	POR	49.6	40.8	661
203	KAISAR	48.9	39.2	982
204	SKYJET	46.6	43.1	4,260
205	MEGELLI	45.9	43.0	560

Normal tests only, first-time outcomes. Source: DVSA anonymised MOT results, 2005–2025.