BIKERELIABILITY
MOT DATA · GREAT BRITAIN · 2005–2025
League table/DIRECTBIKE
Make report · 2005–2025

DIRECTBIKE

66.3%
first-time pass rate
26.9%
failed outright
160
MOT tests, 2005–2025

What fails a DIRECTBIKE

failure defects across all DIRECTBIKE models · advisories excluded

lighting and signalling is DIRECTBIKE's most common failure — 16.9% of all DIRECTBIKE tests record one.

Component groupShare of defects% of testsWorst offenders
lighting and signalling
16.9 see ranking
brakes
11.2 see ranking
steering and suspension
12.5 see ranking
tyres and wheels
8.1 see ranking
body and structure
2.5 see ranking

Top failure groups aggregated across every DIRECTBIKE model, 2005–2025. "% of tests" = share of the make's tests recording at least one defect in that group.

DIRECTBIKE models, ranked by test volume

0 models with ≥ 100 normal tests, 2005–2025
Model Pass rate Pass % Fail % Median miles Tests

Normal tests only. Median miles is odometer reading at test where recorded. Source: DVSA anonymised MOT results, 2005–2025.