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

DIRECTBIKES

65.2%
first-time pass rate
25.7%
failed outright
649
MOT tests, 2005–2025

What fails a DIRECTBIKES

failure defects across all DIRECTBIKES models · advisories excluded

lighting and signalling is DIRECTBIKES's most common failure — 13.7% of all DIRECTBIKES tests record one.

Component groupShare of defects% of testsWorst offenders
lighting and signalling
13.7 see ranking
brakes
12.5 see ranking
steering and suspension
12 see ranking
tyres and wheels
4.2 see ranking
lamps and reflectors
2.6 see ranking

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

DIRECTBIKES 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.