BIKERELIABILITY
MOT DATA · GREAT BRITAIN · 2005–2025
Make report · 2005–2025

EVT

80.3%
first-time pass rate
11.4%
failed outright
228
MOT tests, 2005–2025

What fails a EVT

failure defects across all EVT models · advisories excluded

lighting and signalling is EVT's most common failure — 4.8% of all EVT tests record one.

Component groupShare of defects% of testsWorst offenders
lighting and signalling
4.8 see ranking
brakes
4.8 see ranking
steering and suspension
5.3 see ranking
steering
1.8 see ranking
tyres
0.4 see ranking

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

EVT 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.