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

EXCELSIOR

93.0%
first-time pass rate
3.2%
failed outright
1,123
MOT tests, 2005–2025

What fails a EXCELSIOR

failure defects across all EXCELSIOR models · advisories excluded

lighting and signalling is EXCELSIOR's most common failure — 1.4% of all EXCELSIOR tests record one.

Component groupShare of defects% of testsWorst offenders
lighting and signalling
1.4 see ranking
brakes
1.8 see ranking
steering and suspension
1.3 see ranking
tyres and wheels
0.9 see ranking
body and structure
0.5 see ranking

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

EXCELSIOR models, ranked by test volume

1 models with ≥ 100 normal tests, 2005–2025
Model Pass rate Pass % Fail % Median miles Tests
CONSORT
91.2 7.8 10,835 102

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