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

FOSTI

59.3%
first-time pass rate
33.7%
failed outright
199
MOT tests, 2005–2025

What fails a FOSTI

failure defects across all FOSTI models · advisories excluded

lamps and reflectors is FOSTI's most common failure — 14.1% of all FOSTI tests record one.

Component groupShare of defects% of testsWorst offenders
lamps and reflectors
14.1 see ranking
brakes
13.6 see ranking
structure and attachments
11.6 see ranking
suspension
8.5 see ranking
lighting and signalling
6 see ranking

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

FOSTI 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.