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

GEN MOTO

59.5%
first-time pass rate
29.8%
failed outright
121
MOT tests, 2005–2025

What fails a GEN MOTO

failure defects across all GEN MOTO models · advisories excluded

lamps and reflectors is GEN MOTO's most common failure — 15.7% of all GEN MOTO tests record one.

Component groupShare of defects% of testsWorst offenders
lamps and reflectors
15.7 see ranking
structure and attachments
16.5 see ranking
brakes
14 see ranking
suspension
11.6 see ranking
tyres
6.6 see ranking

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

GEN MOTO 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.