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

GENERIC

65.0%
first-time pass rate
25.8%
failed outright
8,021
MOT tests, 2005–2025

What fails a GENERIC

failure defects across all GENERIC models · advisories excluded

lighting and signalling is GENERIC's most common failure — 9.5% of all GENERIC tests record one.

Component groupShare of defects% of testsWorst offenders
lighting and signalling
9.5 see ranking
brakes
10.7 see ranking
steering and suspension
7.7 see ranking
lamps and reflectors
5 see ranking
structure and attachments
3.5 see ranking

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

GENERIC models, ranked by test volume

17 models with ≥ 100 normal tests, 2005–2025
Model Pass rate Pass % Fail % Median miles Tests
CODE
65.8 25.6 9,535 1,318
CRACKER
66.2 23.6 7,928 1,188
XOR
66.7 24.0 8,332 1,090
TRIGGER SM 50
52.6 36.5 8,779 620
WORX 125
68.3 24.6 8,440 398
RACE 50
66.8 24.7 9,339 340
TRIGGER
50.0 37.7 9,323 308
IDEO
73.9 15.9 6,504 264
EPICO
76.1 19.3 6,301 218
SIRION
72.3 21.7 5,574 184
TRIGGER X 50
60.7 30.3 7,353 178
XOR 125
58.8 28.8 10,816 170
TR
52.7 38.0 5,959 129
EPICO 50
75.2 15.5 7,976 129
VERTIGO
71.2 20.8 9,985 125
WORX
50.0 36.6 9,861 112
IDEO 50
82.0 13.0 6,211 100

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