BIKERELIABILITY
MOT DATA · GREAT BRITAIN · 2005–2025
League table/HARLEY-DAVIDSON XL 1200 V SEVENTY TWO 12
Make report · 2005–2025

HARLEY-DAVIDSON XL 1200 V SEVENTY TWO 12

88.3%
first-time pass rate
4.6%
failed outright
282
MOT tests, 2005–2025

What fails a HARLEY-DAVIDSON XL 1200 V SEVENTY TWO 12

failure defects across all HARLEY-DAVIDSON XL 1200 V SEVENTY TWO 12 models · advisories excluded

lamps and reflectors is HARLEY-DAVIDSON XL 1200 V SEVENTY TWO 12's most common failure — 1.4% of all HARLEY-DAVIDSON XL 1200 V SEVENTY TWO 12 tests record one.

Component groupShare of defects% of testsWorst offenders
lamps and reflectors
1.4 see ranking
brakes
0.4 see ranking
tyres and wheels
0.7 see ranking
lighting and signalling
0.7 see ranking
reg plates and vin
0.4

Top failure groups aggregated across every HARLEY-DAVIDSON XL 1200 V SEVENTY TWO 12 model, 2005–2025. "% of tests" = share of the make's tests recording at least one defect in that group.

HARLEY-DAVIDSON XL 1200 V SEVENTY TWO 12 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.