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

INDIAN MOTORCYCLE

92.6%
first-time pass rate
3.4%
failed outright
13.1k
MOT tests, 2005–2025

What fails a INDIAN MOTORCYCLE

failure defects across all INDIAN MOTORCYCLE models · advisories excluded

lamps and reflectors is INDIAN MOTORCYCLE's most common failure — 1.2% of all INDIAN MOTORCYCLE tests record one.

Component groupShare of defects% of testsWorst offenders
lamps and reflectors
1.2 see ranking
brakes
0.6 see ranking
Identification of the vehicle
0.7
suspension
0.5 see ranking
structure and attachments
0.5 see ranking

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

INDIAN MOTORCYCLE models, ranked by test volume

15 models with ≥ 100 normal tests, 2005–2025
Model Pass rate Pass % Fail % Median miles Tests
SCOUT
92.2 3.8 5,240 3,775
SCOUT BOBBER
90.2 4.0 3,985 1,836
SCOUT SIXTY
92.2 3.1 4,845 1,103
CHIEF
93.8 3.4 8,000 1,096
FTR 1200
91.5 3.7 3,734 752
ROADMASTER
96.6 2.3 11,310 641
SPRINGFIELD
99.0 0.7 9,204 292
CHIEF DARK HORSE
93.2 2.6 5,777 266
CHIEFTAIN
94.7 1.9 12,386 264
SCOUT BOBBER TWENTY
90.7 3.9 3,126 204
CHIEFTAIN LIMITED
96.2 1.6 7,990 186
DARK HORSE
98.3 0.0 9,090 175
CHIEFTAIN DARK HORSE
91.5 3.8 10,202 130
SCOUT BOBBER SIXTY
90.2 4.5 4,254 112
FTR R CARBON
93.0 0.0 3,622 100

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