BIKERELIABILITY
MOT DATA · GREAT BRITAIN · 2005–2025
Make report · 2005–2025

KAM

55.7%
first-time pass rate
30.2%
failed outright
212
MOT tests, 2005–2025

What fails a KAM

failure defects across all KAM models · advisories excluded

lighting and signalling is KAM's most common failure — 17.9% of all KAM tests record one.

Component groupShare of defects% of testsWorst offenders
lighting and signalling
17.9 see ranking
steering and suspension
12.3 see ranking
brakes
8 see ranking
drive system
6.6 see ranking
lamps and reflectors
2.8 see ranking

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

KAM 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.