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

MATCHLESS

92.1%
first-time pass rate
2.8%
failed outright
19.1k
MOT tests, 2005–2025

What fails a MATCHLESS

failure defects across all MATCHLESS models · advisories excluded

lighting and signalling is MATCHLESS's most common failure — 1.3% of all MATCHLESS tests record one.

Component groupShare of defects% of testsWorst offenders
lighting and signalling
1.3 see ranking
steering and suspension
1.1 see ranking
brakes
0.6 see ranking
tyres and wheels
0.5 see ranking
fuel and exhaust
0.2 see ranking

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

MATCHLESS models, ranked by test volume

18 models with ≥ 100 normal tests, 2005–2025
Model Pass rate Pass % Fail % Median miles Tests
G80
92.0 2.6 10,987 2,093
G12
92.3 2.7 20,737 1,593
G3
92.7 1.8 18,738 1,459
G3LS
92.3 1.8 15,272 1,090
G3L
93.1 2.9 8,490 955
G9
90.0 2.3 17,650 812
G2
89.1 5.2 12,758 441
G5
89.3 3.6 9,700 338
G11
91.2 1.9 11,449 318
G80CS
91.1 2.0 3,697 303
G12CSR
93.5 2.9 9,760 279
350
89.7 4.4 16,345 273
G80S
92.5 3.0 15,602 268
G15
94.1 2.0 9,190 254
G2CSR
82.9 7.0 12,488 158
500
96.4 0.7 19,674 137
650
91.5 3.8 13,987 130
G3C
97.0 2.0 1,902 100

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