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

RIEJU

57.2%
first-time pass rate
32.8%
failed outright
12.1k
MOT tests, 2005–2025

What fails a RIEJU

failure defects across all RIEJU models · advisories excluded

lighting and signalling is RIEJU's most common failure — 13.4% of all RIEJU tests record one.

Component groupShare of defects% of testsWorst offenders
lighting and signalling
13.4 see ranking
steering and suspension
12.1 see ranking
brakes
13 see ranking
lamps and reflectors
9.1 see ranking
structure and attachments
5.2 see ranking

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

RIEJU models, ranked by test volume

21 models with ≥ 100 normal tests, 2005–2025
Model Pass rate Pass % Fail % Median miles Tests
MRT
60.0 29.2 5,280 1,618
RS2
50.8 39.3 9,270 1,475
MARATHON
59.9 28.7 4,951 1,020
RS
60.4 31.1 6,698 988
MRT 50
52.4 34.8 6,320 626
RS2 50
48.5 40.5 9,735 619
RR 50
48.5 43.2 9,253 600
TANGO
71.1 18.2 3,032 412
MRX 50
51.9 40.3 10,602 397
RS1
44.9 48.4 9,474 374
SMX125
58.3 31.2 8,832 369
RS2 125 MATRIX
55.1 33.3 8,080 294
SMX50
48.1 39.6 11,008 293
RS3 125
62.9 28.2 9,335 280
MARATHON 125
63.2 28.9 7,420 280
MRX125
52.4 36.7 8,842 210
RS3 50
57.3 34.1 6,868 185
TANGO 50
63.7 26.0 4,560 146
TANGO 250
85.3 7.7 2,045 143
TANGO 125
67.4 20.3 2,448 138
MRT3 50 PRO SM
50.5 33.3 6,543 105

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