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

SIL

87.6%
first-time pass rate
6.7%
failed outright
492
MOT tests, 2005–2025

What fails a SIL

failure defects across all SIL models · advisories excluded

lighting and signalling is SIL's most common failure — 2.6% of all SIL tests record one.

Component groupShare of defects% of testsWorst offenders
lighting and signalling
2.6 see ranking
brakes
2 see ranking
steering and suspension
1.2 see ranking
tyres and wheels
1.2 see ranking
reg plates and vin
0.6

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

SIL 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.