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

SILK

91.6%
first-time pass rate
3.2%
failed outright
308
MOT tests, 2005–2025

What fails a SILK

failure defects across all SILK models · advisories excluded

lighting and signalling is SILK's most common failure — 1% of all SILK tests record one.

Component groupShare of defects% of testsWorst offenders
lighting and signalling
1 see ranking
brakes
1 see ranking
steering and suspension
1 see ranking
fuel and exhaust
0.3 see ranking
tyres and wheels
0.6 see ranking

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

SILK models, ranked by test volume

1 models with ≥ 100 normal tests, 2005–2025
Model Pass rate Pass % Fail % Median miles Tests
700S
91.9 2.7 15,158 185

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