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

SONIK

55.2%
first-time pass rate
37.6%
failed outright
922
MOT tests, 2005–2025

What fails a SONIK

failure defects across all SONIK models · advisories excluded

lighting and signalling is SONIK's most common failure — 24% of all SONIK tests record one.

Component groupShare of defects% of testsWorst offenders
lighting and signalling
24 see ranking
steering and suspension
18.9 see ranking
brakes
15.6 see ranking
tyres and wheels
11.9 see ranking
body and structure
3.6 see ranking

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

SONIK models, ranked by test volume

2 models with ≥ 100 normal tests, 2005–2025
Model Pass rate Pass % Fail % Median miles Tests
SKYJET
50.7 42.5 5,163 146
STARWAY YH 125 T-L
55.9 37.3 2,930 102

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