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

SP MOTO

63.7%
first-time pass rate
25.7%
failed outright
113
MOT tests, 2005–2025

What fails a SP MOTO

failure defects across all SP MOTO models · advisories excluded

lamps and reflectors is SP MOTO's most common failure — 16.8% of all SP MOTO tests record one.

Component groupShare of defects% of testsWorst offenders
lamps and reflectors
16.8 see ranking
brakes
10.6 see ranking
suspension
11.5 see ranking
structure and attachments
8 see ranking
lighting and signalling
2.7 see ranking

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

SP MOTO models, ranked by test volume

1 models with ≥ 100 normal tests, 2005–2025
Model Pass rate Pass % Fail % Median miles Tests
SP
63.4 25.9 3,788 112

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