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

SUPERBYKE

54.3%
first-time pass rate
34.5%
failed outright
5,019
MOT tests, 2005–2025

What fails a SUPERBYKE

failure defects across all SUPERBYKE models · advisories excluded

lighting and signalling is SUPERBYKE's most common failure — 18.6% of all SUPERBYKE tests record one.

Component groupShare of defects% of testsWorst offenders
lighting and signalling
18.6 see ranking
steering and suspension
14.7 see ranking
brakes
14.7 see ranking
drive system
7 see ranking
tyres and wheels
7.2 see ranking

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

SUPERBYKE models, ranked by test volume

10 models with ≥ 100 normal tests, 2005–2025
Model Pass rate Pass % Fail % Median miles Tests
RMR 125
53.0 36.2 10,218 1,632
RBP 125
47.6 42.2 5,484 462
RMR
55.7 36.8 7,737 345
RSR 125
52.1 35.0 10,390 263
POWERBAND 50
54.5 34.1 6,422 255
SB 125
61.2 22.0 5,427 232
RMX 125
46.3 41.3 6,535 218
POWERBAND 125
64.6 19.9 9,531 181
RSP
50.6 34.7 8,390 176
SBS-125
52.2 34.5 8,493 113

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