BIKERELIABILITY
MOT DATA · GREAT BRITAIN · 2005–2025
League table/TAIWAN GOLDEN BEE
Make report · 2005–2025

TAIWAN GOLDEN BEE

74.7%
first-time pass rate
19.0%
failed outright
1,053
MOT tests, 2005–2025

What fails a TAIWAN GOLDEN BEE

failure defects across all TAIWAN GOLDEN BEE models · advisories excluded

brakes is TAIWAN GOLDEN BEE's most common failure — 9.1% of all TAIWAN GOLDEN BEE tests record one.

Component groupShare of defects% of testsWorst offenders
brakes
9.1 see ranking
steering and suspension
7.5 see ranking
lighting and signalling
6 see ranking
tyres and wheels
4.2 see ranking
fuel and exhaust
2 see ranking

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

TAIWAN GOLDEN BEE models, ranked by test volume

3 models with ≥ 100 normal tests, 2005–2025
Model Pass rate Pass % Fail % Median miles Tests
303 R HAWK 125
70.2 22.3 8,990 336
CU8 125
78.0 17.8 10,110 118
BR8 R125X
76.1 20.2 5,311 109

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