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

TGB

71.7%
first-time pass rate
19.7%
failed outright
15.0k
MOT tests, 2005–2025

What fails a TGB

failure defects across all TGB models · advisories excluded

brakes is TGB's most common failure — 8.7% of all TGB tests record one.

Component groupShare of defects% of testsWorst offenders
brakes
8.7 see ranking
lighting and signalling
6.8 see ranking
steering and suspension
6.9 see ranking
tyres and wheels
3.5 see ranking
lamps and reflectors
1.8 see ranking

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

TGB models, ranked by test volume

17 models with ≥ 100 normal tests, 2005–2025
Model Pass rate Pass % Fail % Median miles Tests
202
72.5 17.6 7,653 4,670
R50 X
70.3 22.9 5,739 1,879
304
70.2 20.0 11,781 1,243
302
73.6 18.7 9,880 1,060
DELIVERY
74.7 17.6 8,906 794
101R
71.5 19.3 4,854 601
BR8 R125X
70.0 24.2 7,743 480
204
75.3 15.9 11,546 465
303 R HAWK
63.8 25.7 6,859 417
BR8
75.3 15.7 6,595 356
303R
71.0 19.2 6,987 338
303
73.3 20.5 4,724 307
DELIVERY 125
68.5 21.0 14,760 248
404
79.3 11.8 11,547 169
303 R HAWK 125
68.8 23.2 8,721 138
202 CLASSIC
67.9 20.2 8,460 109
AKROS
69.2 24.0 7,092 104

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