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

VELOCETTE

93.8%
first-time pass rate
1.9%
failed outright
24.7k
MOT tests, 2005–2025

What fails a VELOCETTE

failure defects across all VELOCETTE models · advisories excluded

lighting and signalling is VELOCETTE's most common failure — 0.8% of all VELOCETTE tests record one.

Component groupShare of defects% of testsWorst offenders
lighting and signalling
0.8 see ranking
steering and suspension
0.6 see ranking
brakes
0.5 see ranking
tyres and wheels
0.4 see ranking
fuel and exhaust
0.1 see ranking

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

VELOCETTE models, ranked by test volume

21 models with ≥ 100 normal tests, 2005–2025
Model Pass rate Pass % Fail % Median miles Tests
VENOM
94.4 1.5 14,785 4,945
VIPER
93.8 1.6 14,468 1,943
LE
92.2 3.3 26,697 1,938
MAC
92.5 1.7 9,762 1,487
MSS
95.2 1.1 14,315 1,202
THRUXTON
95.3 0.7 7,387 570
KSS
92.5 2.2 5,018 558
350
91.8 3.4 16,930 354
500
92.6 2.9 11,228 311
VALIANT
89.5 3.2 17,965 285
LE200
94.9 2.9 27,358 275
MAC 350
94.4 1.9 15,877 269
MOV
91.4 3.1 11,190 255
VOGUE
89.4 4.3 27,815 161
350 MAC
97.8 0.0 16,276 139
LE MK3
89.8 1.5 18,469 137
VENOM 500
91.3 2.4 13,973 127
VENOM CLUBMAN
97.5 0.8 30,547 121
MSS500
91.4 1.7 18,703 116
VIPER 350
94.1 2.0 7,245 102
KTS
93.0 1.0 4,757 100

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