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

VINCENT

93.5%
first-time pass rate
1.9%
failed outright
7,035
MOT tests, 2005–2025

What fails a VINCENT

failure defects across all VINCENT models · advisories excluded

lighting and signalling is VINCENT's most common failure — 0.9% of all VINCENT tests record one.

Component groupShare of defects% of testsWorst offenders
lighting and signalling
0.9 see ranking
tyres and wheels
0.5 see ranking
brakes
0.4 see ranking
steering and suspension
0.4 see ranking
drive system
0.2 see ranking

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

VINCENT models, ranked by test volume

5 models with ≥ 100 normal tests, 2005–2025
Model Pass rate Pass % Fail % Median miles Tests
COMET
92.2 2.2 8,202 1,612
RAPIDE
94.8 1.5 12,469 1,503
BLACK SHADOW
93.9 1.1 13,752 791
HRD
91.1 5.0 9,731 202
1000
89.2 2.7 5,365 111

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