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

VULCAN

57.9%
first-time pass rate
30.2%
failed outright
1,939
MOT tests, 2005–2025

What fails a VULCAN

failure defects across all VULCAN models · advisories excluded

lighting and signalling is VULCAN's most common failure — 20.2% of all VULCAN tests record one.

Component groupShare of defects% of testsWorst offenders
lighting and signalling
20.2 see ranking
steering and suspension
14.4 see ranking
brakes
13.4 see ranking
drive system
6.5 see ranking
body and structure
5.1 see ranking

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

VULCAN models, ranked by test volume

3 models with ≥ 100 normal tests, 2005–2025
Model Pass rate Pass % Fail % Median miles Tests
CUSTOM
56.1 30.8 6,494 930
HARRIER
49.2 37.0 7,066 305
V 50 R
70.2 25.0 7,013 124

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