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

ZNEN

64.5%
first-time pass rate
25.5%
failed outright
6,551
MOT tests, 2005–2025

What fails a ZNEN

failure defects across all ZNEN models · advisories excluded

brakes is ZNEN's most common failure — 9.7% of all ZNEN tests record one.

Component groupShare of defects% of testsWorst offenders
brakes
9.7 see ranking
lamps and reflectors
8.4 see ranking
lighting and signalling
6.5 see ranking
steering and suspension
4.9 see ranking
suspension
3.8 see ranking

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

ZNEN models, ranked by test volume

12 models with ≥ 100 normal tests, 2005–2025
Model Pass rate Pass % Fail % Median miles Tests
ZN
66.3 24.2 4,799 2,776
ZN 50 QT-56
70.0 19.4 2,888 506
ZN 125 T-32A PHANTOM
54.6 35.6 8,966 306
ZN 125 T-E5 SPIRIT
63.6 24.7 2,870 239
ZN 50 QT-11D
64.3 26.6 4,166 199
ZN 50 QT-E TOMMY
69.0 17.1 3,549 158
ZN 50 QT-K
60.3 25.3 3,474 146
ZN 50 QT-32A PHANTOM
51.8 38.1 7,322 139
ZN 50 QT-51 FLAIR
63.3 28.9 5,089 128
ZN 125 T-22
60.7 32.5 6,577 117
ZN 125-6
54.0 28.3 6,136 113
ZN 125 T-K
75.7 14.0 3,752 107

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