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

ZY MOTOR

65.3%
first-time pass rate
25.3%
failed outright
438
MOT tests, 2005–2025

What fails a ZY MOTOR

failure defects across all ZY MOTOR models · advisories excluded

lighting and signalling is ZY MOTOR's most common failure — 16.2% of all ZY MOTOR tests record one.

Component groupShare of defects% of testsWorst offenders
lighting and signalling
16.2 see ranking
steering and suspension
11.4 see ranking
brakes
9.8 see ranking
tyres and wheels
2.7 see ranking
fuel and exhaust
1.8 see ranking

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

ZY MOTOR models, ranked by test volume

2 models with ≥ 100 normal tests, 2005–2025
Model Pass rate Pass % Fail % Median miles Tests
ZY50
65.1 26.8 2,698 284
ZY125
65.1 21.7 6,848 106

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