BIKERELIABILITY
MOT DATA · GREAT BRITAIN · 2005–2025
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Popularity & durability · 2005–2025

The bikes that keep passing at the highest mileage

Which motorcycles still pass their MOT at the highest mileage?

ST 1100 POLICE
tops the list, HONDA
67,887
median miles at test

Full ranking

50 models · min 200 tests · Median miles at test
# Bike Median miles at test Median miles at test Pass % Tests
1 HONDA ST 1100 POLICE
67,887 80.4 540
2 BMW K1100LTIC
60,958 80.5 298
3 BMW K 100 RT
58,964 81.8 490
4 HONDA GL1200AF
58,882 80.0 525
5 HONDA ST1100L
58,798 80.1 4,217
6 BMW K1100LT
57,693 82.2 2,353
7 HONDA GL1200AE
56,486 81.2 1,381
8 HONDA GL1200DE
56,155 81.2 494
9 HONDA ST1100M
55,962 79.8 3,539
10 BMW K100 LT
54,098 84.3 478
11 HONDA GL1200AG
53,634 83.0 277
12 BMW K75RT
53,392 84.2 374
13 HONDA ST1100S
53,178 81.2 515
14 HONDA GL1200AH
53,072 78.3 423
15 HONDA GL1500
52,598 86.5 9,175
16 BMW K100
52,260 84.3 20,747
17 HONDA ST1100R
52,165 80.8 677
18 HONDA GL1200DG
52,063 83.6 397
19 BMW R90
51,662 87.1 372
20 HONDA GL1200
51,450 81.2 1,370
21 BMW K100RS
51,044 85.7 1,359
22 HONDA PAN
50,396 82.3 316
23 MOTO GUZZI 850 T4
50,366 86.2 487
24 BMW K1100
50,260 81.8 5,401
25 BMW K75
50,204 85.8 17,453
26 BMW GS1100
49,579 84.1 252
27 MOTO GUZZI T3
49,391 85.6 931
28 MOTO GUZZI 1000S
49,052 86.9 764
29 HONDA ST1100P
48,860 82.9 397
30 BMW R90/6
48,853 90.1 556
31 HONDA ST1100N
47,821 81.9 215
32 MOTO GUZZI 1000SP
47,789 83.5 387
33 HONDA PAN EUROPEAN
47,397 82.6 1,842
34 BMW K75S
47,376 85.8 592
35 BMW R75/7
47,344 81.8 555
36 HONDA ST1100V
46,110 82.2 652
37 HONDA NTV600J
45,284 74.8 1,001
38 HONDA ST1100T
45,076 84.2 819
39 HONDA GL1100
45,054 79.6 4,295
40 BMW R80RT
44,445 84.9 1,087
41 HONDA GOLDWING
44,401 85.9 6,015
42 MOTO GUZZI LE MANS 2
44,398 83.7 203
43 MOTO GUZZI SPADA
44,292 81.1 729
44 BMW R100RT
44,112 85.9 1,043
45 BMW R60/6
43,926 89.1 764
46 BMW K1100RS
43,888 83.4 3,133
47 HONDA BROS 650
43,861 78.6 243
48 HONDA ST1100A
43,567 84.2 2,526
49 HONDA CBR1000F-J
43,135 76.4 263
50 BMW R100RS
43,036 87.6 2,275

Normal tests only, first-time outcomes. Source: DVSA anonymised MOT results. Small samples are noisier, so weight the test count. Methodology.

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