BIKERELIABILITY
MOT DATA · GREAT BRITAIN · 2005–2025
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Common failures · 2005–2025

Bikes most likely to fail on brakes

Which motorcycles fail their MOT on brakes most often?

VISION 110
tops the list, HONDA
100.0%
brake failure rate

Full ranking

50 models · min 200 tests · Brake failure rate
# Bike Brake failure rate Brake failure rate % Pass % Tests
1 HONDA VISION 110
100.0 74.3 265
2 LEXMOTO STR 125 YB
24.6 48.5 260
3 VULCAN HARRIER
23.0 49.2 305
4 RIEJU RS1
21.9 44.9 374
5 AJS R7
20.8 44.8 212
6 XINLING XL 50 QTB
20.5 52.5 263
7 WANGYE WY 50 QT-16A
20.5 53.9 258
8 SKYJET SJ
19.8 50.3 374
9 AJS TN
19.7 52.5 244
10 CPI SX 50
19.7 47.2 229
11 MASH BLACK 7
19.5 65.1 241
12 MOTOR HISPANIA MH6V-X FURIA
19.2 48.9 474
13 LEXMOTO XTR 125-23
19.0 54.3 1,883
14 APRILIA TUONO 50
18.9 53.0 302
15 LEXMOTO GLADIATOR 125
18.8 54.9 2,330
16 MOTOR HISPANIA MH6U-SM
18.8 48.8 389
17 GENERIC TRIGGER
18.8 50.0 308
18 PEUGEOT XR6
18.7 46.6 524
19 Z Y MOTOR ZY 50 QT-7
18.6 59.6 527
20 HYOSUNG SF50
18.3 56.3 240
21 DERBI SENDA (RESTRICTED)
18.2 46.7 516
22 SKYJET SJ 125-23
17.9 44.7 2,319
23 SANBEN WY 125 T-23
17.9 57.3 368
24 BAIMO RENEGADE
17.9 54.6 240
25 MOTOR HISPANIA RYZ 50
17.9 47.8 201
26 ZONTES SCORPION 125
17.8 57.8 540
27 BULLIT HUNT S 125
17.8 61.5 275
28 RIEJU MRX125
17.6 52.4 210
29 HYOSUNG HYPER
17.5 61.1 303
30 SACHS SPEEDFORCE
17.5 57.7 246
31 MOTOR HISPANIA RX50
17.3 51.0 716
32 SUPERBYKE POWERBAND 50
17.3 54.5 255
33 APRILIA RX50
17.1 50.3 3,525
34 PEUGEOT XP6S
17.1 50.6 891
35 BAOTIAN BT 125 T-7
17.0 56.3 206
36 MOTOR HISPANIA FURIA 50
16.9 46.6 491
37 TAISHAN COMMUTER
16.9 56.9 325
38 PEUGEOT XPS CT 125
16.9 55.9 254
39 KAISAR KS 125-23
16.8 46.7 655
40 MBK NITRO (Y050)
16.8 53.9 536
41 AJS FLIGHT
16.7 58.2 311
42 ZNEN ZN 125 T-32A PHANTOM
16.7 54.6 306
43 PEUGEOT XR6 S
16.7 45.7 282
44 APRILIA RX 50 MY06
16.6 52.9 344
45 PEUGEOT SPEEDFIGHT 50 LR ULTIMATE
16.6 52.9 223
46 SUPERBYKE RMR 125
16.5 53.0 1,632
47 HIMO GY 125
16.5 47.6 309
48 APRILIA RS 50
16.4 52.4 13,697
49 YIBEN MEIDUC YB 50 QT-9
16.4 52.2 232
50 RIEJU RR 50
16.3 48.5 600

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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