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

Bikes most likely to fail on structure & corrosion

Which motorcycles fail their MOT on structure, body or corrosion most often?

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

Full ranking

50 models · min 200 tests · Structure failure rate
# Bike Structure failure rate Structure failure rate % Pass % Tests
1 HONDA VISION 110
100.0 74.3 265
2 AJS R7
24.1 44.8 212
3 LEXMOTO ZSA
20.1 46.4 483
4 WHITE KNUCKLE XY
18.9 45.6 206
5 AJS TN
17.6 52.5 244
6 SINNIS APACHE SMR
17.1 60.1 298
7 SFM ZZ
17.1 55.6 234
8 ZONTES TIGER
16.9 60.1 278
9 YINGANG YG 48 Q-5
16.8 62.3 220
10 LEXMOTO HAWK 125 XGJ 125-28
16.4 59.4 372
11 SKYJET SJ
16.3 50.3 374
12 WHITE KNUCKLE 125
15.6 51.7 924
13 SINNIS RSX 125
15.4 57.9 746
14 LEXMOTO HUNTER 50 E4
15.4 58.6 677
15 LEXMOTO ARROW
15.3 58.0 1,547
16 KSR Moto TW
15.2 54.3 864
17 LEXMOTO HUNTER 50 TD 50 Q
15.2 58.7 693
18 LEXMOTO XFLM
15.1 55.4 2,817
19 LEXMOTO ASSAULT 125 HJ 125-J E4
15.0 62.6 977
20 LEXMOTO ASSAULT
14.9 59.3 1,627
21 LEXMOTO ASPIRE 50 TD 50 Q-2
14.9 62.6 455
22 WK BIKES 125
14.8 54.9 446
23 LEXMOTO ADRENALINE 125 EFi
14.3 60.2 1,044
24 LEXMOTO ASPIRE
13.9 59.3 570
25 LEXMOTO TEKKEN 125 MH 125 GY-15
13.7 62.4 271
26 KEEWAY TX
13.6 58.1 1,433
27 LEXMOTO OREGON
13.5 60.5 296
28 JIANSHE JS 125-32
13.2 63.0 265
29 PULSE XF
13.0 57.2 2,063
30 SUPERBYKE RMR
12.8 55.7 345
31 SYM PU
12.6 62.8 333
32 VULCAN HARRIER
12.5 49.2 305
33 LEXMOTO ZSX
12.4 57.4 4,025
34 AJS JSM
12.4 56.4 599
35 LEXMOTO VENOM
12.3 60.1 5,664
36 SINNIS APACHE
12.1 62.0 503
37 LEXMOTO VIPER SK 125-22A
12.0 58.6 1,101
38 GENERIC TRIGGER
12.0 50.0 308
39 YAMASAKI YM 50-10
12.0 56.2 249
40 LEXMOTO XTR
11.8 55.2 2,456
41 KSR Moto GRS
11.8 61.5 1,625
42 LEXMOTO LXS 125
11.8 65.1 604
43 SKYJET SJ 125-23
11.7 44.7 2,319
44 PIONEER XF
11.7 64.5 409
45 KSR Moto WORX 125
11.6 64.3 1,387
46 LEXMOTO ISCA 125 SK 125-L
11.6 66.8 1,024
47 SINNIS CRUISE STAR
11.6 58.4 293
48 ZONTES SCORPION 125
11.5 57.8 540
49 ZONTES MANTIS
11.5 65.8 538
50 LEXMOTO ZSB
11.4 57.8 1,380

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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