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

Bikes most likely to fail on lights

Which motorcycles fail their MOT on lighting most often?

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

Full ranking

50 models · min 200 tests · Lighting failure rate
# Bike Lighting failure rate Lighting failure rate % Pass % Tests
1 HONDA VISION 110
100.0 74.3 265
2 AJS R7
34.9 44.8 212
3 MOTOR HISPANIA MH6V-X FURIA
34.4 48.9 474
4 PEUGEOT XR6 S
34.0 45.7 282
5 MOTOR HISPANIA FURIA 50
33.4 46.6 491
6 DERBI SENDA (RESTRICTED)
33.3 46.7 516
7 MOTOR HISPANIA MH6U-SM
33.2 48.8 389
8 RIEJU SMX50
33.1 48.1 293
9 LEXMOTO ZSA
32.9 46.4 483
10 KAISAR KS 125-23
32.7 46.7 655
11 RIEJU RS1
32.1 44.9 374
12 YUAN XGJ 125-23
32.1 43.3 215
13 SKYJET SJ 125-23
31.3 44.7 2,319
14 APRILIA RX50
31.2 50.3 3,525
15 SUPERBYKE RMX 125
31.2 46.3 218
16 MOTOR HISPANIA RX50
31.1 51.0 716
17 HIMO GY 125
30.7 47.6 309
18 CPI SX 50
30.6 47.2 229
19 AJS CR3-125
30.5 43.9 262
20 GILERA RCR
30.2 50.5 1,530
21 PEUGEOT XR6
30.2 46.6 524
22 JINLUN JL 125 T-13
30.2 54.8 252
23 MBK NITRO (Y050)
30.0 53.9 536
24 LEXMOTO STR 125 YB
30.0 48.5 260
25 MEGELLI 125 M
29.8 45.1 275
26 POR APACHE 125
29.7 49.0 545
27 WHITE KNUCKLE XY
29.6 45.6 206
28 PEUGEOT XP6 T
29.5 47.3 319
29 APRILIA MX50
29.2 53.1 951
30 PIONEER PULSE
29.2 51.5 233
31 RIEJU RR 50
29.0 48.5 600
32 RIEJU MRX 50
29.0 51.9 397
33 MOTOR HISPANIA RYZ 50
28.9 47.8 201
34 SHINERAY XY 125 GY
28.8 47.7 778
35 SKYTEAM ST 50-3 SM
28.8 52.1 236
36 PEUGEOT XP6S
28.4 50.6 891
37 URBAN DZ 125
28.3 51.6 768
38 RIEJU MRX125
28.1 52.4 210
39 DERBI SENDA SM
27.8 51.1 1,013
40 GILERA SMT
27.7 52.7 1,352
41 RIEJU RS2 50
27.6 48.5 619
42 SUPERBYKE RBP 125
27.5 47.6 462
43 DERBI X-RACE 50 SM
27.5 53.2 327
44 LIFAN LF 125-30
27.4 52.5 537
45 VULCAN HARRIER
26.9 49.2 305
46 CPI SM 50
26.7 52.8 741
47 GIANTCO HY 150 N
26.7 52.3 281
48 YIBEN MEIDUC YB 50 QT-9
26.7 52.2 232
49 RIEJU MRT 50
26.5 52.4 626
50 APRILIA RX 50 MY06
26.5 52.9 344

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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