BIKERELIABILITY
MOT DATA · GREAT BRITAIN · 2005–2025
League table/ Rankings/Bikes most likely to fail on steering & suspension
Common failures · 2005–2025

Bikes most likely to fail on steering & suspension

Which motorcycles fail their MOT on steering or suspension most often?

VISION 110
tops the list, HONDA
100.0%
steering/suspension failure rate

Full ranking

50 models · min 200 tests · Steering/suspension failure rate
# Bike Steering/suspension failure rate Steering/suspension failure rate % Pass % Tests
1 HONDA VISION 110
100.0 74.3 265
2 AJS R7
41.5 44.8 212
3 RIEJU RS1
35.6 44.9 374
4 PEUGEOT XR6 S
33.3 45.7 282
5 PEUGEOT XR6
32.3 46.6 524
6 HIMO GY 125
30.4 47.6 309
7 RIEJU RR 50
30.0 48.5 600
8 HONDA NS125R-K
28.9 53.0 304
9 POR APACHE 125
28.1 49.0 545
10 LEXMOTO GLADIATOR 125
27.5 54.9 2,330
11 ZNEN ZN 125 T-32A PHANTOM
27.5 54.6 306
12 SHINERAY XY 125 GY
27.1 47.7 778
13 CPI SX 50
27.1 47.2 229
14 MOTOR HISPANIA RYZ 50
26.9 47.8 201
15 RIEJU RS2
26.8 50.8 1,475
16 MOTOR HISPANIA MH6U-SM
26.5 48.8 389
17 MOTOR HISPANIA RX50
26.4 51.0 716
18 HONDA NS125
26.3 54.0 2,860
19 MEGELLI 125 M
26.2 45.1 275
20 AJS TN
26.2 52.5 244
21 PEUGEOT XP6 T
26.0 47.3 319
22 KINROAD XT 125-16
25.9 45.0 351
23 RIEJU RS2 50
25.7 48.5 619
24 MOTOR HISPANIA FURIA 50
25.7 46.6 491
25 CPI SM 50
25.6 52.8 741
26 LEXMOTO DART
25.5 60.9 361
27 XINLING XL 50 QTB
25.5 52.5 263
28 MOTOR HISPANIA MH6V-X FURIA
25.1 48.9 474
29 SANBEN WY 125 T-23
25.0 57.3 368
30 CHITUMA GY 125
25.0 48.5 272
31 RIEJU SMX50
24.6 48.1 293
32 MOTORINI MISANO 50
24.4 61.1 303
33 SUPERBYKE RMX 125
24.3 46.3 218
34 SUPERBYKE RBP 125
24.2 47.6 462
35 SKYJET SJ 125-23
24.1 44.7 2,319
36 YAMASAKI YM 50-10
24.1 56.2 249
37 LIFAN LF 125 GY-3
23.9 49.7 599
38 WHITE KNUCKLE 125 SPORT
23.9 50.4 486
39 GILERA H@K 50
23.8 59.0 400
40 MBK X-POWER
23.8 51.4 214
41 WHITE KNUCKLE XY
23.8 45.6 206
42 DERBI GPR50-R
23.7 53.4 1,901
43 CPI SUPERMOTO
23.7 53.0 455
44 APRILIA RS 50
23.4 52.4 13,697
45 RIEJU MRX 50
23.4 51.9 397
46 WK BIKES 125
23.3 54.9 446
47 YAMAHA TZR50
23.1 52.4 2,051
48 PEUGEOT XP6S
23.1 50.6 891
49 LEXMOTO STR 125 YB
23.1 48.5 260
50 DERBI SENDA (RESTRICTED)
22.7 46.7 516

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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