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

Bikes most likely to fail on tyres & wheels

Which motorcycles fail their MOT on tyres or wheels most often?

VISION 110
tops the list, HONDA
100.0%
tyre/wheel failure rate

Full ranking

50 models · min 200 tests · Tyre/wheel failure rate
# Bike Tyre/wheel failure rate Tyre/wheel failure rate % Pass % Tests
1 HONDA VISION 110
100.0 74.3 265
2 SUPERBYKE RMX 125
13.8 46.3 218
3 SUKIDA SK 125 GY-A CROSSER
13.2 52.0 204
4 SUPERBYKE RBP 125
13.0 47.6 462
5 POR APACHE 125
12.7 49.0 545
6 SHINERAY XY 125 GY
12.6 47.7 778
7 CHITUMA GY 125
12.1 48.5 272
8 HIMO GY 125
12.0 47.6 309
9 YUAN XGJ 125-23
11.6 43.3 215
10 KAISAR KS 125-23
11.5 46.7 655
11 LIFAN LF 125 GY-3
11.5 49.7 599
12 SUPERBYKE POWERBAND 50
11.4 54.5 255
13 SYM ORBIT III 125 E5
11.2 72.1 312
14 AJS ZN
11.2 72.4 286
15 URBAN DZ 125
11.1 51.6 768
16 BAOTIAN BT 125 T-12 TANCO
11.1 62.1 380
17 XINGYUE XY 125 T-11
10.9 56.2 267
18 SKYJET SJ 125-23
10.8 44.7 2,319
19 LEXMOTO TORNADO
10.8 58.4 452
20 EASY RIDER JH125L
10.8 63.7 380
21 LEXMOTO DART
10.8 60.9 361
22 HONGDOU CG125
10.8 65.7 297
23 SUZUKI RM 125
10.7 68.6 299
24 SANBEN WY 125 T-23
10.6 57.3 368
25 SACHS SPEEDFORCE
10.6 57.7 246
26 PEUGEOT SPEEDFIGHT 4 125 LC SPORTLINE
10.3 71.4 203
27 LEXMOTO GLADIATOR
10.2 58.3 1,665
28 YAMAHA DT 125 RE
10.2 68.8 510
29 HYOSUNG HYPER
10.2 61.1 303
30 DERBI SENDA (RESTRICTED)
10.1 46.7 516
31 PULSE SCOUT
10.0 63.8 401
32 BAOTIAN BT 49 QT-12
10.0 56.5 239
33 KEEWAY HURRICANE
9.9 59.2 1,320
34 LONGJIA LJ 125 T-A
9.9 62.0 1,258
35 LONCIN LX110
9.8 68.7 214
36 CPI POPCORN
9.6 63.5 427
37 HYOSUNG GRANDPRIX
9.6 66.4 363
38 BAOTIAN BT 125 T-21
9.5 66.7 888
39 KAWASAKI KMX
9.5 63.6 338
40 AJS CR3-125
9.5 43.9 262
41 CPI ARAGON 125
9.4 63.5 288
42 KYMCO CK 125
9.3 60.4 333
43 AJS FLIGHT
9.3 58.2 311
44 SHINERAY XY 125 GY VIII
9.3 60.6 289
45 LONGJIA LJ 50 QT-F
9.3 59.1 257
46 HONDA SCV100
9.2 70.7 31,347
47 LEXMOTO TOMMY 125
9.2 64.3 944
48 LEXMOTO XTR
9.1 55.2 2,456
49 LEXMOTO XTR 125-23
9.1 54.3 1,883
50 PULSE WY
9.1 59.8 1,093

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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