| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Offside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak (5.3.2 (b)) | 3 |
| Stop lamp does not illuminate by the operation of both brake controls (4.3.2 (a) (iii)) | 3 |
| Rear Stop lamp not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 2 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 2 |
| Stop lamp not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 2 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak (5.3.2 (b)) | 2 |
| Front Upper Brake hose leaking (1.1.12 (c)) | 1 |
| Handlebar mounting so insecure that steering is adversely affected Handlebar mounting rubber bushes are worn to excess! (2.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Steering operation fouling on the fuel tank or bodywork on full lock turns indicator on when on full lefthand lock because switchgear is hitting tank (2.1.4 (b)) | 1 |
| Handlebar mounting so insecure that steering is adversely affected handlebar mounting rubbers have perished to the extent of allowing excessive lateral movement fore and aft, (2.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Front Brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 1 |
| Rear Brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Brake disc contaminated (1.1.14 (b)) | 1 |
| Rear reflector missing (4.8.2 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Roller brake test The less effective brake control does not achieve an efficiency of 25% (1.2.2 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Direction indicator not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Steering headbearing excessively stiff or notchy (2.2.2 (f) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Brake disc fractured (1.1.14 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak (5.3.2 (b)) | 1 |
| Front Wheel spindle loose (5.2.1 (c) (i)) | 1 |
| Stop lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp (4.3.3 (b)) | 1 |
| Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Headlamp aim not tested (4.1.2 (b)) | 1 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 1 |