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MOT History from tests of petrol BSA A7s year 1959

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mot history
Pass percent:92.24%
(The average a petrol BSA A7 year 1959 passes without issue)
Based on:322 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment5
Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies |1.3.1a|3
Floor brake test No brake control achieves an efficiency of 30%. |3.3.C1a|2
Headlamp main beam affected by the operation of another lamp |1.2.2c|1
Front Brake drum|s| securing bolt|s| missing |3.2.A1g|1
Rear Rear wheel bearings have excessive free play |2.4.A.2c|1
Front Brake linkage has abnormal movement due to maladjustment |3.2.A1i|1
Front Horn not working |1.7.3a|1
Rear Rear reflector on motorcycle missing |1.4.1|1
Horn not working |1.7.3a|1
Offside Footrest insecure |6.2.1a|1
Throttle has a significant change in engine speed whilst moving the steering from lock to lock |2.1.4|1
Brake locking device missing |3.2.A1e|1
Front position lamp does not illuminate immediately when switched on |1.1.3a|1
Rear Rear position lamp does not illuminate immediately when it is switched on |1.1.3a|1
Nearside Handlebar handgrip not secure to handlebars. |2.1.1c|1
Nearside Steering lock stop ineffective |2.1.3|1
Offside Steering lock stop ineffective |2.1.3|1
Headlamp insecure |1.2.3b|1
Brake locking device insecure |3.2.A1e|1
Fuel system component leaking |7.2.1a|1
Rear Rear suspension bush excessively deteriorated |2.4.A2a|i||1
Headlamp at least one does not illuminate on main beam |1.2.2a|ii||1
Horn not loud enough to be heard by another road user |1.7.3a|1
Front Brake lever attachment screws loose |3.1.2b|1
Sidecar rear position lamp does not illuminate immediately when it is switched on |1.1.3a|1
Rear Footrest insecure |6.2.1a|1
Steering headbearing has excessive free play |2.2.2|1

We get to these numbers by trawling through over 1 billion MOT test results since 2004 and crunched the numbers. We remove anything to do with Tyres, as they are model independent and group together common non-model specific issues. We are trying to get to a picture of what models have what issues.

Please note: We take the data from the DVSA. This data is raw and can contain typos and spelling mistakes that garages may have entered while recording a MOT result. Specifically miss-match on names of models and makes. We are constantly cleaning the data so bear with the odd issue.

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