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MOT History from tests of petrol BSA BANTAMs year 1952

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mot history
Pass percent:92.61%
(The average a petrol BSA BANTAM year 1952 passes without issue)
Based on:230 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp at least one does not illuminate on dipped beam |1.2.2a|i||3
Front wheel bearings have excessive free play |2.3.5b|2
Rear Brake pedal has inadequate reserve travel |3.1.3b|2
Rear position lamp does not illuminate immediately when it is switched on |1.1.3a|2
Rear Wheel has an excessively distorted bead rim. |4.2.2|1
Handlebar mounting clamp bolt loose |2.1.1a|1
Wheel has an excessively distorted bead rim. |4.2.2|1
Wheel spoke cracked. |4.2.1b|1
Wheel alignment incorrect which adversely affects the handling |2.5.1|1
An item not tested |Manual|1
Floor brake test No brake control achieves an efficiency of 30%. |3.3.C1a|1
Front suspension assembly component loose |2.3.1|1
Front Brake lever has inadequate reserve travel |3.1.3b|1
Roller brake test No brake control achieves an efficiency of 30%. |3.3.A2a|1
Roller brake test The less effective brake control does not achieve an efficiency of 25%. |3.3.A2b|1
Rear Stop lamp missing |1.3.3a|1
Front Headlamp at least one does not illuminate on dipped beam |1.2.2a|i||1
Front Dipswitch does not deflect the main beam/s, making them into dipped beam/s |1.2.2b|ii||1
Rear Rear position lamp does not illuminate immediately when it is switched on |1.1.3a|1
Rear Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies |1.3.1a|1
Upper Steering headbearing has excessive free play |2.2.2|1
Horn not working |1.7.3a|1
Steering headbearing has excessive free play |2.2.2|1
Front position lamp does not illuminate immediately when switched on |1.1.3a|1
Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies |1.3.1a|1
Centre Rear position lamp does not illuminate immediately when it is switched on |1.1.3a|1
Front position lamp missing |1.1.1a|1
Throttle operating incorrectly |6.2.1f|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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