MOT History from tests of petrol BSA ROCKETs year 1963

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Pass percent:94.41%

(The average a petrol BSA ROCKET year 1963 passes without issue)

Based on:286 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies \|1.3.1a\|	3
Headlamp at least one does not illuminate on dipped beam \|1.2.2a\|i\|\|	2
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2
Fuel hose leaking upper and lower carburettor unions \|7.2.1a\|	1
Headlamp deteriorated and function impaired \|1.2.3a\|	1
Rear position lamp does not illuminate immediately when it is switched on \|1.1.3a\|	1
Fuel hose leaking \|7.2.1a\|	1
Nearside Handlebar handgrip not secure to handlebars. \|2.1.1c\|	1
Horn not loud enough to be heard by another road user \|1.7.3a\|	1
Front Headlamp insecure \|1.2.3b\|	1
Nearside Headlamp switch faulty \|1.2.4\|	1
Front Wheel has an excessively distorted bead rim. \|4.2.2\|	1
Front Front wheel bearings are excessively rough \|2.3.5b\|	1
Front Exhaust is leaking and excessively noisey \|7.1.1b\|	1
Fuel system component leaking \|7.2.1a\|	1
Throttle operating incorrectly \|6.2.1f\|	1
Fuel pipe leaking \|7.2.1a\|	1
Rear Brake pedal has inadequate reserve travel \|3.1.3b\|	1
Rear Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies \|1.3.1a\|	1
Front Stop lamp affected by the operation of the horn \|1.3.2\|	1
Horn control not functioning. \|1.7.2b\|	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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Most common failures	No# failures
Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies \|1.3.1a\|	3
Headlamp at least one does not illuminate on dipped beam \|1.2.2a\|i\|\|	2
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2
Fuel hose leaking upper and lower carburettor unions \|7.2.1a\|	1
Headlamp deteriorated and function impaired \|1.2.3a\|	1
Rear position lamp does not illuminate immediately when it is switched on \|1.1.3a\|	1
Fuel hose leaking \|7.2.1a\|	1
Nearside Handlebar handgrip not secure to handlebars. \|2.1.1c\|	1
Horn not loud enough to be heard by another road user \|1.7.3a\|	1
Front Headlamp insecure \|1.2.3b\|	1
Nearside Headlamp switch faulty \|1.2.4\|	1
Front Wheel has an excessively distorted bead rim. \|4.2.2\|	1
Front Front wheel bearings are excessively rough \|2.3.5b\|	1
Front Exhaust is leaking and excessively noisey \|7.1.1b\|	1
Fuel system component leaking \|7.2.1a\|	1
Throttle operating incorrectly \|6.2.1f\|	1
Fuel pipe leaking \|7.2.1a\|	1
Rear Brake pedal has inadequate reserve travel \|3.1.3b\|	1
Rear Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies \|1.3.1a\|	1
Front Stop lamp affected by the operation of the horn \|1.3.2\|	1
Horn control not functioning. \|1.7.2b\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol BSA ROCKETs year 1963

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