MOT History from tests of petrol BSA SUPERs year 1959

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Pass percent:91.00%

(The average a petrol BSA SUPER year 1959 passes without issue)

Based on:211 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	4
Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies \|1.3.1a\|	3
Riders seat insecure \|6.2.1a\|	2
Horn not working \|1.7.3a\|	2
Rear Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies \|1.3.1a\|	1
Front Steering headbearing has excessive free play \|2.2.2\|	1
Steering headbearing has excessive free play \|2.2.2\|	1
Stop lamp remains on when the brake is released \|1.3.1e\|	1
Rear Brake back plate\|s\| securing bolt\|s\| loose \|3.2.A1j\|	1
Offside Exhaust mounting does not fully support the exhaust system \|7.1.1.c\|	1
Handlebar mounting clamp bolt loose \|2.1.1a\|	1
All position lamps do not illuminate immediately when switched on \|1.1.3a\|	1
Headlamp at least one does not illuminate on dipped beam \|1.2.2a\|i\|\|	1
Headlamp at least one does not illuminate on main beam \|1.2.2a\|ii\|\|	1
Rear position lamp does not illuminate immediately when it is switched on \|1.1.3a\|	1
Roller brake test The less effective brake control does not achieve an efficiency of 25%. \|3.3.A2b\|	1
Fuel cap does not fasten securely maintaining the sealing arrangement \|7.2.2b\|	1
Fuel tank leaking \|7.2.1a\|	1
Nearside Handlebar handgrip not secure to handlebars. \|2.1.1c\|	1
Rear Stop lamp affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.3.2\|	1
Front position lamp does not illuminate immediately when switched on \|1.1.3a\|	1
Drive chain excessively loose \|6.2.1d\|	1
Front Horn not working (7.7 (a))	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
Headlamp aim out of alignment	4
Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies \|1.3.1a\|	3
Riders seat insecure \|6.2.1a\|	2
Horn not working \|1.7.3a\|	2
Rear Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies \|1.3.1a\|	1
Front Steering headbearing has excessive free play \|2.2.2\|	1
Steering headbearing has excessive free play \|2.2.2\|	1
Stop lamp remains on when the brake is released \|1.3.1e\|	1
Rear Brake back plate\|s\| securing bolt\|s\| loose \|3.2.A1j\|	1
Offside Exhaust mounting does not fully support the exhaust system \|7.1.1.c\|	1
Handlebar mounting clamp bolt loose \|2.1.1a\|	1
All position lamps do not illuminate immediately when switched on \|1.1.3a\|	1
Headlamp at least one does not illuminate on dipped beam \|1.2.2a\|i\|\|	1
Headlamp at least one does not illuminate on main beam \|1.2.2a\|ii\|\|	1
Rear position lamp does not illuminate immediately when it is switched on \|1.1.3a\|	1
Roller brake test The less effective brake control does not achieve an efficiency of 25%. \|3.3.A2b\|	1
Fuel cap does not fasten securely maintaining the sealing arrangement \|7.2.2b\|	1
Fuel tank leaking \|7.2.1a\|	1
Nearside Handlebar handgrip not secure to handlebars. \|2.1.1c\|	1
Rear Stop lamp affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.3.2\|	1
Front position lamp does not illuminate immediately when switched on \|1.1.3a\|	1
Drive chain excessively loose \|6.2.1d\|	1
Front Horn not working (7.7 (a))	1

MOT History from tests of petrol BSA SUPERs year 1959

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