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MOT History from tests of petrol BSA SUPERs year 1960

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mot history
Pass percent:93.09%
(The average a petrol BSA SUPER year 1960 passes without issue)
Based on:376 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment3
Rear position lamp does not illuminate immediately when it is switched on |1.1.3a|2
Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside |1.6|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
Rear Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies |1.3.1a|1
Offside Fuel pipe union leaking |7.2.1a|1
Front 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 Headlamp aim beam image too far to the right |1.6.4|1
Exhaust mounting does not fully support the exhaust system |7.1.1.c|1
Rear reflector on motorcycle incorrectly positioned |1.4.2d|1
Fuel hose leaking |7.2.1a|1
Registration plate issues1
Front Brake back plate|s| insecure |3.2.A1j|1
Drive chain excessively loose |6.2.1d|1
Steering movement excessively stiff with the wheel raised |2.2.1b|1
Motorcycle structure insecure and likely to affect the correct functioning of the steering or braking |6.1.1c|1
Brake pedal has inadequate reserve travel |3.1.3b|1
Wheel alignment incorrect which adversely affects the handling |2.5.1|1
Front Front mudguard insecure |2.3.7|1
Stop lamp affected by the operation of another lamp |1.3.2|1
Rear wheel bearings have excessive free play |2.4.A.2c|1
Rear suspension bush has excessive free play |2.4.A2a|i||1
Brake locking device insecure |3.2.A1e|1
Front Brake linkage has abnormal movement due to maladjustment |3.2.A1i|1
Offside Front Brake lever has abnormal movement of levers indicating excessive wear or maladjustment |1.1.15 |f||1
Rear Rear wheel bearings have excessive free play |2.4.A.2c|1
Locking device|s| not correctly fitted which may make the motor bicycle dangerous to ride REAR SPROCKET NUTS LOOSE |6.2.1h|1
Brake lever has inadequate reserve travel |3.1.3b|1
Rear wheel has a loose wheel bolt|s| |4.2.3a|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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