MOT History from tests of petrol BSA UNKNOWNs year 1960

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Pass percent:90.97%

(The average a petrol BSA UNKNOWN year 1960 passes without issue)

Based on:144 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp at least one does not illuminate on dipped beam \|1.2.2a\|i\|\|	3
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2
Front Steering headbearing has excessive free play \|2.2.2\|	1
Rear Brake cable excessively corroded (1.1.15 (b))	1
Rear Brake cable has restricted free movement (1.1.15 (e))	1
Front wheel bearings have excessive free play \|2.3.5b\|	1
Steering linkage has excessive free play \|2.2.2\|	1
Rear reflector on motorcycle missing \|1.4.1\|	1
Rear Stop lamp remains on when the brake is released \|1.3.1e\|	1
Footrest insecure \|6.2.1a\|	1
Front suspension has excessive stiffness in the suspension movement. \|2.3.6b\|	1
Front suspension has inadequate damping effect. \|2.3.6c\|	1
Steering lock stop maladjusted \|2.1.3\|	1
Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a))	1
Registration plate lamp issues	1
Exhaust silencer likely to become detached (8.1.1 (b) (ii))	1
Wheel alignment incorrect which adversely affects the handling out to the righthand side \|2.5.1\|	1
Steering headbearing has excessive wear or free play (2.2.2 (f) (i))	1
Wheel alignment incorrect which adversely affects the handling (2.4 (a))	1
Horn not working \|1.7.3a\|	1
Front Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies \|1.3.1a\|	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 at least one does not illuminate on dipped beam \|1.2.2a\|i\|\|	3
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2
Front Steering headbearing has excessive free play \|2.2.2\|	1
Rear Brake cable excessively corroded (1.1.15 (b))	1
Rear Brake cable has restricted free movement (1.1.15 (e))	1
Front wheel bearings have excessive free play \|2.3.5b\|	1
Steering linkage has excessive free play \|2.2.2\|	1
Rear reflector on motorcycle missing \|1.4.1\|	1
Rear Stop lamp remains on when the brake is released \|1.3.1e\|	1
Footrest insecure \|6.2.1a\|	1
Front suspension has excessive stiffness in the suspension movement. \|2.3.6b\|	1
Front suspension has inadequate damping effect. \|2.3.6c\|	1
Steering lock stop maladjusted \|2.1.3\|	1
Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a))	1
Registration plate lamp issues	1
Exhaust silencer likely to become detached (8.1.1 (b) (ii))	1
Wheel alignment incorrect which adversely affects the handling out to the righthand side \|2.5.1\|	1
Steering headbearing has excessive wear or free play (2.2.2 (f) (i))	1
Wheel alignment incorrect which adversely affects the handling (2.4 (a))	1
Horn not working \|1.7.3a\|	1
Front Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies \|1.3.1a\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol BSA UNKNOWNs year 1960

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