| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Steering headbearing has excessive wear or free play (2.2.2 (f) (i)) | 4 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 3 |
| Horn not working |1.7.3a| | 2 |
| Steering headbearing has excessive free play |2.2.2| | 2 |
| Rear Brake lever has insufficient reserve travel (1.1.2 (a)) | 2 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak (5.3.2 (b)) | 2 |
| Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a)) | 2 |
| Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak (5.3.2 (b)) | 2 |
| Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies front and rear |1.3.1a| | 1 |
| Decelerometer brake test the less effective brake control does not achieve an efficiency of 25%. |3.3.E1b| | 1 |
| Front wheel bearings are excessively rough |2.3.5b| | 1 |
| Front Wheel bearing rough when rotated (5.1.3 (b) (i)) | 1 |
| Front Wheel bearing has excessive play (5.1.3 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Front Steering headbearing has excessive wear or free play (2.2.2 (f) (i)) | 1 |
| Horn not working (7.7 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Rear reflector on motorcycle missing |1.4.1| | 1 |
| Front Shock absorber has negligible damping effect (5.3.2 (b)) | 1 |
| Rear Shock absorber has negligible damping effect (5.3.2 (b)) | 1 |
| Exhaust system insecure (6.1.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases at join to engine cylinder (6.1.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Motorcycle structure joining/attachment plate or fastening insecure top box mounting broken and insecure (6.1.1 (b) (i)) | 1 |
| Roller brake test Neither brake control achieves an efficiency of 25% (1.2.2 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Rear Position lamp not working |4.2.1 |a|| | 1 |
| Offside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a)) | 1 |
| Steering headbearing has excessive wear or free play |2.2.2 |f| |i|| | 1 |
| Front Position lamp not working |4.2.1 |a|| | 1 |
| Headlamp at least one does not illuminate on main beam |1.2.2a|ii|| | 1 |
| Front Brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 1 |
| Stop lamp remains on when the brakes are released | 1 |
| Rear Rear reflector on motorcycle missing |1.4.1| | 1 |
| Front Steering headbearing has excessive free play |2.2.2| | 1 |
| Front Roller brake test indicates a binding brake |3.3.A1a| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Handlebar grip insecure to handlebar due to the rain (2.2.1 (d) (ii)) | 1 |
| Front Direction indicator with a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Front Steering operation impeded by a fairing (2.1.4 (e)) | 1 |
| Front Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies |1.3.1a| | 1 |
| Wheel fixing loose (multiple fixings) (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Rear Wheel spindle or securing nut(s) so insecure that wheel security or steering control is adversely affected (5.2.1 (c) (ii)) | 1 |
| Direction indicator not working front and rear |1.5.1c| | 1 |
| Front position lamp does not illuminate immediately when switched on |1.1.3a| | 1 |
| All direction indicators not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Rear suspension component cracked |2.4.A.1a| | 1 |
| Offside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak (5.3.2 (b)) | 1 |
| Riders seat insecure (6.2.5 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Rear Wheel bearing rough when rotated (5.1.3 (b) (i)) | 1 |
| Throttle control functioning such that safe operation of the motorcycle is adversely affected (6.2.7 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Rear Wheel fixing loose (single fixing) (5.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Front Stop lamp not working |4.3.1 |a| |ii|| | 1 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam |4.1.1 |a| |ii|| | 1 |
| Central Front Stop lamp emits other than a steady red light |1.3.1b| | 1 |
| Front Stop lamp not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Rear Stop lamp not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Stop lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp (4.3.3 (b)) | 1 |
| Front Fairings insecure and likely to impede the steering |2.1.2e| | 1 |
| Stop lamp emits other than a steady red light |1.3.1b| | 1 |
| Rear Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies |1.3.1a| | 1 |