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MOT History from tests of petrol HARLEY DAVIDSON SPORTSTERs year 2008

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mot history
Pass percent:89.84%
(The average a petrol HARLEY DAVIDSON SPORTSTER year 2008 passes without issue)
Based on:315 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment8
Registration plate issues8
Rear reflector on motorcycle missing |1.4.1|4
Front wheel bearings have excessive free play |2.3.5b|2
Exhaust noise is clearly in excess of that emitted by a similar motor bicycle fitted with a standard silencer in average condition |7.1.2|2
Rear reflector missing (4.8.2 (a) (ii))1
Throttle operating incorrectly |6.2.1f|1
Handlebar mounting clamp loose |2.1.1a|1
Front Motorcycle structure adversely modified |6.1.1b|1
Rear reflector on motorcycle does not reflect squarely to the rear |1.4.1|1
Exhaust mounting does not fully support the exhaust system |7.1.1.c|1
Nearside Direction indicators not working |1.5.1c|1
Front Horn not working |1.7.3a|1
Front Wheel damaged significantly reducing the original strength |4.2.1a|1
Front Wheel fractured significantly reducing the original strength |4.2.1a|1
Front Stop lamp not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))1
Rear Stop lamp not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))1
Rear Rear reflector missing (4.8.2 (a) (ii))1
Front Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases (6.1.2 (a))1
Rear Floor brake test indicates a binding brake |3.3.C2c|1
Offside Throttle operating incorrectly |6.2.1f|1
Rear Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies |1.3.1a|1
Front Indicator tell tale not functioning |1.5.2|1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases front downpipe (6.1.2 (a))1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a))1
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a))1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator obviously incorrectly positioned (4.4.3 (a))1
Front Wheel bearing rough when rotated |5.1.3 |b| |i||1
Rear Direction indicator not working |4.4.1 |a| |ii||1
Throttle operating incorrectly (6.2.7 (a) (i))1
Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside |1.6|1
Nearside Handlebar handgrip not secure to handlebars. |2.1.1c|1
Throttle has a significant change in engine speed whilst moving the steering from lock to lock |2.1.4|1
Throttle operating incorrectly sticky |6.2.1f|1
Handlebar deformed |2.1.1b|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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