MOT History from tests of petrol HARLEY-DAVIDSON SPORTSTERs year 1971

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Pass percent:90.74%

(The average a petrol HARLEY-DAVIDSON SPORTSTER year 1971 passes without issue)

Based on:108 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Rear reflector on motorcycle missing \|1.4.1\|	3
Rear Floor brake test indicates a binding brake \|3.3.C2c\|	2
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2
Registration plate issues	2
Horn not working \|1.7.3a\|	1
Nearside Rear Upper Direction indicators not working Indicater N/S/R N/W \|1.5.1c\|	1
Drive chain excessively loose \|6.2.1d\|	1
Rear Stop lamp damaged and function impaired \|1.3.3a\|	1
Front suspension fouling which affects the movement of the front suspension. \|2.3.6a\|	1
Offside Front Direction indicators flashing more than 120 times per minute \|1.5.1c\|	1
Offside Rear Direction indicators flashing more than 120 times per minute \|1.5.1c\|	1
Nearside Front Direction indicators not working \|1.5.1c\|	1
Nearside Rear Direction indicators not working \|1.5.1c\|	1
Offside Steering control has Insufficient clearance at full lock affecting the riders operation of the controls \|2.1.2b\|	1
Offside Front Direction indicators not working \|1.5.1c\|	1
Front Brake disc\|s\| friction surface contaminated by oil or grease \|3.2.A1k\|	1
Front Brake pipe union leaking fluid \|3.2.B4\|	1
Wheel alignment incorrect which adversely affects the handling \|2.5.1\|	1
Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.6\|	1
Front wheel bearings have excessive free play \|2.3.5b\|	1
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\|	1
Handlebar handgrip not secure to handlebars. \|2.1.1c\|	1
Outer Rear Upper Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies \|1.3.1a\|	1
Roller brake test The less effective brake control does not achieve an efficiency of 25%. \|3.3.A2b\|	1
Rear Brake pedal has inadequate reserve travel \|3.1.3b\|	1
Horn not loud enough to be heard by another road user \|1.7.3a\|	1
Rear Exhaust mounting missing \|7.1.1c\|	1
Direction indicator missing switch fitted \|1.5.1a\|	1
Front Brake caliper\|s\| insecure \|3.2.A1j\|	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
Rear reflector on motorcycle missing \|1.4.1\|	3
Rear Floor brake test indicates a binding brake \|3.3.C2c\|	2
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2
Registration plate issues	2
Horn not working \|1.7.3a\|	1
Nearside Rear Upper Direction indicators not working Indicater N/S/R N/W \|1.5.1c\|	1
Drive chain excessively loose \|6.2.1d\|	1
Rear Stop lamp damaged and function impaired \|1.3.3a\|	1
Front suspension fouling which affects the movement of the front suspension. \|2.3.6a\|	1
Offside Front Direction indicators flashing more than 120 times per minute \|1.5.1c\|	1
Offside Rear Direction indicators flashing more than 120 times per minute \|1.5.1c\|	1
Nearside Front Direction indicators not working \|1.5.1c\|	1
Nearside Rear Direction indicators not working \|1.5.1c\|	1
Offside Steering control has Insufficient clearance at full lock affecting the riders operation of the controls \|2.1.2b\|	1
Offside Front Direction indicators not working \|1.5.1c\|	1
Front Brake disc\|s\| friction surface contaminated by oil or grease \|3.2.A1k\|	1
Front Brake pipe union leaking fluid \|3.2.B4\|	1
Wheel alignment incorrect which adversely affects the handling \|2.5.1\|	1
Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.6\|	1
Front wheel bearings have excessive free play \|2.3.5b\|	1
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\|	1
Handlebar handgrip not secure to handlebars. \|2.1.1c\|	1
Outer Rear Upper Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies \|1.3.1a\|	1
Roller brake test The less effective brake control does not achieve an efficiency of 25%. \|3.3.A2b\|	1
Rear Brake pedal has inadequate reserve travel \|3.1.3b\|	1
Horn not loud enough to be heard by another road user \|1.7.3a\|	1
Rear Exhaust mounting missing \|7.1.1c\|	1
Direction indicator missing switch fitted \|1.5.1a\|	1
Front Brake caliper\|s\| insecure \|3.2.A1j\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol HARLEY-DAVIDSON SPORTSTERs year 1971

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