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

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Pass percent:85.19%

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

Based on:27 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Front Upper Brake hose leaking fluid \|3.2.B4\|	1
Exhaust is leaking and excessively noisey \|7.1.1b\|	1
Steering headbearing has excessive free play \|2.2.2\|	1
Offside Front Front shock absorber seal failed and leaking oil \|2.3.3\|	1
Drive chain fouling another component \|6.2.1d\|	1
Rear Brake disc\|s\| cracked \|3.2.A1g\|	1
Rear Brake pedal mounting insecure \|3.1.2a\|	1
Front Headlamp aim headlamp deteriorated and function impaired \|1.2.3a\|	1
Rear 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
Offside Front Motorcycle structure insecure and likely to affect the correct functioning of the steering or braking \|6.1.1c\|	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
Front Upper Brake hose leaking fluid \|3.2.B4\|	1
Exhaust is leaking and excessively noisey \|7.1.1b\|	1
Steering headbearing has excessive free play \|2.2.2\|	1
Offside Front Front shock absorber seal failed and leaking oil \|2.3.3\|	1
Drive chain fouling another component \|6.2.1d\|	1
Rear Brake disc\|s\| cracked \|3.2.A1g\|	1
Rear Brake pedal mounting insecure \|3.1.2a\|	1
Front Headlamp aim headlamp deteriorated and function impaired \|1.2.3a\|	1
Rear 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
Offside Front Motorcycle structure insecure and likely to affect the correct functioning of the steering or braking \|6.1.1c\|	1

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

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