MOT History from tests of petrol HONDA VT250s year 1983

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Pass percent:86.49%

(The average a petrol HONDA VT250 year 1983 passes without issue)

Based on:111 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Offside Front shock absorber seal failed and leaking oil \|2.3.3\|	4
Headlamp aim out of alignment	3
Nearside Front shock absorber seal failed and leaking oil \|2.3.3\|	2
Throttle operating incorrectly \|6.2.1f\|	2
Front Horn not loud enough to be heard by another road user \|1.7.3a\|	1
Nearside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|5.3.2 \|b\|\|	1
Rear mono-shock pivot excessively worn \|2.4.B.4\|	1
Roller brake test No brake control achieves an efficiency of 30%. \|3.3.A2a\|	1
Nearside Rear Direction indicators not working \|1.5.1c\|	1
Rear Lower Rear suspension bush has excessive free play \|2.4.A2a\|i\|\|	1
Rear Rear suspension bearing has excessive free play \|2.4.A2a\|i\|\|	1
Front suspension has inadequate damping effect. \|2.3.6c\|	1
Rear suspension bush has excessive free play \|2.4.A2a\|i\|\|	1
Front Brake lever cannot be applied smoothly \|3.1.3d\|	1
Front Roller brake test indicates a binding brake \|3.3.A1a\|	1
Rear Roller brake test indicates brake effort rise disproportional to brake lever or pedal effort \|3.3.A1c\|	1
Drive chain excessively loose \|6.2.1d\|	1
Wheel alignment incorrect which adversely affects the handling \|2.5.1\|	1
Front Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies \|1.3.1a\|	1
Rear Stop lamp does not emit a steady light \|1.3.1b\|	1
Offside Front Footrest insecure \|6.2.1a\|	1
Rear reflector on motorcycle missing \|1.4.1\|	1
Rear suspension bearing has excessive free play \|2.4.A2a\|i\|\|	1
Nearside Indicator tell tale not functioning \|1.5.2\|	1
Nearside Front Front shock absorber seal failed and leaking oil \|2.3.3\|	1
Registration plate issues	1
Rear Drive chain excessively loose \|6.2.1d\|	1
Nearside Front Footrest insecure \|6.2.1a\|	1
Nearside Rear Footrest missing \|6.2.1a\|	1
Plate brake test The less effective brake control does not achieve an efficiency of 25%. \|3.3.B2b\|	1
Front Exhaust is leaking and excessively noisey \|7.1.1b\|	1
Nearside Handlebar handgrip not secure to handlebars. \|2.1.1c\|	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
Offside Front shock absorber seal failed and leaking oil \|2.3.3\|	4
Headlamp aim out of alignment	3
Nearside Front shock absorber seal failed and leaking oil \|2.3.3\|	2
Throttle operating incorrectly \|6.2.1f\|	2
Front Horn not loud enough to be heard by another road user \|1.7.3a\|	1
Nearside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|5.3.2 \|b\|\|	1
Rear mono-shock pivot excessively worn \|2.4.B.4\|	1
Roller brake test No brake control achieves an efficiency of 30%. \|3.3.A2a\|	1
Nearside Rear Direction indicators not working \|1.5.1c\|	1
Rear Lower Rear suspension bush has excessive free play \|2.4.A2a\|i\|\|	1
Rear Rear suspension bearing has excessive free play \|2.4.A2a\|i\|\|	1
Front suspension has inadequate damping effect. \|2.3.6c\|	1
Rear suspension bush has excessive free play \|2.4.A2a\|i\|\|	1
Front Brake lever cannot be applied smoothly \|3.1.3d\|	1
Front Roller brake test indicates a binding brake \|3.3.A1a\|	1
Rear Roller brake test indicates brake effort rise disproportional to brake lever or pedal effort \|3.3.A1c\|	1
Drive chain excessively loose \|6.2.1d\|	1
Wheel alignment incorrect which adversely affects the handling \|2.5.1\|	1
Front Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies \|1.3.1a\|	1
Rear Stop lamp does not emit a steady light \|1.3.1b\|	1
Offside Front Footrest insecure \|6.2.1a\|	1
Rear reflector on motorcycle missing \|1.4.1\|	1
Rear suspension bearing has excessive free play \|2.4.A2a\|i\|\|	1
Nearside Indicator tell tale not functioning \|1.5.2\|	1
Nearside Front Front shock absorber seal failed and leaking oil \|2.3.3\|	1
Registration plate issues	1
Rear Drive chain excessively loose \|6.2.1d\|	1
Nearside Front Footrest insecure \|6.2.1a\|	1
Nearside Rear Footrest missing \|6.2.1a\|	1
Plate brake test The less effective brake control does not achieve an efficiency of 25%. \|3.3.B2b\|	1
Front Exhaust is leaking and excessively noisey \|7.1.1b\|	1
Nearside Handlebar handgrip not secure to handlebars. \|2.1.1c\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol HONDA VT250s year 1983

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