MOT History from tests of petrol HONDA XL250s year 1974

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Pass percent:75.86%

(The average a petrol HONDA XL250 year 1974 passes without issue)

Based on:87 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	4
Horn not working \|1.7.3a\|	2
Rear reflector on motorcycle missing \|1.4.1\|	2
Headlamp at least one does not illuminate on dipped beam \|1.2.2a\|i\|\|	2
Rear Rear wheel bearings have excessive free play \|2.4.A.2c\|	1
Nearside Rear Upper Rear shock absorber insecurely mounted \|2.4.A.3b\|	1
Direction indicators not working \|1.5.1c\|	1
Front position lamp insecure \|1.1.1c\|	1
Roller brake test No brake control achieves an efficiency of 30%. \|3.3.A2a\|	1
Drive chain horseshoe locking device incorrectly fitted \|6.1.7 \|j\| \|i\|\|	1
Throttle operating incorrectly \|6.2.1f\|	1
Rear Brake reaction bracket securing bolt\|s\| loose \|3.2.A1j\|	1
Front Wheel fractured significantly reducing the original strength \|4.2.1a\|	1
Nearside Front shock absorber seal failed and leaking oil \|2.3.3\|	1
Rear position lamp does not illuminate immediately when it is switched on \|1.1.3a\|	1
Rear Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies \|1.3.1a\|	1
Headlamp at least one does not illuminate on main beam \|1.2.2a\|ii\|\|	1
Rear Stop lamp affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.3.2\|	1
Front Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies \|1.3.1a\|	1
Steering headbearing has excessive free play \|2.2.2\|	1
Horn not loud enough to be heard by another road user \|1.7.3a\|	1
Nearside Front Direction indicator not working \|1.5.1c\|	1
Offside Front Direction indicator not working \|1.5.1c\|	1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator not working \|1.5.1c\|	1
Offside Rear Direction indicator not working \|1.5.1c\|	1
Rear position lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.1.3b\|	1
Stop lamp affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.3.2\|	1
Rear shock absorber has inadequate damping effect. \|2.4.A.3b\|	1
Brake locking device missing Front brake arm split pin missing \|3.2.A1e\|	1
Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies \|1.3.1a\|	1
Steering lock stop missing \|2.1.3\|	1
Riders seat with a defective supporting structure \|6.2.5 \|a\| \|i\|\|	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
Headlamp aim out of alignment	4
Horn not working \|1.7.3a\|	2
Rear reflector on motorcycle missing \|1.4.1\|	2
Headlamp at least one does not illuminate on dipped beam \|1.2.2a\|i\|\|	2
Rear Rear wheel bearings have excessive free play \|2.4.A.2c\|	1
Nearside Rear Upper Rear shock absorber insecurely mounted \|2.4.A.3b\|	1
Direction indicators not working \|1.5.1c\|	1
Front position lamp insecure \|1.1.1c\|	1
Roller brake test No brake control achieves an efficiency of 30%. \|3.3.A2a\|	1
Drive chain horseshoe locking device incorrectly fitted \|6.1.7 \|j\| \|i\|\|	1
Throttle operating incorrectly \|6.2.1f\|	1
Rear Brake reaction bracket securing bolt\|s\| loose \|3.2.A1j\|	1
Front Wheel fractured significantly reducing the original strength \|4.2.1a\|	1
Nearside Front shock absorber seal failed and leaking oil \|2.3.3\|	1
Rear position lamp does not illuminate immediately when it is switched on \|1.1.3a\|	1
Rear Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies \|1.3.1a\|	1
Headlamp at least one does not illuminate on main beam \|1.2.2a\|ii\|\|	1
Rear Stop lamp affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.3.2\|	1
Front Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies \|1.3.1a\|	1
Steering headbearing has excessive free play \|2.2.2\|	1
Horn not loud enough to be heard by another road user \|1.7.3a\|	1
Nearside Front Direction indicator not working \|1.5.1c\|	1
Offside Front Direction indicator not working \|1.5.1c\|	1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator not working \|1.5.1c\|	1
Offside Rear Direction indicator not working \|1.5.1c\|	1
Rear position lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.1.3b\|	1
Stop lamp affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.3.2\|	1
Rear shock absorber has inadequate damping effect. \|2.4.A.3b\|	1
Brake locking device missing Front brake arm split pin missing \|3.2.A1e\|	1
Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies \|1.3.1a\|	1
Steering lock stop missing \|2.1.3\|	1
Riders seat with a defective supporting structure \|6.2.5 \|a\| \|i\|\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol HONDA XL250s year 1974

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