MOT History from tests of petrol MATCHLESS MATCHLESSs year 1960

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Pass percent:93.98%

(The average a petrol MATCHLESS MATCHLESS year 1960 passes without issue)

Based on:532 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	7
Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies \|1.3.1a\|	3
Horn not working \|1.7.3a\|	3
Rear position lamp does not illuminate immediately when it is switched on \|1.1.3a\|	2
Throttle has a significant change in engine speed whilst moving the steering from lock to lock \|2.1.4\|	2
Roller brake test The less effective brake control does not achieve an efficiency of 25%. \|3.3.A2b\|	2
Rear wheel bearings have excessive free play \|2.4.A.2c\|	2
Offside Front Footrest insecure \|6.2.1a\|	1
Locking device\|s\| not correctly fitted which may make the motor bicycle dangerous to ride \|6.2.1h\|	1
Front Brake lever cannot be applied smoothly \|3.1.3d\|	1
Rear Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies \|1.3.1a\|	1
Front Brake lever has inadequate reserve travel \|3.1.3b\|	1
Nearside Front Steering control handlebar movement restricted by trapped cables \|2.1.2c\|	1
Stop lamp affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.3.2\|	1
Floor brake test The less effective brake control does not achieve an efficiency of 25%. \|3.3.C1b\|	1
Brake lever insecure \|3.1.2a\|	1
Front position lamp does not illuminate immediately when switched on \|1.1.3a\|	1
Rear Chain guard fouling another component \|6.2.1c\|	1
Headlamp at least one does not illuminate on dipped beam \|1.2.2a\|i\|\|	1
Headlamp insecure \|1.2.3b\|	1
Fuel pipe leaking \|7.2.1a\|	1
Rear shock absorber insecurely mounted Both rear upper shock mounts missing outer washer, so had slipped off. \|2.4.A.3b\|	1
All position lamps do not illuminate immediately when switched on \|1.1.3a\|	1
Motorcycle structure insecure and likely to affect the correct functioning of the steering or braking \|6.1.1c\|	1
Nearside Front Footrest insecure \|6.2.1a\|	1
Front wheel bearings have excessive free play \|2.3.5b\|	1
Front Brake back plate\|s\| insecure \|3.2.A1j\|	1
Front Steering headbearing has excessive free play \|2.2.2\|	1
Front Horn control defective \|1.7.2a\|	1
Front Footrest insecure \|6.2.1a\|	1
Front Brake cable badly frayed \|3.2.A1b\|	1
Offside Throttle operating incorrectly \|6.2.1f\|	1
Horn not loud enough to be heard by another road user \|1.7.3a\|	1
Front Headlamp at least one does not illuminate on dipped beam \|1.2.2a\|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	7
Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies \|1.3.1a\|	3
Horn not working \|1.7.3a\|	3
Rear position lamp does not illuminate immediately when it is switched on \|1.1.3a\|	2
Throttle has a significant change in engine speed whilst moving the steering from lock to lock \|2.1.4\|	2
Roller brake test The less effective brake control does not achieve an efficiency of 25%. \|3.3.A2b\|	2
Rear wheel bearings have excessive free play \|2.4.A.2c\|	2
Offside Front Footrest insecure \|6.2.1a\|	1
Locking device\|s\| not correctly fitted which may make the motor bicycle dangerous to ride \|6.2.1h\|	1
Front Brake lever cannot be applied smoothly \|3.1.3d\|	1
Rear Stop lamp does not illuminate immediately a brake applies \|1.3.1a\|	1
Front Brake lever has inadequate reserve travel \|3.1.3b\|	1
Nearside Front Steering control handlebar movement restricted by trapped cables \|2.1.2c\|	1
Stop lamp affected by the operation of another lamp \|1.3.2\|	1
Floor brake test The less effective brake control does not achieve an efficiency of 25%. \|3.3.C1b\|	1
Brake lever insecure \|3.1.2a\|	1
Front position lamp does not illuminate immediately when switched on \|1.1.3a\|	1
Rear Chain guard fouling another component \|6.2.1c\|	1
Headlamp at least one does not illuminate on dipped beam \|1.2.2a\|i\|\|	1
Headlamp insecure \|1.2.3b\|	1
Fuel pipe leaking \|7.2.1a\|	1
Rear shock absorber insecurely mounted Both rear upper shock mounts missing outer washer, so had slipped off. \|2.4.A.3b\|	1
All position lamps do not illuminate immediately when switched on \|1.1.3a\|	1
Motorcycle structure insecure and likely to affect the correct functioning of the steering or braking \|6.1.1c\|	1
Nearside Front Footrest insecure \|6.2.1a\|	1
Front wheel bearings have excessive free play \|2.3.5b\|	1
Front Brake back plate\|s\| insecure \|3.2.A1j\|	1
Front Steering headbearing has excessive free play \|2.2.2\|	1
Front Horn control defective \|1.7.2a\|	1
Front Footrest insecure \|6.2.1a\|	1
Front Brake cable badly frayed \|3.2.A1b\|	1
Offside Throttle operating incorrectly \|6.2.1f\|	1
Horn not loud enough to be heard by another road user \|1.7.3a\|	1
Front Headlamp at least one does not illuminate on dipped beam \|1.2.2a\|i\|\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol MATCHLESS MATCHLESSs year 1960

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