Buell MOT data

From the national MOT record: 45,481 tests across 6,626 vehicles on record.

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Vehicles on record

6,626

Average engine

N/A

MOT pass rate

84.6%

How Buell compares

Buell has an MOT pass rate of 84.6%, against 69.4% across every make in the national record. That is 45,481 tests and 13,435 since 2012 with a defect code to categorise, so the figure rests on the whole national record for this make rather than a sample of it. See what Buell vehicles fail on.

Common Buell defects

From 13,435 Buell tests in the national record with a DVSA defect code to categorise.

Brakes 1,579 (11.8%)

Axles, wheels, tyres and suspension 1,506 (11.2%)

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 1,134 (8.4%)

Nuisance (emissions and noise) 976 (7.3%)

Body, structure and attachments 299 (2.2%)

Steering 275 (2.0%)

Registration plates and vehicle identification 208 (1.5%)

Other equipment 81 (0.6%)

A test can find problems in more than one category, so these figures do not sum to 100%. Common Buell MOT failures has the full breakdown, how it is worked out, and how it compares with other makes.

Buell models

Models with a page of their own, with vehicles on record, average engine size and pass rate
Model	On record	Engine	Pass rate
Xb12s	746	-	88%
S1	447	-	88%
Xb12r	440	-	88%
M2	402	-	88%
Xb9r	350	-	86%
Xb9sx Lightning City X	347	-	75%
Xb12x Ulysses	292	-	86%
X1	283	-	88%
Xb9sx	278	-	85%
1125 R	229	-	80%
Xb9s	220	-	86%
	146	-	86%

Check a specific Buell

These are averages. For one vehicle's actual test history, enter its registration.

Figures cover every Buell in the national MOT record, which includes vehicles since scrapped or exported, so "on record" is not a count of cars on the road. Pass rate counts every recorded MOT test, retests included.