Harley-davidson MOT Pass Rates

MOT failure rates for all Harley-davidson models based on 667,424 real MOT test results.

88.4%

Overall Pass Rate

667,424

Total Tests

727

Models

Data from official DVSA MOT testing records

Harley-davidson Models by Pass Rate

221 model families from 516 variants. Click a row to expand variants.

Model Family ▲▼	Pass Rate ▲▼	Total Tests ▼	Variants
▶Xl	88.5%	76,942	51
Unclassified	86.1%	40,344	—
▶Xlh	87.0%	34,218	4
▶Flstf	88.6%	29,114	8
▶Flstc	89.5%	25,143	6
Xl1200c	88.4%	13,334	—
Xl883	87.2%	13,240	—
▶Fxdwg	88.1%	13,128	5
▶Fxdb	88.1%	12,675	7
▶Flstci	89.4%	12,580	2
▶Fxdf	88.0%	11,852	6
▶Flstfi	89.4%	11,837	2
▶Vrsca	88.2%	10,620	2
▶Flhr	91.1%	10,402	6
Xl53 C	87.0%	10,135	—
▶Xl883c	87.1%	9,816	2
▶Fxdc	90.0%	9,496	6
▶Fxdl	89.6%	9,368	3
▶Sportster	84.3%	9,086	4
▶Fxsb	89.9%	8,485	4
Fxd	88.5%	8,363	—
▶Flhrci	90.2%	8,254	2
Xlh1200	84.0%	7,838	—
▶Fxstc	87.2%	7,797	3
▶Fat	88.6%	7,739	6
▶1200	87.3%	7,690	6
▶Xl1200r	88.5%	6,167	2
▶Fxst	89.1%	6,036	2
Flhtcui	90.2%	5,855	—
▶Fxdx	88.9%	5,848	2
▶Fxstb	87.2%	5,780	4
▶Flhrc	89.8%	5,728	7
▶Street	88.6%	5,532	9
▶Fxsti	87.7%	4,623	2
▶Flstn	89.7%	4,409	5
▶Fxdbi	87.5%	4,321	2
▶Fxcwc	87.5%	3,797	5
▶Flhxs	93.4%	3,693	6
Fxr	86.9%	3,679	—
▶Vrscdx	87.8%	3,516	7
▶Flstfb	89.9%	3,269	5
Xl1200s	86.3%	3,216	—
▶Flhx	91.7%	3,008	8
▶Fxdci	89.4%	3,001	2
▶Fxfbs	91.9%	2,973	4
▶Xr	90.4%	2,954	4
▶Fxstdi	87.1%	2,920	2
▶Flstni	88.8%	2,898	2
▶Flhri	89.0%	2,842	2
Flsts	88.9%	2,831	—
▶Forty	88.5%	2,811	2
▶Fxstbi	89.4%	2,755	2
▶Flsb	93.7%	2,701	4
▶Flhtc	91.3%	2,629	2
▶Flhrsi	87.8%	2,601	2
▶Flhtk	94.0%	2,562	9
▶Flfbs	90.6%	2,536	6
▶Fxdwgi	86.7%	2,522	2
▶Fls	89.8%	2,444	2
▶Fxdli	89.6%	2,405	2
▶Fxstd	87.7%	2,292	2
▶Heritage	88.2%	2,244	5
▶Vrscf	89.2%	2,217	6
Mt350	79.5%	2,207	—
▶Eglide	93.5%	2,171	2
▶883	85.7%	2,099	3
▶Softail	86.2%	2,060	3
▶Vrscb	88.6%	2,018	2
1340	87.4%	1,972	—
▶Iron	86.6%	1,955	2
▶Flhtcu	92.8%	1,830	5
Flhtc-u	90.6%	1,805	—
▶Fxbb	91.1%	1,778	3
▶Vrscr	86.5%	1,770	2
Fxsts	87.7%	1,767	—
▶Fxbrs	90.0%	1,758	4
Xl1200	87.0%	1,665	—
Fatboy	87.1%	1,601	—
▶Flstfia	89.1%	1,556	2
▶Flstsb	86.1%	1,526	5
▶Fld	93.7%	1,519	2
Fxrs	85.9%	1,490	—
Road King	90.5%	1,468	—
Flh	89.0%	1,438	—
▶Dyna	88.6%	1,414	5
▶Fxdxi	89.6%	1,381	2
▶Flht	88.3%	1,371	2
▶Fxlr	90.7%	1,347	4
Trike	88.2%	1,299	—
Custom	85.0%	1,223	—
▶Fxstsse	89.9%	1,188	3
▶Vrscaw	88.8%	1,183	2
▶Flhtcuse	90.1%	1,174	4
Fxd35	91.5%	1,162	—
▶Fxdls	89.1%	1,121	2
▶Superlow	91.4%	1,085	2
Fxdi	90.4%	1,074	—
▶Flhxse	94.5%	1,066	6
Flst	88.7%	1,043	—
▶Flstsci	90.3%	1,042	2
'	93.3%	1,039	—
▶Flhrxs	95.4%	1,012	4
▶Pro	93.4%	987	2
Flhs	88.2%	980	—
▶Fxdxt	90.9%	978	2
Flstfse	90.8%	975	—
▶Flhtkse	94.7%	961	4
Xlh1000	81.9%	884	—
▶Flhcs	92.6%	835	3
▶Fxs	88.2%	795	2
▶Fxdfse	90.8%	788	2
Fxe	87.5%	750	—
▶Flhrs	90.5%	732	2
▶Super	91.4%	721	2
▶Flsti	89.9%	715	2
V-rod	87.1%	700	—
Roadking	89.3%	698	—
Soft Tail	86.5%	694	—
▶Wide	88.7%	693	2
▶Mt	78.7%	684	2
Xr1200	89.3%	680	—
Fxds-c	88.5%	667	—
Flhrse3	91.7%	663	—
Sporster	81.3%	642	—
Electra Glide	86.0%	613	—
Fxdbc	82.2%	606	—
Flhtci	87.3%	600	—
▶Flrt	96.7%	598	3
Xlh883	86.0%	594	—
▶Fxdse	91.9%	589	2
▶Flhc	90.3%	585	2
Fxlrs Low Rider S 1868 20	90.7%	525	—
Xl883r	86.5%	520	—
▶Vrscse	88.6%	510	2
Flhrse 3 Road King	89.5%	497	—
Flstnse	93.9%	493	—
▶Fltrxs	94.6%	480	2
Fltri	86.9%	473	—
Fxrs-sp	88.1%	471	—
▶Flde	95.5%	468	3
▶Harley	83.7%	466	2
▶Flhxi	88.9%	450	2
▶Flstse	92.5%	431	2
▶Flhtcutg	97.7%	429	3
Fxdbb	88.1%	427	—
▶Fxstsi	90.8%	423	2
Fxwg	86.9%	420	—
Vrscd Night Rod	88.1%	419	—
▶Flhtkl	95.0%	418	2
▶Flsl	93.0%	413	2
Fls103 Softail Slim 12	87.5%	401	—
Xl1200n	87.5%	399	—
Fl	88.8%	394	—
▶Fxfb	93.0%	384	2
Pan America 1250 Special	94.2%	381	—
▶Flfb	91.7%	365	2
Fxbr Breakout 1745 18	91.4%	362	—
Fx	89.5%	362	—
▶Fltruse	90.6%	353	2
Flhtcuse2	88.9%	352	—
Flhp	91.3%	335	—
Fxdr 114 1868 19	89.6%	318	—
Flstsc	90.5%	317	—
Hd	87.7%	308	—
Softtail	88.9%	297	—
Fltc	89.5%	295	—
▶Switchback	88.8%	294	2
Tricycle	87.7%	293	—
Xl1200x	84.6%	280	—
Vrscx	83.9%	279	—
▶Cvo	92.5%	268	2
350	82.1%	262	—
Electraglide	90.0%	261	—
Fxcw	82.2%	258	—
Fxrs-c	88.2%	246	—
Xl883l	88.9%	243	—
Xl1200l	94.5%	238	—
Vrscawa V-rod Abs	90.0%	221	—
St Deluxe Flstn 103 1690 13	91.3%	219	—
▶Springer	90.8%	218	2
Flhti	85.4%	213	—
Fxrt	82.6%	213	—
1450	87.6%	210	—
Ultra	89.8%	205	—
Chopper	83.2%	202	—
Vrscdxa Night Rod Special	87.4%	199	—
Xl883n	89.2%	195	—
Fxbbs Street Bob 114 1868 21	93.2%	192	—
Xlch	85.4%	192	—
Fxds	89.4%	188	—
Nightster	85.8%	183	—
Fxdba Street Bob Ltd 13	89.0%	182	—
Flhtcse	88.9%	180	—
Sportser	87.6%	178	—
Fxstsb	86.5%	178	—
Vrod	94.8%	173	—
Chop	87.2%	164	—
Superglide	83.5%	158	—
Bobber	80.5%	154	—
Sport	81.1%	148	—
Flh1200	89.0%	145	—
Flhtp	88.7%	142	—
Xls1000	81.0%	142	—
Fxef	93.3%	135	—
Flhtcuse3	93.3%	134	—
Xlh1100	84.3%	134	—
Low Rider	87.8%	131	—
Mt350e	80.0%	130	—
Fltru	89.8%	128	—
Xr1200x	91.1%	124	—
Night Rod	91.1%	124	—
Xlx1000	83.9%	124	—
Fxr1340	81.5%	119	—
Flt	82.1%	112	—
Dynaglide	84.7%	111	—
Fltrxse Cvo Rglide Cu 1923 19	89.8%	108	—
Roadster	89.6%	106	—
Sporter.	85.8%	106	—
Elw Livewire 20	96.2%	105	—
Flhpi	88.6%	105	—
Electroglide	91.0%	100	—

Insufficient Data (<100 tests)

These models had fewer than 100 tests in our database — pass rates may not be statistically reliable.

Model	Pass Rate	Tests
Flht Electra Glide	100.0%	31
Flhtcutg Triglide Ul 1868 20	100.0%	96
Flh Electraglide	100.0%	33
Flhtcutgse Tg Ul Cvo 1923 20	100.0%	33
Flhtkse Cvo Ul Ltd Anv 1923 18	100.0%	71
Flstse	100.0%	61
Fltrxse Cvo Rglide Cu 1923 18	98.4%	61
Flht Eglide Std 1745 19	98.2%	57
Flhtkse Cvo Ultra Ltd 1923 20	98.1%	53
Flhrc Road King Cl 1745 18	98.0%	49
Fxb	97.7%	43
Flhtcutg Tglide Ul Anv 1745 18	97.7%	44
Flhtkl Ultra Ltd Low 1868 19	97.5%	40
Flhc Heritage Stc 1745 21	97.4%	38
Flhtk Ultra Limited 1868 21	97.4%	39
1200 Custom Ltd Xl Ca 14	97.4%	39
Flhx Street Glide 1690 14	97.3%	37
Flhtcuse 6 Cvo Eglide Uc	97.2%	71
Motor Cycle	97.2%	36
Flrt Freewheeler 1868 20	97.1%	34
Delux	96.9%	32
Fltru Road Glide Ultra 1868 19	96.9%	32
Road King Tricycle	96.8%	31
Heratage	96.7%	30
Fltrxs Rglide Sp 1868 20	96.7%	91
Flsl Softail Slim 1745 20	96.7%	61
Fltrk Rglide Limited 1868 20	96.4%	55
Flhxse 3 Cvo Street Glide	96.4%	56
Fxdfse 2 Cvo Fat Bob	96.3%	54
Fxcw Rocker	96.3%	81
Fatboy Sp Flstfb 110th 1690 13	96.2%	53
Fxrd	95.9%	49
Flhcs Heritage Stc Anv 114 18	95.9%	98
H	95.8%	48
Cvo Road King Flhrse5 13	95.8%	95
Street Rod Xg 750 A 20	95.5%	66
Deuce	95.5%	67
Flhcs Heritage Stc 114 1868 21	95.4%	65
Fxst Softail Standard 1745 21	95.3%	85
Fltrxs Rglide Sp 1745 18	95.2%	63
Stc	95.1%	41
Xl 883 Sportster	94.7%	38
Sporster 883	94.6%	37
Flhtc Eglide Cl 1690 12	94.5%	91
Vrscdx Night Rod Sp	94.4%	36
Vrscdx Night Rod Sp 1250 14	94.4%	36
Flfb Fatboy 1745 20	94.3%	35
Fltrxs Rglide Sp 1745 17	94.3%	70
Flstf Fatboy 1690 14	94.3%	35
Flhrsei	94.2%	52
Fxlrs Low Rider S 1868 21	93.8%	81
Flstsc Springer	93.8%	65
883 Iron	93.8%	32
Heritage Flstc 110th 1690 13	93.8%	80
Fxst Softail Standard 1745 20	93.5%	77
Fxstf	93.5%	31
Fltri Road Glide	93.5%	62
Fxdi Dyna Super Glide	93.5%	62
Flhxse	93.3%	30
Xl 1200 Sportster	93.3%	45
Flsl Softail Slim 1745 21	93.2%	73
Flhr Road King 1745 20	93.0%	71
Flhx Street Glide 1745 19	93.0%	57
Flstfbs Fatboy S 1801 17	92.7%	82
Cvo Ultra Classic Flhtcuse8 13	92.7%	55
Bike	92.6%	95
Flhtkl Ultra Ltd Low 1745 18	92.6%	81
Fl1200	92.5%	53
Fltru Road Glide Ultra 1745 17	92.5%	40
Hard Tail	92.3%	52
Fxfb Fat Bob 1745 20	92.3%	91
Flhrse 4 Road King	92.3%	39
883r	92.2%	90
Flfbs Fatboy Anx 114 1868 18	92.2%	64
Soft Tail Custom	92.2%	77
Fld Switchback	92.1%	89
Flhstc	92.1%	38
Flhtcu Eglide Ultra Classic 13	91.9%	37
Flhtk Eglide Ultra Ltd 13	91.9%	74
Flhtcuse 5 Cvo Eglide Uc	91.8%	97
Flstc 103 Heritage Stc 1690 14	91.7%	84
Shovel	91.7%	48
V-rod Muscle	91.5%	47
Fltrxse Cvo Rglide	91.4%	35
Seventy Two Xl 1200 V 13	91.4%	35
Xl1200r Sportster	91.4%	35
Flhtcse Screamin Eagle Electra	91.3%	69
Flhrsei Road King	91.3%	46
Badboy	91.2%	34
Sportster Xl	91.1%	45
Streetbob	91.0%	67
Xls	90.9%	44
Fdx	90.9%	33
Xl 883 L Superlow 18	90.9%	77
Flht Eglide Std 1584 09	90.8%	65
St	90.8%	65
Flhtcuse 7 Cvo Eglide Uc	90.7%	54
Xl883 Sportster	90.7%	54
Flhti Electra Glide Standard	90.6%	96
Xl 883 R	90.6%	32
Sportster 48	90.6%	32
Fltr	90.5%	74
Xl 1200 C Custom Sportster 20	90.5%	63
Ironhead	90.3%	31
Xl 1200 Cx Roadster 20	90.3%	31
Flhtcu-tc Eglide Uc 1690 14	90.2%	82
Xl1200 C	90.2%	41
Shovelhead	90.2%	82
Night Train	90.1%	81
Xl 1200 Nightster 11	90.1%	81
Cvo Road Glide Fltrxse2 13	90.0%	30
Fsxtc	90.0%	60
Xl 1200 Xs Forty Eight Sp 20	90.0%	80
Custom Chop	90.0%	30
Flh 1200	90.0%	80
Rocker	90.0%	50
Wideglide	89.9%	99
Fxbrs Breakout 114 1868 21	89.9%	99
Flstsi	89.9%	69
Xl 1200 Custom	89.8%	49
Shovel Head	89.8%	49
Flss Softail Slim S 1801 17	89.7%	78
Flhrse4	89.6%	67
Flhrc Road King Cl 1690 14	89.5%	76
Ultra Glide	89.4%	47
Flstse 2 Cvo St Convertible	89.3%	56
Xlcr	89.1%	55
Flhtci Electra Glide	89.1%	46
Vrscaw	89.0%	91
Xr 1000	89.0%	91
Night Rod Special	88.9%	45
Xl1200 Custom	88.9%	54
Bad Boy	88.7%	53
Crossbones	88.7%	53
Flstfse Screamin Eagle Fat Boy	88.7%	97
Fxbr Breakout 1745 19	88.4%	43
Heritage Springer	88.1%	42
Flhx Street Glide 1584 09	88.0%	50
Cross Bones	87.9%	58
Xlh1200-py	87.9%	33
Lowrider	87.6%	89
Xl 1200 T Superlow Sportster20	87.6%	97
Fls 103 Softail Slim 14	87.5%	32
Xl1200n Nightster	87.5%	56
Special	87.5%	40
Vrscdx An Night Rod Sp 1250 12	87.5%	48
48	87.5%	40
Soft Tail Springer	87.2%	47
Fxcw Rocker 1584 09	87.2%	78
Glide	87.2%	47
Xlh 883 Sportster	87.1%	31
Sportster 883r	87.1%	31
Fltc-u	87.1%	31
Xl1000	86.9%	99
Fl 1200	86.8%	38
Super Glide Cus 110th 13	86.6%	97
Fatbob	86.6%	67
Motorcycle	86.3%	80
Flht Electraglide Standar	86.2%	94
Dyna Low Rider	86.0%	86
Sportstar	85.9%	92
Nightrod	85.7%	35
Rocker C	85.1%	67
Flhrxs Road King Sp 1868 21	85.0%	40
Xl883l Sportster	84.8%	46
1200s	84.8%	33
Fx1200	84.8%	46
Fxdb-d	84.8%	46
Fatboy Losp Flstfb 103 1690 13	84.7%	98
Xl 1200 C	84.1%	63
Mt 350 E	83.9%	31
Dyna Wideglide	83.8%	99
Xlh 1200 Sportster	83.8%	37
Street Glide	83.3%	78
Army	83.3%	36
Xlh 1000	83.3%	42
Xl 1200 N	83.3%	42
Hardtail	82.0%	61
Softail Springer	82.0%	50
Xl 1200 C Custom Spor	81.8%	33
Sx250	81.8%	33
Classic	81.3%	64
Xl1200 Sportster	80.7%	88
Xl 1200 X	80.6%	36
Vrscd	79.4%	97
S	79.3%	58
Fxrp	78.9%	57
Xl Sportster	78.7%	61
Flstc Heritage Stc	78.4%	37
1300	78.4%	37
Fs2	78.4%	37
1340 Evo	78.3%	83
Xl 883	78.2%	87
Xl1200 Low	78.1%	32
Softtail Springer	77.4%	31
Fxdb 103 Street Bob 1690 14	76.5%	51
Dyna Street Bob	76.2%	42
Dyno Glide	76.1%	46
Forty Eight Xl 1200 X 14	75.9%	87
Evo	75.4%	57
Xl883 Iron	75.0%	48
Rotax	74.2%	66
Xlh Sportster	73.8%	80
Xl1200 Nightster	72.7%	33
Xl1200c Custom	72.5%	51
Nighttrain	71.9%	32
1000	71.1%	45
Trail	71.0%	31
Mt500	70.6%	34
1200 Sporster	69.7%	76
Fxdwg Dyna Wide Glide	66.7%	39

About Harley-davidson MOT Data

Harley-davidson had 667,424 MOT tests on record with an overall pass rate of 88.4%. The most reliable Harley-davidson model is the Flhtcutg Triglide Ul 1868 19 (98.4% pass rate) and the least reliable is the Fxcwc Rocker C 1584 11 (75.5% pass rate).

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Based on DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2005–2024). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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