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Tornado Naked T 125

846 MOT tests analysed. lands in the middle of the pack — here's where Tornado Naked T 125s pass, fail, and end up on the retest sheet.

That's 3.0 points above the UK fleet average across our 1,988 tracked models — a confident result.

Pass

78.7%

Pass-after-fix

7.6%

Fail

13.1%

Avg miles

5,864

Pass + Pass-after-fix + Fail = 100%

The picture

Tornado Naked T 125: middle-of-the-pack on first-time pass

Across 846 MOT tests, the Tornado Naked T 125 returns 78.7% first-time pass — roughly in line with the UK fleet average. The single most-logged Major fail is a missing rear reflector. A stop-lamp out and brake control has insufficient reserve travel round out the top three. Average tested mileage sits at 5,864, which is the lens to read those failure rankings through. If you own one and the next test is close, the ranked list below is a sensible pre-test checklist.

Top ten reasons for rejection.

  1. 01

    Reflector missing or reflecting white to the rear

    26 occurrences · 3.1% of tests

  2. 02

    Stop lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning

    16 occurrences · 1.9% of tests

  3. 03

    Brake control has insufficient reserve travel

    13 occurrences · 1.5% of tests

  4. 04

    A tyre valve seriously damaged or misaligned likely which could cause sudden deflation of the tyre

    13 occurrences · 1.5% of tests

  5. 05

    Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements

    12 occurrences · 1.4% of tests

  6. 06

    A transmission belt, chain, sprocket or pulley excessively loose or worn

    12 occurrences · 1.4% of tests

  7. 07

    A footrest missing or insecure

    12 occurrences · 1.4% of tests

  8. 08

    A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps

    11 occurrences · 1.3% of tests

  9. 09

    A transmission belt, chain, sprocket or pulley excessively loose or worn

    10 occurrences · 1.2% of tests

  10. 10

    Brake efficiency below minimum requirement

    9 occurrences · 1.1% of tests

Counts cover Major and Dangerous defects logged at test. Advisory items excluded so this shows why a car was rejected, not just what the tester flagged in passing.

Worst-case fix budget · top 2 failures

£68–£130

If every one of this Tornado Naked T 125's most-logged Major fails hit at the same MOT, that's the real-world UK garage range. Reality is usually one or two items, not all of them. Open the estimator →

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Tools that pre-empt a retest.

Picked against this car's top failure patterns. Affiliate links to Amazon UK — we earn a small cut at no cost to you. Disclosed up-front, doesn't shape the data.

Item 01 · Amazon UK

H7 / W21W bulb pack

A spare-bulb kit lives in the boot. Test morning is not the time to find your stop-lamp's gone.

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Item 02 · Amazon UK

Digital tyre-tread depth gauge

Five quid for a gauge beats £150 for a retest. UK MOT minimum is 1.6mm — most testers fail anything below 2mm to be safe.

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Buying or keeping a Tornado Naked T 125?

Use the failure ranking as a pre-test checklist or a haggling lever. Treat the headline pass rate as a fleet-wide trend, not a guarantee on any individual car.

If you own a Tornado Naked T 125 and your last MOT looked nothing like the ranked failures above, that's normal — individual cars vary widely. The ranking shows the patterns testers flag most often across the country.