# On a motorcycle with two front or rear wheels, there is inadequate braking effort at a wheel — Vehicle inspection defect categories: MOT major, minor and dangerous verdicts

For On a motorcycle with two front or rear wheels, there is inadequate braking effort at a wheel, category is Major; inspection item number is 1.2.1; defect reference is (a)(i); inspection item is Brake performance; authority is DVSA MOT (motorcycles, classes 1 and 2), recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Defect:** On a motorcycle with two front or rear wheels, there is inadequate braking effort at a wheel _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Category:** Major _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Inspection item number:** 1.2.1
- **Defect reference:** (a)(i) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Inspection item:** Brake performance
- **Authority:** DVSA MOT (motorcycles, classes 1 and 2) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (a)(i) | On a motorcycle with two front or rear wheels, there is inadequate braking effort at a wheel | Major

## Source

- https://www.gov.uk/guidance/mot-inspection-manual-for-motorcycles/1-brakes

Last verified: 2026-08-06. Review by: 2027-02-02.
Part of [Vehicle inspection defect categories: MOT major, minor and dangerous verdicts](https://referencesource.org/vehicle-inspection-defect-categories/).