Bikes with best build quality revealed by your vote

That bike drawing your eye in the showroom may shine like a new penny, but how long will it keep its looks? Our huge survey of close to 1200 owners reveals the truth as you’ve discovered it.

Yesterday we told you how high owners rated their engines (see link, right). Today the ratings are for Build Quality.

Each day this week we’ll be revealing the results of another category. They will cover everything from handling, to insurance and servicing costs and overall owner satisfaction.

Here’s how you rated the manufacturers for their build quality.

The highest rated is Honda with an average score of 93 per cent.

Triumph takes the runner-up spot with 91 per cent with BMW in third with 90 per cent.

In joint fourth is Aprilia and Kawasaki with 89 per cent.

Sixth place goes to Yamaha with 88 per cent while seventh is shared between Ducati and Suzuki with just 85 per cent each.

The difference between scores may be small but, in a survey of this size, just a one per cent gap is significant.

CAN 1200 RIDERS LIKE YOU BE WRONG? HAVE YOUR SAY BY FOLLOWING THE LINK, RIGHT

To browse the owner reports for any particular bike, you need to go to our BIKES section and track down the bike you require using the options you’ll find on the right of the BIKES section’s front page.

When you arrive at the home page for the bike you’re interested in (and there are more than 240 of them in total) select ” Owners’ reports ” from the black navigation bar.

You’ll find an option to submit your own report at the bottom of each list of owners reports.

Anyone can browse the reports, but to submit one you do need to be a registered user of motorcyclenews.com. But since that is free and easy to do, that shouldn’t put you off. Simply click on LOG IN at the top, right of the page and fill in the online forms.

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