BIKERELIABILITY
MOT DATA · GREAT BRITAIN · 2005–2025
League table/ JM STAR/JSD 50 QT-13
Model report · 2005–2025

JM STAR JSD 50 QT-13

50cc Petrol Class 1
61.4%
first-time pass rate
28.8%
failed outright
2,832
median miles at test
285
MOT tests, 2005–2025

Pass rate over time

first-time pass rate by test year · 2010–2014

The JSD 50 QT-13's first-time pass rate has risen 11.9 points since 2010, 59.5% to 71.4%.

50%63%76%2010: 59.5% pass (37 tests)2011: 56.3% pass (48 tests)2012: 54.2% pass (59 tests)2013: 55.6% pass (45 tests)2014: 71.4% pass (42 tests)20102014

What fails on a JSD 50 QT-13

failure defects by component group · advisories excluded
Component group Share of defects Defects % of defects
lighting and signalling
82 35.5
brakes
56 24.2
steering and suspension
45 19.5
tyres and wheels
30 13
fuel and exhaust
9 3.9
body and structure
8 3.5
driving controls
1 0.4

Defects recorded against failed normal tests, 2005–2025, grouped by DVSA inspection section. One test can record multiple defects.

How rivals compare

same type, similar capacity, high test volume

On first-time pass rate the JSD 50 QT-13 beats 0 of its 4 closest rivals (PEUGEOT SPEEDFIGHT, PIAGGIO ZIP, PIAGGIO NRG).

Rivals share this bike's type and sit within ±30% of its engine capacity, ≥ 5,000 tests. Card colour = better/worse first-time pass rate than the JSD 50 QT-13.

Pass rate by registration year

how each model-year cohort fares · registration year from first use date

Best year to buy used: 2007 (60.4% pass). Weakest: 2008 (56.6%).

56%59%61%2007: 60.4% pass (111 tests)2008: 56.6% pass (113 tests)20072008

First-time pass rate by the year each bike was first registered (cohorts with ≥ 50 tests). Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years.