BIKERELIABILITY
MOT DATA · GREAT BRITAIN · 2005–2025
Model report · 2005–2025

KYMCO FILLY

50cc Petrol Class 1
84.7%
first-time pass rate
11.7%
failed outright
6,776
median miles at test
360
MOT tests, 2005–2025

Pass rate over time

first-time pass rate by test year · 2006–2011

The FILLY's first-time pass rate has fallen 10.4 points since 2006, 90.4% to 80.0%.

75%84%94%2006: 90.4% pass (52 tests)2007: 82.2% pass (45 tests)2008: 83.7% pass (43 tests)2009: 90.5% pass (42 tests)2010: 78.1% pass (32 tests)2011: 80.0% pass (30 tests)20062011

What fails on a FILLY

failure defects by component group · advisories excluded
Component group Share of defects Defects % of defects
steering and suspension
17 27.9
lighting and signalling
13 21.3
brakes
11 18
tyres and wheels
6 9.8
fuel and exhaust
5 8.2
steering
2 3.3
reg plates and vin
2 3.3
body and structure
2 3.3
structure and attachments
2 3.3
suspension
1 1.6

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 FILLY beats 4 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 FILLY.

Pass rate by registration year

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

Best year to buy used: 2003 (86.9% pass). Weakest: 2002 (83.0%).

82%85%88%2000: 84.7% pass (98 tests)2002: 83.0% pass (53 tests)2003: 86.9% pass (107 tests)200020022003

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.