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

PEUGEOT SPEEDFIGHT 3

49cc Petrol Class 1
65.2%
first-time pass rate
27.9%
failed outright
7,903
median miles at test
201
MOT tests, 2005–2025

Pass rate over time

first-time pass rate by test year · 2014–2016

The SPEEDFIGHT 3's first-time pass rate has fallen 17.7 points since 2014, 70.6% to 52.9%.

48%62%75%2014: 70.6% pass (34 tests)2015: 70.6% pass (51 tests)2016: 52.9% pass (34 tests)20142016

What fails on a SPEEDFIGHT 3

failure defects by component group · advisories excluded
Component group Share of defects Defects % of defects
brakes
42 31.8
steering and suspension
32 24.2
lighting and signalling
31 23.5
tyres and wheels
8 6.1
lamps and reflectors
5 3.8
fuel and exhaust
4 3
body and structure
3 2.3
steering
3 2.3
structure and attachments
2 1.5
suspension
2 1.5

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 SPEEDFIGHT 3 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 SPEEDFIGHT 3.

Pass rate by registration year

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

Best year to buy used: 2010 (65.4% pass). Weakest: 2011 (64.1%).

63%65%66%2010: 65.4% pass (81 tests)2011: 64.1% pass (78 tests)20102011

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.