BIKERELIABILITY
MOT DATA · GREAT BRITAIN · 2005–2025
League table/ PEUGEOT/SPEEDFIGHT 50 LR RCUP
Model report · 2005–2025

PEUGEOT SPEEDFIGHT 50 LR RCUP

49cc Petrol Class 1
63.3%
first-time pass rate
27.6%
failed outright
12,566
median miles at test
196
MOT tests, 2005–2025

Pass rate over time

first-time pass rate by test year · 2012–2013

The SPEEDFIGHT 50 LR RCUP's first-time pass rate has risen 4.2 points since 2012, 57.6% to 61.8%.

57%60%63%2012: 57.6% pass (33 tests)2013: 61.8% pass (34 tests)20122013

What fails on a SPEEDFIGHT 50 LR RCUP

failure defects by component group · advisories excluded
Component group Share of defects Defects % of defects
lighting and signalling
53 34.6
brakes
36 23.5
steering and suspension
28 18.3
tyres and wheels
12 7.8
fuel and exhaust
11 7.2
lamps and reflectors
4 2.6
suspension
4 2.6
body and structure
3 2
reg plates and vin
1 0.7
audible warning (Horn)
1 0.7

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 50 LR RCUP 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 50 LR RCUP.

Pass rate by registration year

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

Best year to buy used: 2009 (62.4% pass). Weakest: 2009 (62.4%).

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.