BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

Piaggio Zip 50 2T: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which Zip 50 2T years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 67.4% average, from 1,572 DVSA tests.

2012
highest-passing year · 78.6%
2009
lowest-passing year · 63.9%
14.7pp
spread across 4 years

Pass rate by registration year

first-time pass rate · cohorts with 50 or more tests · registration year from first use date

Highest pass rate: 2012 (78.6% of 192 tests). Lowest: 2009 (63.9% of 421). Years more than two points below the model average: 2009.

61%71%82%2009: 63.9% pass (421 tests)2010: 65.7% pass (612 tests)2011: 68.2% pass (340 tests)2012: 78.6% pass (192 tests)200920112012
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (67.4%)
2009 421 63.9% -3.5 pp
2010 612 65.7% -1.7 pp
2011 340 68.2% +0.8 pp
2012 192 78.6% +11.2 pp

Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years. A first-time MOT pass is a roadworthiness check, not a full mechanical inspection.

Pass rate over time

first-time pass rate by test year · 2012–2024
59%67%74%2012: 68.8% pass (80 tests)2013: 65.7% pass (210 tests)2014: 70.0% pass (230 tests)2015: 64.0% pass (236 tests)2016: 67.4% pass (187 tests)2017: 63.6% pass (151 tests)2018: 71.6% pass (95 tests)2019: 70.9% pass (86 tests)2020: 67.7% pass (62 tests)2021: 70.5% pass (61 tests)2022: 69.6% pass (56 tests)2023: 69.1% pass (55 tests)2024: 61.8% pass (34 tests)20122024

Questions

Which Zip 50 2T years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2009 registered examples pass first time less often than the Piaggio Zip 50 2T overall (67.4%); the 2009 cohort is lowest at 63.9% from 421 tests.
Which Zip 50 2T year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2012, at 78.6% of 192 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the Zip 50 2T pass rate vary by year?
14.7 percentage points between the highest (2012, 78.6%) and lowest (2009, 63.9%) cohorts with at least 50 tests. Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years.

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