Kymco Movie X2 vs Piaggio Vespa

The Piaggio Vespa passes its MOT first time more often than the Kymco Movie X2: 80.7% vs 75.2%, a 5.5-point lead.

MOT reliability, side by side

first-time pass rate, outright fail rate and tests analysed · 2005–2025

Metric	Kymco Movie X2	Piaggio Vespa
First-time pass rate	75.2%	80.7%
Outright fail rate	13.3%	12.2%
Vs comparable bikes (age & mileage adjusted)	+5.3 pts	+5.9 pts
Engine size	124cc	124cc
Rank among all models	#4276 of 5428	#3439 of 5428
Median miles at test	13,906	10,023
MOT tests analysed	330	287,482
Most common failure	lighting and signalling	lighting and signalling

First-time outcomes on normal tests, 2005–2025. "Most common failure" is the component group with the most recorded defects on failed tests. Read pass rates against test counts: a smaller sample is noisier. Source: DVSA anonymised MOT results.

"Vs comparable bikes" is the first-time pass rate minus the rate expected for each bike's own mix of age, mileage and test class, in percentage points: positive means better than comparable bikes. How this works.

Pass rate by test year

first-time MOT pass rate in each calendar year both bikes were tested

Test year	Kymco Movie X2	Piaggio Vespa
2006	84.8%	78.9%
2007	80.0%	77.8%
2008	82.2%	76.1%
2009	72.2%	76.6%
2010	67.7%	77.5%

Each year mixes bikes of different ages, so a fleet that is getting older tends to slip.

Pass rate by mileage

first-time MOT pass rate by miles on the clock at test

Mileage	Kymco Movie X2	Piaggio Vespa
0k-10k miles	83.9%	85.0%
10k-20k miles	72.8%	77.0%
20k-30k miles	72.1%	75.3%

Bands with fewer than 30 tests for either bike are left out.

KYMCO MOVIE X2 75.2% pass · 330 tests PIAGGIO VESPA 80.7% pass · 287k tests

See each bike's full report (trend, mileage curve, failure breakdown and rivals) on its own page.