Mash Fifty vs Piaggio Zip

The Mash Fifty and Piaggio Zip have an identical 71.3% first-time MOT pass rate.

MOT reliability, side by side

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

Metric	Mash Fifty	Piaggio Zip
First-time pass rate	71.3%	71.3%
Outright fail rate	16.8%	20.4%
Vs comparable bikes (age & mileage adjusted)	-6.7 pts	-1.0 pts
Engine size	49cc	49cc
Rank among all models	#4631 of 5428	#4631 of 5428
Median miles at test	4,430	8,882
MOT tests analysed	345	78,993
Most common failure	lamps and reflectors	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	Mash Fifty	Piaggio Zip
2020	81.4%	73.1%
2021	61.5%	73.3%
2022	78.9%	74.5%
2023	76.1%	74.1%
2024	71.9%	73.4%
2025	61.0%	76.2%

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	Mash Fifty	Piaggio Zip
0k-10k miles	70.0%	75.2%
10k-20k miles	63.6%	66.7%

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

MASH FIFTY 71.3% pass · 345 tests PIAGGIO ZIP 71.3% pass · 79.0k tests

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