Motor Hispania Furia 50 vs Piaggio NRG

The Piaggio NRG passes its MOT first time more often than the Motor Hispania Furia 50: 65.5% vs 46.6%, a 18.9-point lead.

MOT reliability, side by side

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

Metric	Motor Hispania Furia 50	Piaggio NRG
First-time pass rate	46.6%	65.5%
Outright fail rate	43.2%	27.4%
Vs comparable bikes (age & mileage adjusted)	-25.1 pts	-6.0 pts
Engine size	50cc	49cc
Rank among all models	#5416 of 5428	#4992 of 5428
Median miles at test	9,793	9,874
MOT tests analysed	491	40,458
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	Motor Hispania Furia 50	Piaggio NRG
2006	51.2%	64.7%
2007	47.7%	63.9%
2008	48.4%	65.2%
2009	41.1%	62.2%
2010	51.9%	63.2%
2011	42.2%	63.9%

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	Motor Hispania Furia 50	Piaggio NRG
0k-10k miles	49.4%	71.3%
10k-20k miles	42.6%	60.6%
20k-30k miles	43.2%	55.7%

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

MOTOR HISPANIA FURIA 50 46.6% pass · 491 tests PIAGGIO NRG 65.5% pass · 40.5k tests

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