front shock PK125, which one

[dt]

Hi all

New here, so a bit of a newby. Intro- I have owned many scooters in the past lambrettas SX and Li , vespas P200E early 80s and a few super sports. I have just bought a PK 125 automatica  a import from Japan and the bug has bitten again.
I need to replace the front shock first as it is shot, having a bit of trouble getting the right part. It has the eyebolt style bottom fixing point. SIP keep pushing me toward the other style attachment style, which is wrong.
Any suggestions and advise appreciated frame No VAM1T

Thanks All 

[Juan]

As far as I'm aware all the Automatics ran the PK80-125 long link forks with this style of shock. www.sip-scootershop.com/en/products/shock+absorber+carbone+front+_17480000

By the sounds of things yours has been front ended or robbed of the correct fork and someone has fitted the 50 style fork which needs this type. www.sip-scootershop.com/en/products/shock+absorber+carbone+front+_65020900

Up to you how you go about things but if it's a good runner I'd fit it with the correct fork.

[dt]

Thanks for that info. I think that is correct, I was getting a bit lost with it but that now makes sense.
Does the 125 fork have a longer trailing arm ? 
I was looking a SIP XL 2 forks with disk conversion, as the rest of the scooter is mint.
thanks for you help
DT

[Juan]

What's up at the front? Does it appear to be sitting very low?

If so it may not even be a PK50 fork and they've swopped in a V range version.

Any pictures or link to where you bought it from at all? Will be easy to tell if so.

[dt]

I will post a few shots later today.

[dt]

Worked on scooter today. There are a few photos of the front fork setup, can you identify what they are.

[Juan]

Definitely 50 forks.

Missed the bit about the XL2 fork earlier, you don't want that one. This is what you're after.

www.sip-scootershop.com/en/products/steering+column+rms+for+vespa+_13333000

[dt]

Thanks. Armed with your info yesterday I had a look at the attachment at the top of the fork, it has the cutout and bolt for the steering. On closer inspection it has had a fall on one side and some repair behind the fork in the bodywork, so that explains it all. Luckily the main body has no creases or signs of any major damage. It was a Tokyo based machine so probably low speed in traffic rear end. It still has a lot of explanatory notes written on it from its first day, all in Japanese. I lived for 10 years + (still in therapy) but it feels normal for me.

In the short term I have ordered off flea bay, a shock, original, that i quessed would fit in order to get it back on the road, luckily it turns out, it will fit. The front suspension is very divey, I see why the anti dive kits are so popular and all they do is extend the trailing arm, v clever. I assume a the new fork and reasonable shock will fix the dive issue.

Longer term a new fork, a new variator, as it is not well matched to the power output, a pipe and new flat slider carb.
We see very few small frame vespas out here in the antipodian colonies. So it will be a cool project.