Welcome. Shocks are priced and sold by each unless stated.
Price Range: Dark green price is for used in rough condition. Bright green price is for new condition. Some shocks are available in various used states, ranging from “rough” to “like new”. So the dark green is the lower limit, and the bright green is the upper limit, of the price range. Most will be in between the low and the high, and priced accordingly.
N/A means Not Available.
Damping: Most of these rear shocks do not have hydraulic fluid (oil) damping. Since most are pure springs with no damping, they are very bouncy. Certain high quality ones have some damping, and are less bouncy.
Length: The length is from center of hole to center of hole.
Width: Besides length and eyelet sizes, some shocks are limited in width by the frame or body panels. On Motobecane for example, you can’t put wider shocks even with the same length and eyelets (unless some bodywork is cut off).
Stiffness: You can’t tell how strong a spring is, until you squeeze it. Heavier people need heavier springs, and vice versa.
Travel: Mopeds are for going slow on smooth roads, and so do not need much suspension travel (how far the wheels can move up or down when hitting a big bump). More travel makes the bike taller, but more able to handle bumps. 2 to 4 inches is typical.
Shocks with 8mm Eyelets
11.0″ 275 x8x8 $15-70
Motobecane 1976-81 original
11.0″ 275 x8x8 $35-70
Motobecane factory option
Motobecane upper shock bolt: M8-1.0 x 45 (can be 1.25 thread)
Motobecane lower shock bolt: M8-1.0 x 38 (must be 1.00), inner spacer ∅8 x 5
11.8″ 300 x8x8 $35-65
Puch Maxi original
12.4″ 315 x8x8 $45
Sachs Balboa has shocks similar to Puch Maxi but longer 315 mm.
JC Penney Pinto shocks are the same as Puch but longer 320mm.
Sears Free Spirit (standard) and Puch Cobra shocks are the same as Puch but way longer 345mm.
Shocks with 8 and 10 Eyelets
12.6″ 320 x10x8 $20-70
Peugeot 51324 (aluminum)
1975-77 Peugeot 103 LVS
12.6″ 320 x10x8 $35-80
Peugeot 51324 (chrome)
1978-83 Peugeot 103 LVS
made in Italy by CiTe
13.9″ 355 x10x8 N/A
Peugeot 59763
1978-81 Peugeot 103 SP
Peugeot 103 has a upper 10mm eyelet and a lower 8mm. The lower 8mm bolt can be replaced with a 10mm one, after drilling the frame hole, to accept a more common replacement shock with both 10mm eyelets.
Shocks with 10mm Eyelets
9.9″ 250 x 10 x 10 $20-45
Vespa (Piaggio)
1978-86 Vespa Grande
10.3″ 263 x 10 x 10 $20 ea
1976-80 Cimatti City Bike
11″ 280 x10x10 $15-40
Tomos 207049
1977-91 Tomos Bullet
11.0″ 280 x10x10 N/A
Tomos 219188 (early)
1979-85 Silver Bullet
11″ 280 x10x10 N/A
Tomos 219188 (late)
86-91 Golden Bullet
11.0″ 280 x10x10 $40
Tomos 227236 (white)
1992-95 most models
11.0″ 280 x10x10 $35
Tomos 229357 (grey)
1996-07 most models
11.0″ 280 x10x10 $35
Tomos 227172 (early)
1992-07 some models
11.0″ 280 x10x10 $45
Tomos 227172 (late)
2007-13 most models
11.0″ 280 x10x10 $40
aftermarket
11.4″ 290 x10x10 $30
original replacement
1977-80 Gitane
11.8″ 300 x10x10 $30
Tomos 232713 (wide)
’01-13 Revival, S.mate
12.7″ 320 x10x10 $55
Tomos 221032 (performance)
’08-13 Tomos Streetmate-R
<< This Tomos 221032 shock has more travel, more precision, and other features that make it outperform most other moped shocks. It has some damping, more than other moped shocks, but not as much as a true hydraulic shock. It is also adjustable in spring preload (stiffness) for different rider weights. The longer travel makes bumps feel smaller.
12.7″ 320 x10x10 $80/pair
aftermarket
12.7″ 320 x10x10 N/A
Columbia 745-0168 (sheet-metal frame)
13.0″ 330 x10x10 N/A
Columbia 745-0175 (mono-tube frame)
13.6″ 350 x10x10 $30-60
1976-84 Sparta Foxi, Buddy
Shocks with 12mm Eyelets
12.0″ 305 x12x12 N/A
aftermarket
For Puch Maxi replacements, use these but with the original 8 x 12mm spacer tubes from the old shocks placed inside the 12mm eyelets.
Table of Moped Shock Sizes
M y r o n s V i n t a g e M o p e d S h o c k s R a c k
Row 1 Left
1 09.2″ 235 x 8 x 8 Kreidler
2 11.0″ 280 x 8 x 8 Motobecane
3 11.0″ 280 x 8 x 8 Motobecane
4 11.7″ 295 x 8 x 8 Peugeot 102
5 12.0″ 305 x 8 x 8 Puch Maxi
6 ??.?” xxx x 8 x 8 ????????? xxx x 8 x 8 ?????x??? ??????
7
Row 1 Right
1 12.0″ 305 x 8 x 8 Puch Maxi (coil)x
2 12.5″ 315 x 8 x 8 xxxxxxxxxx xxxx
3 ??.?” xxx x 8 x 8 ????????? ??????
4 13.7″ 345 x 8 x 8 Free Spirit (red)
5 13.9″ 350 x 8 x 8 Puch Magnum XK x
6 14.1″ 360 x 8 x 8 Puch Magnum MKII ??.?” xxx x 8 x 8 ?????x??? ??????
7 14.1″ 360 x 8 x 8 same but lightweight
Row 2 Left
1 09.9″ 250 x10x10 Vespa Grande????????? ????
2 10.2″ 260 x10x10 Garelli (short)
3 10.3″ 263 x10x10 Cimatti (short)
4 10.5″ 267 x10x10 Italian (CiTe)
5 10.7″ 275 x10x10 Cimatti (long)
6 11.0″ 280 x10x10 Tomos Bullet
7 11.0″ 280 x10x10 Tomos Targa
???????? ??????
Row 2 Right
1 11.2″ 285 x10x10 ?????????? ????
2 ??.?” xxx x10x10 ?????????? ????
3 11.2″ 285 x10x10 Honda PA50 xx
4 11.5″ 290 x10x10 Gitane chrome
5 11.8″ 300 x10x10 Garelli (long)x
6 11.8″ 300 x10x10 Batavus HS50
7 11.8″ 300 x10x10 Batavus Reg.
Row 3 Left
1 12.0″ 305 x10x10 Garelli (long) ?
2 12.0″ 305 x10 x 8 Peugeot 103
3 12.1″ 310 x10x10 Trac
4 12.1″ 310 x10x10 General
5 12.2″ 310 x10x10 Indian
6 12.2″ 310 x12x12 motorcycle
7 13.7″ 350 x10x 8
Row 3 Right
1 13.6″ 350 x10x10 Sparta Foxi ????
2 13.9″ 355 x10 x 8 Peugeot 103SP
3 13.6″ 345 x12x12 motorcycle ????
4 13.0″ 330 x12x12 motorcycle ????
5 12.6″ 320 x12x12 motorcycle ????
6 12.6″ 320 x12x10 Honda Trail 90
7 11.1″ 283 x12x12 lightweight xxx
Not shown
1 10.2″ 260 x10x10 Vespa Bravo
More shocks are with their brands and not shown here, yet…
