Sym Simply 50 Scooter

Hi all,
Looking for some advice please...

My step-son has crashed his 2017 Sym Simply 50 scooter and bent the front forks and steering stem part of the frame.

It has been pronounced an insurance write-off due to the damage.

I have the possibility of getting hold of a used Simply 125 scooter and was wondering if they share the same frame?

If they do, would I be able to simply (pun intended!) swap the engine and associated parts, onto the 125cc frame and get the scooter re-registered with VOSA to get it back on the road?

Thanks in advance for your help!
Andy

 

I think it would be to much hassle and too many questions with dvla to do this !

 

What year is the used one?
Does it have the V5 with it?

 

Moving a 125 to 50 has got to be a shit ton of paperwork?
And changing a frame is a fair few hours work...

 

hi steve, the used one is a 2008. i believe it has the v5 yes

 

hi scubabiker, not bothered about time to do it. want to get pretty much brand new scooter back on the road! missus only insured it third party, not thinking the boy would crash it so bad!

 

It's the registration number that's the problem, if you did/could re-frame it, it would use the 2008 number, any vehicle uses the chassis/frame number as the ID. Any other way would probably be called "ringing it" ! If the lad is 16 then there's another problem on a 125 frame ?
Difficult !