ohlins shock for falco

[wookie1506]

Hi all will an ohlins shock for an 04 mille fit my 05 falco? the part no is 8795041/2, thanks in advance.

[D-Rider]

This one's not such a well known mod - whereas the suspension geometry for the Falco and the earlier milles is very similar, apparently it is not so similar for the latter ones.
People have fitted the later shock + linkage + swinger but I'm not sure of the success of only swapping part of this (ie shock + linkage)
Most of us stick to the Mille stuff up to '03 and Tuono to '05 as we know it works well.

Sorry not to be more helpful.

[wookie1506]

ok, cheers for the advice

[Falco9]

My understanding is that the spring rate is much softer on the 04 Mille onwards, so you would almost certainly need the linkages & dogbone to be sure the set up was right. Even then the geometry is different from this model onwards

As D has already said, the earlier linkages & shocks work so well, it's probably not worth experimenting unless you get the whole linkage set up with the shock and have access to a good suspension guru

F9

[minime]

Hi all will an ohlins shock for an 04 mille fit my 05 falco? the part no is 8795041/2, thanks in advance.

Don't think the Falco was produced anymore in 2005.

Only shock that is a simple swap is the White RSV 99 Sachs.

The 2000 - 2003 schocks will only work after changing the linkages.
The 2004 has a totally different setup.

You could use a 2004 swingarm ( be carefull not to buy one of the bas ones that were recalled) but you will have height clearance issues.