Q's on early Mille Ohlins & linkages

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TwinNut · #1 Post by **TwinNut** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 2:44 pm

I'm looking at an Ohlins shock off a Mille (with ride height adj.) to go along with the replacement Mille swingarm i've now found and the bloke is also selling the linkages. However, the linkages are not the unequal traingle type I was expecting but are the almost equalateral triangle type as fitted to our bikes. Is this right? I was under the impression that Mille arm + Ohlins/Sachs with ride hieght adj. = unequal traingle type linkages/dogbone only. He assures me they're definately the correct linkages for the shock and arm and that they all came of the same bike. Could the early RSV with Ohlins fitted have used the Falco type linkages....Anyone any ideas?

bigun · #2 Post by **bigun** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 2:59 pm

Is the shock coming with the swingarm/linkages you've found? If so, I think that'd answer yr question as to their compatibility. The pivots on the swingarm and the bike are the constants and the shock/linkages are the variables. If its all together, those variables match each other so the shock/linages will work.

If its not coming with them afraid I can't answer. The whole linkages/dogbone thing bamboozles me everytime!

I know what I mean to myself but I think this is gonna confuse everyone else!

D-Rider · #3 Post by **D-Rider** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 2:59 pm

Hi TN,

From your description these linkages certainly seem to be the same as the Falco linkages.
I know the early Mille used these linkages in partnership with the White-Spring Sachs. My understanding is that covers '98 to 2000.5

My assumption is that at that time they also did a version of the Mille with Ohlins kit - which, I presume, would also use the same linkages.

I don't have a definitive answer on this, but I think there's every chance the seller is correct - as long as we're talking about a very early Mille ..... which probably means the shock will need a good service.

Ah ! - just had a thought and looked this up on the Aprilia Yorkshire parts database.
'98-'99 models only show one shock but the 2000 model shows 2 shocks (the special one for Mille R will be the Ohlins) - but as they just show a common set of linkages, I think this supports the theory above.

Aprilia Yorkshire

Hope this helps

TwinNut · #4 Post by **TwinNut** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 3:36 pm

Thanks for the super-swift answers fella. On the basis that this shock is potentially from the very early Mille I wonder if it means that it's old-school technology compared to the later Mille Ohlins? i.e. should I wait until I find a later spec Ohlins or will they be similar performance?

Falco9 · #5 Post by **Falco9** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 3:55 pm

If it helps at all TN, I ran my Ohlins with the Mille arm and the std falco linkages and triangles, and the Ohlins shock was the Mille one.

Worked fine, in fact brilliantly

F9

TwinNut · #6 Post by **TwinNut** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 4:21 pm

Falco9 wrote:If it helps at all TN, I ran my Ohlins with the Mille arm and the std falco linkages and triangles, and the Ohlins shock was the Mille one.

Did this give you the same height at the back as the standard Falco? If so I guess you must have had the same shock as the one i'm thinking about.

Falco9 · #7 Post by **Falco9** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 4:31 pm

The Ohlins I ran had height adjustment, which I ran at full extension. Otherwise the ride height would have been very similar, but I never measured the difference to be honest.

F9