Someone talk me out of this idea. I have seen 2 Ohlins shocks intended to be put on a Suzuki SV650 go for cheap. They have the following stats:
Part No. SU852 (S46HR1C1L)
46 mm piston, it is a monotube high pressure gas type of shock absorber with hose mounted external reservoir. The adjustment features include adjustable compression damping, adjustable rebound damping, and adjustable length. The length of this shock center eye to eye is 337mm.
Length 337 mm +12/-0 mm
Stroke 63 mm
Rebound adjustment 14
Compression adjustment 14
Preload 12 mm
The Ohlins built for my bike has the following stats:
46 mm piston, it is a monotube high pressure gas type of shock absorber with hose mounted external reservoir.
Part no: DU 440 (S46HR1C1)
Length: 330mm
Stroke: 65mm
Preload spring 11 mm
Rebound adjustment 14
Compression adjustment 12
I know I will need to get the right spring. Are the slight differences really enough that I wouldn't be able to mount it? I'm not extremely worried about my ride getting 7mm higher. Other than mount point differences I can't think of anything that would make this a total pain in the ass. Sanity check please.
I don't know how the SV is set up, but if it doesn't have a similar linkage to the Ducati the valving is probably going to be all wrong. The 7mm length will add up to more as well for the same reason, but that might not be a bad thing.
You also want to check the dimensions of the eyes.