Nitron Shock Piggyback facing wrong way?

yeah mines a piggyback but mounted to the opposite direction to yours - the reservoir stick oout quite far. in fact there is a piece of plastc mounted to that side of the toolbox that i had to remove for it to fit. I'm actually not sure why that plastic is there, maybe as support or a shield, not sure. It's been fine ever since anyway.

Thanks Loser, that's very interesting. I wonder why Nitron decided to change the direction of the reservoir? Anyway, I rang Nitron explaining my concern regarding the proximity of the reservoir to the exhaust and for their design reasons for changing the direction of the piggyback. They couldn't give me a straight answer but just suggested that I try fitting it and if their was a problem they would change it for another. I am a designer by profession and it bugs me why they couldn't explain why they changed the direction of the reservoir.
I then rang HPS and a helpful chap named Ben was also perplexed and so asked me to email a pic of the shock that he would then email to Nitron explaining my concern. I should hopefully here from them on Monday. If I am still not happy I can either replace it for one pointing the other way (like Loser's) or exchange it for a remote reservoir. At the moment I think I may go for the remote reservoir option in order to avoid further potential hassle.

Loser, are you pleased with your Nitron shock? Does the reservoir touch the toolbox or push up against it. I'm waiting to hear from Nitron on Monday and I will probably ask them to turn the reservoir round, so that like yours its pointing away from the engine. Would prefer to have the inconvenience of removing the toolbox cover rather than have the reservoir practically touching the exhaust. Besides, it would also make the compression knob a lot easier to get at.

yeah i have to say i am perfectly happy with it - i suppose it would have been better if the reservoir was not quite up against the toolbox as i am pretty sure they could have angled down the reservoir a little more to give more clearance but tbh it doesn't really matter - it's good to have access to the left side for adjustments as there's less to get in the way

Thanks Loser. I'm not happy with the reservoir facing the opposite to yours and I am perplexed why Nitron changed its direction. I have had the following email reply from a chap named Scott at Nitron.
"The shock should be installed with the reservoir facing to the rear of the bike so that the compression adjuster is accessed from the right hand side of the bike. I can only guess that he is thinking of installing it the other way round? The shock is offset to the left on this bike which is why the reservoir faces the opposite way to normal."
I am not altogether happy with this reply as it doesn't acknowledge that some sv650s owners have been given Nitron shocks with the reservoir pointing away from the engince. Also, surely the compression knob should be accessed from the left hand side of the bike and not the right. Will try to speak to Scott tomorrow in order to have some more clarification on this.
Am I being too fussy or do you think I have a genuine point to make. Would any of you accept a reservoir that came close to touching the engine/exhaust? Finally, Loser, what year is your sv650s?

Have you actually fitted the shock?.

All the Nitron and Ohlins shocks we have fitted / supplied the adjusters sit so that they are accessed from the right hand side of the bike (as you sit on it). They also when fitted sit nowhere near the exhaust and certainly nowhere near the engine..well no different from where the standard shock sits to be honest.

Scott is the guy that builds the shocks at Nitron. Good chap.

mines an 05 - i also think that there may be some confusion regarding terminology here. When you say facing the engine, i assume you mean facing forward, whereas i think he may be saying facing out the right side. I don't think you can mount it with the reservoir facing forwards (or towards the engine), so to me the only option is to have it with the reservoir facing the rear and the adjustemnts made on the right side of the bike. Still seems odd to me and tbh i don't see why they would have changed that. As he said the shock on an sv is offset to the left side and it makes sense that the adjustments be facing to the left also as the exhaust is on the right.

Originally Posted by SV650Racer

Have you actually fitted the shock?.

All the Nitron and Ohlins shocks we have fitted / supplied the adjusters sit so that they are accessed from the right hand side of the bike (as you sit on it). They also when fitted sit nowhere near the exhaust and certainly nowhere near the engine..well no different from where the standard shock sits to be honest.

Scott is the guy that builds the shocks at Nitron. Good chap.

ok if that's the case, maybe they have changed it for the SV to the way some other shock manufacturers are doing it.

Ohlins and the Elka adjust from the right. TBH aslong as the shock fits and doesnt foul any moving components then it should be fine.

If you look at the pic on my first post you can clearly see that the adjuster is on the left hand side (as you sit on the bike). I have not fitted the shock yet but have taken careful measurements. I respect that Scott is the expert and I will gladly have a go at fitting it this weekend. I am just curious as to why Nitron have made shocks to org members with the reservoir facing the opposite direction to mine. What benefits are there to having it facing towards the engine?
I am hoping that perhaps Scott can provide me with an answer.