Ducati Sporting Club UK > Model Specific - Discussion, Technical Problems and Help > Supersports: SS / SuperSport / Supersport 950 > Making a Marchesini fit - comments please:

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Ok, so here's the deal...

I now have a 5-spoke C-box section rear wheel to match the front Magnesium Marchi I bought some time ago.

Thing is, the rear is from an ST2 - so two major stumbling blocks,

1) Axle diameters are different

2) New wheel is actually wider than the old.

Well I think I can work around both, for 1) I was going to replace the bearings with an inner size that matches my axle (17mm sounds right, have not measured yet) - however, the bearings that are still fitted are perfectly good so, I had the idea of fitting a sleve tube of some sort in the wheel, that again will match the axle size.

25mm ID for the existing bearings also rings a bell so, a 17mm ID tube with a 4mm wall thinckness was something along the lines I had in mind.

Good or bad idea - comments please (also on material)!

2) The rear wheel does not fit by a stingey 2mm, I'm using the existing sprocket carrier, so I know the drive side is not the problem - I've also measure that the distance between the wheel and caliper bracket needs to be the same so that the caliper will sit correctly - so - the only option open is to machine 2mm off the outside of the caliper bracket.

I just wanna check and see if there is any flaw in my thinking before I go down this path!

Time for a Stella I think

Cheers - Frank