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[milesaway]

does anyone know;
1-weight difference between 2 types of front and rear wheels
2- is a 748 front wheel the same as the lighter one
3- if the lighter front or 748 or any other wheels can easily be made to fit the marzocchi forks with solid spindle
4- are there any other good cheap options suitable
5- anyone got any good options for sale

[skidlids]

Originally Posted by milesaway

does anyone know;
1-weight difference between 2 types of front and rear wheels
2- is a 748 front wheel the same as the lighter one
3- if the lighter front or 748 or any other wheels can easily be made to fit the marzocchi forks with solid spindle
4- are there any other good cheap options suitable
5- anyone got any good options for sale

1- If I can find my notes I'll let you know
2- Yes
3- It,s not to hard, spacers and bearings
4- Not really as Ducati use the same wheel on many models
5- Not me

[milesaway]

thanks for info kev- which other models are same wheels

[milesaway]

weighed a new and old type rears today- not very accurately on bathroom scales with disks and tyres on and both read exactly the same at 12.6kg!

[skidlids]

Didn't think there was much in the weight of the rears, just that the later ones are a better quality alloy that doesn't distort so easily and the bearings don't drop out of as easily.

Also there are a big difference in the weight of some front brake discs, early Ducati ones being the worse that I know of

As for the fronts they can be found in
748
916
996
ST2
ST4 (i think)
M600
M620
M695
M696 ( I suspect are the same even though the rears aren't)
M750ie
M800
M900ie
M1000
MTS620
750SSie
800SS
900SSie

[mat2hew]

Originally Posted by milesaway

weighed a new and old type rears today- not very accurately on bathroom scales with disks and tyres on and both read exactly the same at 12.6kg!

I think the fronts are more of a total saving but I believe the later rears have more of the weight near the center making them more efficient, (faster/optimized) although I don't know this for sure.

[skidlids]

As the suitable front wheels are above here are the 4.5 Inch rears

25mm Spindle
M620
M750ie
M800
MTS620


17mm Spindle
750SSie
800SS
M600
M750
600SS
750SS