Realised that unless I spend what my bike is worth I will not get significantly lighter wheels ( well any that will off set my 14 stone pie eating frame). But I love the f2 look and the closest I reckon are the 1000 ss 5 spokes. I know the later monster wheels fit with bearing changes but what about the 1000 ss wheels anyone? i apologise for the constant flow of twatty questions but lots of you have far more insight than I do. cheers Tim
Might sound a stupid question but significantly lighter than what? what do you have at the moment? you say you want the f2 look, is that just the wheels or do you have an f2? i have the 1000ss wheels in an early ss and still needed a bearing change and major changes to the sprocket carrier to get them to fit.
I have a 94 900ss can't afford an f2 so wanted to make mine more f2 looking eg 5 spoke marchesini look also looked at reducing the weight, incl wheels ( gyroscopic ) of mine realised I was into the diminishing returns arena for massive expenditure. So asa compromise thought 1000 ss wheels . Hence the questions , that make sense?
The 2002 900ss/ie has marchesini wheels fitted as standard (also an Ohlins shock and a lovely alloy swing arm) the wheels are quite rare but do come up for sale from time to time. They will be a straight swap only the speedo' May be an issue, but sortable.
Mine is the same model, 95, note: i saw the post re the 02 model swingarm and i dont think its as simple as that as the shock position is not the same and the wheel alignment is defo not the same, the later motors used a longet gear output same as a 916 so it throws everything out, not good. as i said it can be sorted by modding the wheel and spacers, it is a bit of a fiddle to keep everything in alignment. see my PM.
5-spoke not always lighter than 3-spoke... Indeed, I have a 1000SS 5-spoke rear wheel in my Monster which fits fine but I also had a late-model 3 spoke SS/Monster rear and it was a little lighter than the 5-spoke. I wanted the lightest weight possible but really wanted the 5-spoke look especially because I have a 5-spoke front, but l'm still on the lookout for something lighter...
I never looked at the monster setup just the ss, did you look at the chain alignment (you must have but i cannot remember when i looked at it?) was it far out, i have had a spacer made for the front of the sprocket for when i have the longer gearbox shaft fitted. As for light wheels, Sam at SPR has Dymags in his monster that is down at the shop, these are super light. i have also looked at tyre weights as there are big differences to be had there. PM me for a pic of these as i think they are still available.
baldy, just be aware that the marchesini rims that come on the retail machines are TUV approved rims rather than out and out race magnesium rims. Apart from a few engineering differences, they have a higher alloy content than mag in order to meet safety and corrosion standards, and therefore... heavier than you might expect over an out and out race use only rim. On the plus side, you won't have to refurb the fecker like I had to with mine.
This is interesting Spike, the marchesini's and the gear output offset on the 1000ss must be different to the 900 ss/ie's... I've got a 2002 900ss/ie and a '96 carby 900 ss and the gear outputs are the same on these (45mm from casing to sprocket centre) the chain lines up perfectly... We are talking about Ducati here so if they are different I wouldn't be surprised :wink: As for the curvy swing arm, I put the one I had from the ie onto the '96 bike in 2009 and again it was a straight swap, everything lined up. Maybe there are differences in these too...
Spent a fortune already(£1k +) and have just received this from my wife as an early Xmas pressie. So due to the above unless I can get them for the right price may hold fire until I can afford/justify some proper new wheels. Cheers guys
arrange a meeting with Pablo Pirate, get him pissed, rohypnol, and then just rob all the bits off of his bike. Job's a good'un!
Ok the 5 spoke 900SSie will fit with just bearing change. Done that when had flat tyre on my monster, borrowed my rim from SSie. Not certain about 1000SS but I think also will fit. I can tell you that one from 1000DS (2006/2007) and 5 spoke from ST range will not fit with-out mods. WHeel is wider at the hub. Not much but what you need to do is mill down two spacers on the side of sprocket carrier. Inner for it to fit flush, outer so it fits correctly with new bearing. On the brake side you will have to mill down brake carrier a bit.
I put a later(1000SSie) Arm on my 2000 900SSie, straight swap. Just had to remove a link from chain as its about 10mm shorter.
Dunno is my best answer, is not the ssie swingarm different to the early 95ss alloy swingarm, I have never had one sise by side but I DID have to do a load of work to get the 5 spoke into the early swingarm.
The only difference the curvy swing arm has over the alloy one on the carbed model is the length, it's shorter by about 20mm. Everything else lines up perfectly, In fact I've put the old alloy swing arm from the carby bike on the IE which still has the Marchesini's on it and again they're a perfect fit. The 1000ss's marchesini's must be very different to the 900's then, probably due to the gear output offset being different. Ian.
If that is the case the wheel i have has got to be from a 1000 then, side by side the central portion is wider than the std 95 wheel by about 8mm. just shows you. it did give me grief but i got there. On this bike i have two motors that i swap for dyno work one has a short gearshaft the other long, i just have a spacer now on the long shaft to drop the sprocket back, the 916 style sprocket is close but not quite enough.
