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What to do with a $350 Paso?

Started by triangleforge, May 12, 2013, 08:27:59 PM

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brad black

#45
May 16, 2013, 06:29:23 AM
I crashed the living shit out of a 906.  made an amazing mess, esp what my nuts did to the back of the fuel tank.

i'd love a rat 750.  wonder if a monster tank would fit.
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Monsterlover

#46
May 16, 2013, 06:35:08 AM
Quote from: ungeheuer on May 16, 2013, 06:27:08 AM
[laugh] [laugh] [laugh]


My make the beast with two backsing sides are aching....   [bang] [laugh]




:D
"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

ducatiz

#47
May 16, 2013, 07:12:23 AM
Quote from: brad black on May 16, 2013, 06:29:23 AM
I crashed the living shit out of a 906.  made an amazing mess, esp what my nuts did to the back of the fuel tank.

[laugh]   [puke]


Quotei'd love a rat 750.  wonder if a monster tank would fit.

not even close.  box frame vs trellis, totally different shape, you name it.




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triangleforge

#48
May 16, 2013, 09:43:27 AM
Quote from: koko64 on May 16, 2013, 04:51:07 AM
Wish I could find a Paso for 350 bucks. At that price you could turn it into a great bike.

The Paso in question, 750 or 900?

I don't know - I haven't had a chance to get a better look in daylight; I'd initially assumed it had to be a 750 because of the Weber carb, but found out that they did a carbed 907 before they went to fuel injection on the 907ie.
By hammer and hand all arts do stand.
2000 Cagiva Gran Canyon

Triple J

#49
May 16, 2013, 09:52:00 AM
Quote from: Monsterlover on May 15, 2013, 05:55:14 PM
Its ugly as make the beast with two backs.

That about sums it up.  [thumbsup]

Who cares how it handles...there are plenty of great handling bikes that don't look like a bag of ass that has been worked over by an ugly stick. Twice!

Raux

#51
May 16, 2013, 10:06:48 AM
it has elements of the TT, 851/888, SS, even the diavel's split site radiator influence comes from it

I would totally enjoy one with modern wheels, forks, brakes, motor, shock and exhaust.
20years later the design is fresh to me. just the tech needs updating.

Monsterlover

#52
May 16, 2013, 10:21:03 AM
Drop some Paso plastic on an 848?

God, I can't believe I just suggested that.
"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

Popeye the Sailor

#53
May 17, 2013, 07:34:22 AM
Quote from: Monsterlover on May 16, 2013, 10:21:03 AM
Drop some Paso plastic on an 848?

God, I can't believe I just suggested that.

Ban yourself.
If the state had not cut funding for the mental institutions, this project could never have happened.

rgramjet

#54
May 17, 2013, 11:23:41 AM
Quote from: ducpainter on May 20, 2010, 02:11:47 PM
You're obviously a crack smokin' redneck carpenter. :-*

in 1st and 2nd it was like this; ringy-ting-ting-ting slow boring ho-hum .......oh!........OMG! What the fu.........HOLY SHIT !!--ARGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
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ducatiz

#55
May 18, 2013, 09:34:31 AM
Quote from: rgramjet on May 17, 2013, 11:23:41 AM
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"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

memper

#56
May 18, 2013, 04:45:49 PM
Looks kinda "Interceptor-ish".
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triangleforge

#57
May 18, 2013, 11:19:59 PM
So after a couple of days of work to get back brakes & clutch, wiring around the missing ignition cylinder, and rigging up a way to kill the motor (for some reason, the actual kill switch had been disabled), my neighbor Bill and his friend Peter loaded up the $350 Paso, took it past a battery place (where it became a $400 Paso with a new battery) and out to an industrial park that's empty on the weekend. As they were headed out, he told me he was going to figure out if he loved it and wanted to keep it, or unload it.

They were gone for a good three hours and came back with big smiles on their faces. Looks like the bike found a home.

They were running it without the side fairings, and we were talking a bit about how just glassing up some side skirts to visually connect up the top fairing & tank - while leaving most of the motor exposed - might be a good look, especially if you cleaned things up a bit under the tail as well.


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2000 Cagiva Gran Canyon

ducatiz

#59
May 19, 2013, 05:26:13 AM
Check out my oil filter forensics thread!                     Offended? Click here
"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.
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