My white Paso
Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 5:56 pm
This is my white 1990 750 Paso. It used to be red with red seat. But the fairings where damaged when I bought it, so I repaired the fairings and brought it to the paint shop to spray it white.
Things I changed:
- 916 Front forks
- 916 front wheel and brakes
- Renthal handle bar
- supersport rear wheel and brake
- Mikuni supersport carbs
- K&N Filters
916 front end:
To make the 916 forks fit my paso, I had to use Monster yokes, because the diameter of the center pin of the 916 forks is to large for the chassis of the Paso. So I bought a set of Monster yokes.
The holes in the upper yoke are milled to 53mm(were 50mm), the lower yoke has a 0,5mm spacer to clamp the forks. Clip ons cannot be fitted to the Paso, because of the tank, so I had to buy a normal handle bar. The 916 forks have adjustment knobs on the top of them, so I could fit the handle bar in a normal way. So a friendly member of Ducati club Netherlands made me a set of offset handle bar clamps.
The wheels and brakes fit the forks perfectly because the width of the monster and 916 forks are the same. And off course I had to buy a carbon fender.
Rear wheel
I bought a rear wheel from a 750 supersport or monster(2nd generation wheel) with the brake calliper and brake adapter.
The brake adapter had to be milled down by 18mm and the hole had to be enlarged from 17mm to 20mm. I had to make a bolt(M10) with a bush in the swing arm to block the adapter from turning(it's a bit rusty now, I will replace it with a stainless one)
On the sprocket side of the rear wheel, the sprocket adapter is milled down a bit. The center bushing had to be remade bacause of the larger diameter of the spindle. The wheel brearing have been replaced by 6204 2RS bearings. The axle between the two wheel bearings had to be replaced by a new axle with an inner diameter of 20 mm instead of 17mm.
Mikunu carbs]
I replaced the original carbs with Mikunu ones from a 750 Supersport or Monster. It's easy to replace them, I only had to modify gas cable. The original air box won't fit at the mikuni carbs, so i fitted K&N's RU-0800 with some plumbing to fit them under the tank.
Still have to do a lot of work to make it rideable. It won't start right now, it hasn't started for two years now.
If you have any questions, just ask.
Things I changed:
- 916 Front forks
- 916 front wheel and brakes
- Renthal handle bar
- supersport rear wheel and brake
- Mikuni supersport carbs
- K&N Filters
916 front end:
To make the 916 forks fit my paso, I had to use Monster yokes, because the diameter of the center pin of the 916 forks is to large for the chassis of the Paso. So I bought a set of Monster yokes.
The holes in the upper yoke are milled to 53mm(were 50mm), the lower yoke has a 0,5mm spacer to clamp the forks. Clip ons cannot be fitted to the Paso, because of the tank, so I had to buy a normal handle bar. The 916 forks have adjustment knobs on the top of them, so I could fit the handle bar in a normal way. So a friendly member of Ducati club Netherlands made me a set of offset handle bar clamps.
The wheels and brakes fit the forks perfectly because the width of the monster and 916 forks are the same. And off course I had to buy a carbon fender.
Rear wheel
I bought a rear wheel from a 750 supersport or monster(2nd generation wheel) with the brake calliper and brake adapter.
The brake adapter had to be milled down by 18mm and the hole had to be enlarged from 17mm to 20mm. I had to make a bolt(M10) with a bush in the swing arm to block the adapter from turning(it's a bit rusty now, I will replace it with a stainless one)
On the sprocket side of the rear wheel, the sprocket adapter is milled down a bit. The center bushing had to be remade bacause of the larger diameter of the spindle. The wheel brearing have been replaced by 6204 2RS bearings. The axle between the two wheel bearings had to be replaced by a new axle with an inner diameter of 20 mm instead of 17mm.
Mikunu carbs]
I replaced the original carbs with Mikunu ones from a 750 Supersport or Monster. It's easy to replace them, I only had to modify gas cable. The original air box won't fit at the mikuni carbs, so i fitted K&N's RU-0800 with some plumbing to fit them under the tank.
Still have to do a lot of work to make it rideable. It won't start right now, it hasn't started for two years now.
If you have any questions, just ask.