Taking care of a mature but still very charming lady

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plasmid
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model: 750 Paso
year: 1987
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Re: Taking care of a mature but still very charming lady

Post by plasmid »

Correct - it's a future Ducati model.

Il nostro futuro ha un grande passato ;)


The Paso is timeless.
That's the best thing one can accomplish.

It gets the cold shoulder in the Duc community
but so did the 308 GT4 in the Ferrari world - a less extreme and more practical
Countach with a Ferrari engine.

For me the Paso is a less extreme and more practical Bimota with a Duc engine.

I think the Paso will be pretty collectable in the future despite the Ducati fundamentalists
saying it's not really a Duc.
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Re: Taking care of a mature but still very charming lady

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paso750 wrote:
when i'm asked what bike she is i answer she is the last Ducati model
Which is incorrect. Correct would be to say it`s the first Cagiva model. ;)

This is the first model ;)

http://www.leboncoin.fr/motos/536295431.htm?ca=21_s
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Re: Taking care of a mature but still very charming lady

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The Paso was the first model Ducati built after they were bought by Cagiva.

I like the machined Brembo calipers on the 888 and the Dainese Fogarty leather suit hanging in the garage (at least it looks like one). I just sold mine recently as for some reason the zipper suddenly wouldn`t go higher than the belly button. :oops:

The tool kit is incomplete as you may know. An AGM or a maintainance free sealed battery would have been definitely better because there`s less risk to ruin the swingarm. If the regulator/rectifier fails the battery boils and the acid spills leaving white spots on the swingarm. It`s good that the vent tube on the old battery was really long. This is better though
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If you don`t have it already do the coil wiring modification as romus suggested.

G.
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