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My First Paso (Hopefully)

Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 2:30 am
by MonsterMadMarty
Hi, I'm Marty from Perth, Western Australia I'm a Ducati Monster nut in my mid-forties I currently have seven working Monster and enough spares to build another three, plus I have a 1978 classic Mini.

A few years ago I was too slow and missed out on a mint condition Paso 906 in blue selling for a give away price. Last week I received a message from someone wanting to know if I was interested in a Paso he had sat in his shed. The excitement for a Paso has been reignited, after reading much on this forum and some great advise from Gerhard I've signed up and will be going to check out the bike this afternoon!

As you can see it needs a fair bit of work. My first challenge will be talking the present owner down from his current asking price of $2200 AUD!

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Re: My First Paso (Hopefully)

Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 3:59 am
by ducinthebay
Welcome.

Yeah, it looks a bit rough from the photos. Is the tank dented, or is that just funny light? Seems it spent some time outdoors by the look of the seat. Might be a gem after a bit of work. Hope the bike is a good one, and you can get the price down a bit. Fair bit of work to take it back to stock.

Cheers, Phil

Re: My First Paso (Hopefully)

Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2015 12:13 am
by MonsterMadMarty
I passed on the Paso :(

Every single panel was damaged including the fuel tank, the taco clear plastic was missing as we're all the gauge needles, cooling system was all busted, the exhaust was damaged the rear wheel had a large dent in it, the tyres were knackered, the ignition system was missing & the engine had 70,000 kms on it. The Mikuni carbies looked ok!

But I'll keep looking......

Re: My First Paso (Hopefully)

Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2015 1:25 am
by ducinthebay
Parts bike at this point sounds like. Unless of course its real cheap. That's too much work.

Cheers, Phil

Re: My First Paso (Hopefully)

Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2015 3:15 am
by Mc tool
Sounds like you made the right decision :) , as much as you might like it some things just aint worth the trouble

Re: My First Paso (Hopefully)

Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2015 7:03 am
by MonsterMadMarty
ducinthebay wrote: Parts bike at this point sounds like. Unless of course its real cheap.
He wouldn't go below $2000! I was reluctant to go over $200, even as part I really couldn't see much that could be saved!

Re: My First Paso (Hopefully)

Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2015 7:59 am
by Mc tool
There is a real tidy looking one on Trade me now and the buy now is nz$3300 , but the seller says he would take 2800
Listing #: 893680684
and , Fraser , its just round the corner from you ........mush mush :lol:

Re: My First Paso (Hopefully)

Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 3:03 pm
by MarkST
Mc tool wrote:There is a real tidy looking one on Trade me now and the buy now is nz$3300 , but the seller says he would take 2800
Listing #: 893680684
and , Fraser , its just round the corner from you ........mush mush :lol:
Oh yes that's quite nice.

It didn't make reserve - http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbi ... 680684.htm

Re: My First Paso (Hopefully)

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 6:48 pm
by JWilliam
That first Paso looks a lot like stolen/recovered. All the damage doesn't add up to a crash and the parts that are missing or broken must read like a grocery list. Heaven alone knows what happened to the engine.

Re: My First Paso (Hopefully)

Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2015 12:42 pm
by MonsterMadMarty
Four months after my first post & today I got this bike :0)

Came with a brand new never used dash, now to make the rest look new or part it out! I like a challenge but this one is massive.......

Re: My First Paso (Hopefully)

Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2015 10:12 am
by ducapaso
Welcome in the family! :)

Re: My First Paso (Hopefully)

Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 8:41 am
by Fnq1000
Hi everyone
It looks like the grey 906 is for sale on eBay........in bits.

Cheers
Jason

Re: My First Paso (Hopefully)

Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 7:22 pm
by englishstiv
The new Speedo (Dash) was on Ebay a while back at an horrendously expensive price so I wonder what all these bits are going for as I can't seem to see it over in the UK.

Re: My First Paso (Hopefully)

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 7:35 am
by nickta
Have a look at:

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1989-Ducati- ... SwI-BWLe0i

for the listing of the complete bike.

There is a frame on Oz eBay too from the same seller, but can't say if it is from the same bike:

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1989-Ducati- ... SwT5tWMaH7

cheers.

Nick.

Re: My First Paso (Hopefully)

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 4:10 pm
by englishstiv
:thumbup:

It's shame when we get new members using this site to basically test the landscape for just selling stripped bike parts.

Why not just stick an advert and help fund this site instead ?