Will another 750 or Larger motor fit the 750 paso frame?

Theo · Post by **Theo** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 6:13 pm

Just curious, " Sorry Die Hard 750 Pasoists" Does anybody know if a differant 750 Ducacti motor or larger will fit the 750 paso frame?

Thanks
Theo

Post by **Skins** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:56 pm

Yep! One of our members has put a M900 motor into his.

redpaso · Post by **redpaso** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 12:37 am

Hey Theo, Just curious mate but why would you want to change motors?

mike · Post by **mike** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 12:44 am

one of our listers put an 888 engine in a paso. top that.

Theo · Post by **Theo** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:13 am

Well, my motor is pretty beat "Knocks preety good ,especially at low RPM'S and get's stuck between gears other than that it still runs good. Just in case something does happen I want to see what my options are, I can do the the belts and valve maintenance but a full rebuild will cost me to much. But if the performance of the swap doesnt justafy then Ill get the motor rebuilt :ugh:

Theo

DesmoDog · Post by **DesmoDog** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 3:34 am

mike wrote:one of our listers put an 888 engine in a paso.

Did they put it into a 750 Paso??? I've tossed around the idea of building a 907 from Hell a few times... and I'm pretty sure my buddy has a spare 916 engine sitting around... :funny:

redpaso · Post by **redpaso** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:03 am

Theo, it is good to know that you have options, especially with such a rare beast. Keep us updated if any of these become a reality.

"Spare 916 motor sitting around" :toofar: :toofar: What an act of decadance

lceriani · Post by **lceriani** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:07 pm

Hallo,
I have a M900 '95 engine running in my Paso 750 frame, with a pair of Mikuni BDST38 and K&N air filters.
Well... it works but with some little problems: since Paso mounts 160/60 R16 tyres while Monster uses 170/60 R17, the sprocket is not aligned with the crown and the chain works bad.
It maybe a minor problem for most, but for me it causes a bad accident when the crown decided it was all too much and detached from the wheel, breaking the chain at 140 Km/h....

LC

Post by **Skins** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:08 pm

Oh dear ... that's bad news, Luca. Did that happen recently?

lceriani · Post by **lceriani** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:38 pm

It happened on August 2002, during a "hard ride" in val trebbia... (I posted a message about it on the previous version of ducatipaso.org forum)
The crown bolts broke and the crown detached from the wheel, then the chain broke itself and crushed into the engine, causing everything to mess up.

Here is a picture about the damage...

I contacted some local Ducati service, buth they all refused to repair the damage (at least at a reasonable cost) because the repair cost would have been much more than the value of the Paso... then it started my adventure as a mechanic on my Duke!
It was an hard work, but now the bike is (almost) on the road.

LC

Post by **Skins** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:57 pm

What motor do you have in it now?

lceriani · Post by **lceriani** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 6:10 pm

The accident happened with the M900 engine already mounted, probably because of the bad sprocket-crown aligment. Finally I decided to keep the same engine, revised and soldered!

LC

Post by **Skins** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 6:58 pm

I hope you have the chain aligned properly now!

redpaso · Post by **redpaso** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 11:46 pm

Nasty

That would make me stick with the original donk

Theo · Post by **Theo** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 12:51 am

Iceriani,
Man made machine, machine break on Man, Man fix machine
You Da Man

Theo