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Posted: **Fri Feb 23, 2007 10:28 am**

Hello there just bought a 750 Paso (1989) off e bay uk and i am collecting her next Friday. This would be my first Paso and i am looking forward to owning it, the only other Ducati i have owned was way back when i was a teenager it was a 200cc Ducati Elite. i will post some pics when i get it home .

Dave.

Posted: **Fri Feb 23, 2007 1:54 pm**

Welcome Dave,
I hope you'll enjoy your Paso and this forum

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Ciao

Posted: **Fri Feb 23, 2007 1:59 pm**

Congrats Dave,

as I already have a Paso I went the other way around and bought a Vespa T5 125cc this week

Have fun with your new toy.

Gerhard

Posted: **Fri Feb 23, 2007 4:41 pm**

Sports bike to Supermoto to scooter that really is an interesting way round :laugh:

Posted: **Fri Feb 23, 2007 6:39 pm**

I`m just rounding up my portfolio

The Paso will stay, the Gilera only until the Paso is finished.

Posted: **Fri Feb 23, 2007 7:18 pm**

paso750 wrote:I`m just rounding up my portfolio
The Paso will stay, the Gilera only until the Paso is finished.

Which Gilera?
Now, I'm falling in love for a Laverda 1000 3c :lick: ...
I wonder...
Ciao

Posted: **Fri Feb 23, 2007 7:43 pm**

I went from scooters Vespa's and Lambretta's to a Paso.
After that more Vespa's and Lambretta's.
Then a Suz#@$ki gt 250.
Last year a 1928 Scott motorcycle.

You can see whenever my mood is I can get a two-wheeler.

Frank

Posted: **Fri Feb 23, 2007 9:29 pm**

Welcome.
You might want to buy Motorcycle News this week. One of their guys has just gone out and bought a really rough 750 Paso to restore. They will be running ongoing articles covering the restoration I believe. It is in a much worse state than he thought. I would love to know what he paid for it. He would have been better off buying one in good nick to start with or at least one with a few of the rare bits intact!
Should be quite interesting though.

Posted: **Fri Feb 23, 2007 10:12 pm**

Apparently they paid £400 for it and it is in a bad way both wheel rims are dented badly so it requires wheels and the body work is smashed front and rear, and mirrors are missing among other things wrong with it so i will be following what they do to get it back up and running again.

Dave

Posted: **Fri Feb 23, 2007 10:54 pm**

Which Gilera?

Gilera 600 Nordwest (1992)

Posted: **Sat Feb 24, 2007 1:24 pm**

paso750 wrote:
Which Gilera?
Gilera 600 Nordwest (1992)

I was guessing it...
You have very good tastes!
The Nordwest was a great bike, perhaps too in advance as his time: people don't understood it.
Ciao

Posted: **Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:18 pm**

MarkShelley wrote:Welcome.
You might want to buy Motorcycle News this week. One of their guys has just gone out and bought a really rough 750 Paso to restore. They will be running ongoing articles covering the restoration I believe. It is in a much worse state than he thought. I would love to know what he paid for it. He would have been better off buying one in good nick to start with or at least one with a few of the rare bits intact!
Should be quite interesting though.

It was on ebay from a breakers in Merseyside a couple of months ago (maybe six weeks) looke a right SH*t heap. I looked at to see if it was worth buying to break but I couldn't see a lot to salvage !

Posted: **Sat Mar 03, 2007 8:36 pm**

Just to update: i collected the bike yesterday and spent today checking things over as it was sold as a none runner. I stripped all the fairing panels off and then removed the weber and stripped and cleaned it out and cleared all the jets etc, cleaned spark plugs and checked there was a spark at the plugs, there was a nice big fat spark, replaced the weber and airbox, checked out the electics and all seemed as it should so i put the tank back on and put in fresh petrol, turned ignition on and hoped for the best and it started after a good few turns on the starter only on 1 cyl at first then the 2nd cyl fired and now it's running good so i'm happy it was certainly worth the 460 mile round trip to collect it.

Dave...

ps i had a look at the cam belts and they look to be in good order but is it best to replace them as the bike was last used 18 months ago ?? the bike was laid up as the owner had stopped riding bikes and he said there was nothing wrong with it except it just wanted the carb etc cleaning seems he was telling the truth

Posted: **Sun Mar 04, 2007 8:20 am**

belts HAVE TO BE changed every second year or every 12000 miles (20000 km) You may occour serious damages to the engine if a belt breakes!!!

Valves might crash in the pistons, this mean destroy cylinders and heads!!!
Moreover, the bike will STOP suddendly and this might happen anytime, such as while yuo're riding in a hard bend or truck passing!!!
People who happen to break belts and just hear the engine become quiet are really lucky (this means me), and they should "go in a church and light on a big candle to St Mary" as we say in Italy! :funny:

Posted: **Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:59 am**

thanks for the advice i will change the belts before i ride the bike as i did not want to do any damage to the engine. i have been told that when these bikes are not used like 18 months to 2yrs the cam belts retain a memory and can come off the pulley wheels or snap so thats why i asked you guys first before i rode it.

Dave.