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Will another 750 or Larger motor fit the 750 paso frame?
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 6:13 pm
by Theo
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
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:56 pm
by Skins
Yep! One of our members has put a M900 motor into his.
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 12:37 am
by redpaso
Hey Theo, Just curious mate but why would you want to change motors?
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 12:44 am
by mike
one of our listers put an 888 engine in a paso. top that.
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:13 am
by Theo
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
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 3:34 am
by DesmoDog
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:
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:03 am
by redpaso
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
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:07 pm
by lceriani
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
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:08 pm
by Skins
Oh dear ... that's bad news, Luca. Did that happen recently?
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:38 pm
by lceriani
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
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:57 pm
by Skins
What motor do you have in it now?
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 6:10 pm
by lceriani
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
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 6:58 pm
by Skins
I hope you have the chain aligned properly now!
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 11:46 pm
by redpaso
Nasty
That would make me stick with the original donk
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 12:51 am
by Theo
Iceriani,
Man made machine, machine break on Man, Man fix machine
You Da Man
Theo