RE: Ducati 750 Paso

["TJ" <tj@domain.elided>]

OH no, there is one less loved, and more maligned.  Remember the late
70s attempt at a cruiser?  The Ducati Indiana?  Now THAT was less loved.
As was the early 70s 500 GT which was a parallel twin of all things and
had weird styling by the otherwise impeccable Giugaro.

I love the looks of the 750 Paso, and can forgive the ugly box section
frame.  It lacks the beauty of the steel trellis frame but the bodywork
makes up for it.  The thing I can't get by is the size of the wheels and
the fact that the crappy tires make for very scary road manners.  Ducati
has never been known for massive horsepower, but balance and incredible
handling.  Gee......does this remind you of any other Italian marque?  =
)

Ciao,
TJ

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-alfa@domain.elided [mailto:owner-alfa@domain.elided] On Behalf
Of
> Nick Koleszar
> Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 3:38 AM
> To: alfa@domain.elided
> Subject: RE: Ducati 750 Paso
> 
> Jeff
> 
> I know it's Italian, has a glorious-sounding V-twin motor and the
usual
> sublime character. However, it's probably the least loved Ducati of
all
> time. I've no first-hand experience of them but, from what I've read,
they
> are underpowered, beset by reliability problems (especially the
electrics)
> and I think they have suspect handling, too, due to small front wheel
but
> I
> may be wrong about the last bit. I think the larger engined Paso, the
906,
> was the foundation for the line that eventually became the 851 and 888
> superbikes and led directly to Ducati's almost wholesale re-creation
of
> the
> biking industry and turned biking into a sexy thing again instead of
the
> dirty, grungy, outlaw kind of lifestyle that has been the perception
of
> the
> non-biking public for the last while.
> 
> I think the 750 Paso is the last Ducati I would choose to own. Have a
look
> at reviews on the web. I may be wrong and you may end up finding that
> owning
> any Ducati is better than not owning one but I think you may find that
the
> Paso provides all of the real and perceived horrors of Ducati
ownership
> with
> nearly none of the benefits. There are, of course, devout fans of the
bike
> (http://www.ducatipaso.org/), but then again, there seem to be devout
fans
> of almost anything, no matter how horrifying
> (http://members.aol.com/acicars/acihome.htm,
> http://www.princessandambassador.btinternet.co.uk/, etc....).
> 
> I certainly love the style of the graphics on the 80s Dukes. If it's a
> Limited or Sport, things may be different.....
> 
> nk
> 
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 00:13:07 +0000
> > From: JeffreyOlson@domain.elided
> > Subject: Ducati 750 Paso Limited?
> >
> > A little off topic BUT...
> >
> > Anyone have experience with this bike?  Have an opportunity to
> > trade one of my
> > Spiders for an '88 Ducati 750 Paso Limited.
> >
> > Jeff
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