“Its going for shit, but it’s all good. It is what it is” :-) Per Donnie. Franchise gone, selling, auctioning everything on the retail side. But he’s been through worse, per him. > On Feb 3, 2022, at 1:59 PM, ducati-request@list.ducati.net wrote: > > Send Ducati mailing list submissions to > ducati@list.ducati.net <mailto:ducati@list.ducati.net> > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via email, send a message with subject or > body 'help' to > ducati-request@list.ducati.net <mailto:ducati-request@list.ducati.net> > > You can reach the person managing the list at > ducati-owner@list.ducati.net <mailto:ducati-owner@list.ducati.net> > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Ducati digest..."Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: What’s with the Paso? (Vicki Smith) > > From: Vicki Smith <vicki@ducati.net <mailto:vicki@ducati.net>> > Subject: [Ducati] Re: What’s with the Paso? > Date: February 3, 2022 at 1:56:45 PM EST > To: Gene Hunt <Twolanefun@outlook.com <mailto:Twolanefun@outlook.com>> > Cc: Ducati Owners Group <ducati@ducati.net <mailto:ducati@ducati.net>> > Reply-To: Ducati Owners Group <ducati@list.ducati.net <mailto:ducati@list.ducati.net>> > > > Gene, there were actually two versions of white 750 Paso's. They built a "limited" and then just painted another batch white that was just a color option. It also came in Blue and of course Red. 750 Paso was my first true Ducati, after a Cagiva Alazzurra which didn't count as a Ducati but rode like one. I still own the handbuilt prototype that Tamburini built for the Castiglioni's and displayed at the Milan show. It runs but it's nothing at all like what went into production, all the bodywork is different and it didn't have mirrors. The turn signals are tape and the seat is hand carved foam. The frame is different, it weighs about 100 lbs less and is a blast to ride. It's the bike the magazines tested, thus the great reviews. The actual production bike was similar but not the same, the extra weight really made it sluggish in side to side transitions. Still, it's an important bike in Ducati history because it's the first modern Ducati. Paso is also an important model for a number of other reasons, foremost because it was proof that the new owners respected the brand and could be trusted going forward in their hands. At the time this was a big question. The Paso introduction was a huge deal at the time, Cycle World gave it 16 or 17 pages and deemed it "the shape of things to come". Also, it was the first use of what we have come to know as Ducati Red, something I didn't learn until a few years ago when Livio Lodi (he's the Ducati museum curator) told me. Fortunately it's paint is still original. > > Hey Gene, I see Donnie in this photo and realize maybe you can tell us what's going on there... > Vicki > > > > Gene Hunt wrote on 2/3/2022 1:26 PM: >> There was also a limited edition in White, 750. John Esposito has one. - Gene >> >> <image.jpg> >> >>> > > > > > > Check out Ductalk.com <http://ductalk.com/> for an addictive mix of the best Ducati news items. > > Ducati mailing list -- ducati@list.ducati.net <mailto:ducati@list.ducati.net> > To unsubscribe send an email to ducati-leave@list.ducati.net <mailto:ducati-leave@list.ducati.net> > %(web_page_url)slistinfo%(cgiext)s/%(_internal_name)s