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[[Image:Ducati 750 paso number 751090.jpg|thumb|right|250px|1987 Ducati 750 Paso, prod #1090]]
[[Image:Ducati 750 paso number 751090.jpg|thumb|right|250px|1987 Ducati 750 Paso, prod #1090]]
The '''Ducati Paso''' was introduced in 1986 with the slogan "Il nostro passato ha un grande futuro" (Our past has a great future). The name was in honour of racer [[Renzo Pasolini]], nicknamed "Paso", who died on 20 May 1973 in an accident at the Monza race track during the Grand Prix of Italy.
The '''Ducati Paso''' was introduced in 1986 with the slogan "Il nostro passato ha un grande futuro" (Our past has a great future). The name was in honour of racer [[Renzo Pasolini]], nicknamed "Paso", who died on 20 May 1973 in an accident at the Monza race track during the Grand Prix of Italy.
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Unfortunately commercial success didn't come, and worldwide the Paso 750 only sold 4,863 units between its introduction in 1986 and 1988. The Paso was more expensive and had lower performance (72.5 hp and 210 km/h top speed) than its competitors, and had some reliability and rideability problems with the electrical and fuel systems, due to the use of an automotive [[Weber carburetor|Weber]] [[carburetor]], which was ill-suited to a small-capacity motorcycle engine.   
Unfortunately commercial success didn't come, and worldwide the Paso 750 only sold 4,863 units between its introduction in 1986 and 1988. The Paso was more expensive and had lower performance (72.5 hp and 210 km/h top speed) than its competitors, and had some reliability and rideability problems with the electrical and fuel systems, due to the use of an automotive [[Weber carburetor|Weber]] [[carburetor]], which was ill-suited to a small-capacity motorcycle engine.   


In 1989 the '''Paso 906''' was introduced to replace the 750, with a six-speed [[gearbox]], a 904 cc engine which provided 88 hp and a 220 km/h top speed. The bike still had the same automotive carburettor and unreliable electrical system, but its greatest development was the incorporation of [[liquid cooling]].  1,802 Paso 906's were built between 1988 and 1989.
After further development, the final version of the design came in 1990 with the '''907IE''' (Iniezione Elettronica); now without the name "Paso". The engine remained liquid-cooled and the carburetor was replaced by the most modern Weber-Marelli IAW 043 system that integrated ignition and electronic [[fuel injection]], which transformed the rideability of the bike. Power increased to 90 hp and top speed to 230 km/h. The wheels were changed to 17 inches, giving the bike more stability.


Despite these advances sales of this model remained sluggish, and when production ceased in 1992 only 2,303 907IE's had been built.
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