Ducati Paso 907 Review

Used Buyer Review

The 907ie is one of those bikes that looks like Italian sculpture and punishes you for forgetting it. That 904cc Desmoquattro is genuinely lovely when it's healthy — torquey, characterful, sounds like nothing else from that era. The fully-faired bodywork still turns heads thirty years on, and the Weber fuel injection was genuinely advanced for 1991. But here's the thing: these bikes have been neglected, crashed, or bodged by optimistic shade-tree mechanics for decades now. Finding a clean one is harder than the asking price suggests. The desmo valve service interval is every 6,000 miles and costs real money — budget $600-900 minimum at a specialist. Fairing panels are either NOS gold-dust or cracked reproductions. The Brembo brakes feel wooden until rebuilt, and the original Marzocchi forks dive under hard braking. Ergonomically it's surprisingly comfortable for a sportbike of its vintage, though the riding position gets tiring after two hours. Electrical gremlins are almost guaranteed on bikes that haven't been properly maintained.