Bill,
have yet to run the bike as I'm getting cables made up as we speak - no possibility of using any stock items as far as I can tell. A couple of the guys on here suggested going for the 36mm PHFs instead of the 40mm PHMs that are sold in the Malossi kit for converting both the Paso and the 750 Sport. I went for the Dell'Ortos because despite spending over £200 getting the Weber cleaned and reset to factory specification the bike still seemed to bog down just off idle, disliked constant small throttle openings (hunted...) and had a pretty ugly flat spot between 3500 and 4500 rpm or thereabouts. The other options were Mikunis (as fitted to later 750s) or exotic flatside Keihins. I chose the Dells because they looked good, promised better performance than the Mikunis (and don't need an airbox especially) and were around half the cost of the Keihins. They are also Italian, which felt appropriate! Everything I needed was supplied by Eurocarb Ltd - UK importers of Dell'orto.
Fitting was fun... I used the Malossi manifolds, but recycled the Weber's rubber mounts (had just replaced them) and they fitted perfectly (the PHM ones supplied would have been a couple of mm bigger...). Only problem so far was getting filters to fit, but after moving the coils forward have now managed to put a couple of small K&N type cone filters on both, and very good it looks too.
I think the originality question is a good one... My bike had already had the wheels, rear shock and front forks changed so I wasn't in a position of trying to keep it stock. If I had a completely original bike I might have worked on the Weber a while longer - plenty of guys on here reckon it can be made to work well. As it is I'm just waiting for the cables to get made, and the rain to stop!
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I'm in the UK and the tyres are a little bit of a problem. I'm on Avon Azaro's, the mudgaurd had to be raised up about an inch and there's no room for a rear hugger I paid around £240 inc fitting for both they're pretty expensive unfortunately. However if there is no cracks in the old tyres I'd use them, only reason I changed mine (came with originals) was because I got a puncture in the front lol. According to the book I got with my bike only 95 were painted in black and silver and only 95 were painted in either white/red or silver/red I can't remember which.