On the ride home from work, yesterday, I rolled the 2000-mile mark since getting the little Paso back on the road (my regular Paso, not this MegaPaso project). In just a hair under a year, I've only logged 2000 miles on it, but it is not one of my main rides. Surprisingly, I think I've almost put half of those miles on the bike while in the mountain twisties (it's a fun bike). In the last year, I've only had a centerstand spring brake and had the mirror fall out of the mirror housing. I did have to replace the bronze button and throw-out bearing in the clutch, but those were bad before I got it back on the road.

I'm hoping to log a few thousand more miles on this bike without having to do much to it. I figure once I put 5000 miles on it, I'll be happy and content with the purchase and my time rebuilding it......I just hope nothing major goes wrong in the next 3000 miles.

I can only imagine what this MegaPaso will be like if I ever get it together and operational.

Nice work, should be interesting to ride !!!

It's hard to believe that it's been about two years since I have last touched this project. I am done with my master's degree, though. That was the main thing keeping me from working on this, well, that and everything else seeming to need work/repairs.

I have a guy lined up to reweld the section of frame I had to cut to clear the horizontal cylinder head, and I need to get it over to him before he retracts his offer (made nearly a year ago). I've also been thinking about the gas tank hitting the vertical head and the cooling/radiator concern. I believe that since the tank that I have is severely rusted, I may cut the whole bottom out of it and build or find a fuel cell that will fit under the outer tank shell. It'll be a similar arrangement to the Bimota DB2. If I make a fuel cell, I can shape it any way I want and have the bottom shaped so I can use a Ducati fuel pump assembly for this fuel injected engine. I'm still thinking that the cooling will need to be done with a split radiator setup, like most dirt bikes. I don't know if I'll be able to find an existing set of radiators that will work or if I'll need to have two custom made (I don't like the idea of what that will cost).

I've got a couple of weeks off in December for vacation, so maybe I'll try to work on this project again. If I can just get the frame welded, I can bolt in the engine and start assembling the bike. In January, I'm supposed to start some online teaching for a technical college in addition to my regular 40+ hour a week job.

Why do you think you need two radiators?

The 3-Valve-Engine in my 907 works fine with the 907 radiator & the ST3 Oil-Cooler.
Downtown & on the track.

It ist a very interesting project ongoing in your garage :-)
This is what i wanted to do first, but it was too complicated for me. Thats why i chase the 3-Valve engine.

/edit: i think i know now. Because there is no space between the forward cylinderhead & the wheel, right?