The Paso Project



Here's where I'm going to show some of the interesting things that I've run across while working on the "The Paso Project". This first picture is of some exposed wires on the voltage regulator...

[Bare wires from the stator plugging into the voltage regulator.]

Here's a shot of the slightly burnt connector on an ignition component (note the butt splice)...
[Burnt connector at one of the ignition modules with a handy butt-splice in view]

Wanna see the twin-carb conversion?...
[Top view of the twin Dellorto conversion.]

Something just doesn't look "right" in that picture, does it?....
[Is this carb mounted correctly?]

Let's look at that, again. Remember, you are looking at the picture just like you would if you were standing next to the bike....
[There's absolutely no way that this carb is mounted correctly!]
I wonder how the float in the bowl is supposed to work with the carb on sideways? I've been told that the two intake runners have probably been swapped.


I wonder how the fuel pump is supposed to work with the ground disconnected?...
[Fuel pump ground was disconnected.]

Here's some trash that I pulled out of the gas tank. The fuel would barely drain because the petcock was mostly clogged with junk...
[Do you like trash, rust, and tank liner with your fuel?]

I guess since there isn't much holding the headlight fairing onto the bike, a little safety wire helped...
[Just a little added measure to keep that headlight fairing in place.]

Anyone know where these connectors are supposed to go (a wiring schematic told me that one goes to the missing parking lamp and the other to a "turn indicators acoustic signal", which seems to be missing, too)...
[Connectors? They don't need to be connected to anything.]

The three vibration dampeners that mount the dash to the headlight bracket were missing, so a previous owner used three little rubber bumpers and zip-tied the instrument cluster into place...
[You like the zip-ties holding the dash in place? See that little rubber bumper stuck to the circuit-board with some JB Weld?]

Here's where one of the vibration dampeners was located. I had to pull out a rubber pad and scrape off some JB-Weld to remove the piece of the dampener that broke off in the instrument cluster...
[The circuit board after I pulled off the rubber bumper and scraped off most of the JB Weld.]

I have absolutely no idea why the instrument cluster was completely wrapped in 15 pounds of electrical tape, silicone sealant, and other sealants....
[Electrical taped wrapped around the instrument cluster.]

There is some plastic under that tape!!!...
[Starting to remove the multiple layer of electrical tape from around the dash.]

I was shocked to see that the instrument cluster was NOT broken with all that tape around it. It cleaned up quite nicely, now I just need some new mounting dampeners to put it back on the bike.....the correct way!....
[Dash partically taken apart and the tape and sealant that I scraped off of it.]


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