Hey Mark -

The 1988 Ducati Paso 750 Limited in the picture is one of two imported into Wisconsin by Mitch Hansen of Hansen Harley Davidson.  It sounds odd, but at the time Harley dealers could sell other brands of bikes.  Mr. Hansen had an affinity for Italian motorcycles, so a corner of the showroom was devoted to these bikes.

There were between 150 to 200 of the blue limited’s built worldwide,  but no one knows for sure because of  lax record keeping at the factory.  This being brought on by the internal struggle between Cagiva (the new owners) and the principles of Ducati.

The bike got its name from Renzo Pasolini.  They used the last four letters of his last name as an enduring memorial.  He died as the result of a crash in Monza, at the 1973 Italian Grand Prix

This particular bike is apparently rare as I had it at Elkhart Lake, and parked it by the Ducati tent full of Ducatitsi and factory reps, suddenly the tent emptied.  I thought some bikes had tipped over, and I feared the worst, seeing people gathered where I parked the bike.  The bike was upright and the Ducati factory reps were saying they had heard of blue colored limited’s, but had never seen one.