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Exit with the Ducati Scrambler Icon

Exit with the Ducati Scrambler Icon

Exit with the Ducati Scrambler Icon

Exit with the Ducati Scrambler Icon

Exit with the Ducati Scrambler Icon

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Casual scrambler feeling these days, …

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The proven V-Twin offers sound and smooth running – a worthy drive.

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Some would have wished for the snappy Brembo brake 50 years ago.

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BORN FREE 1962 inscription on the fuel cap – a nod to the year the original Scrambler was born.

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Minimalism is all well and good – the barren digital speedometer is not both.

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… a good 50 years after the original Scrambler was born.

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Modern scrambling in self-experiment

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Scramblers were the hit – in the 1960s and 1970s. Can the new Ducati infusion bring back the experience from back then into the future? Only a self-experiment will help.

"Can that go away, or does the Classic department still need it to build a retro box", could have sounded like a question through the Ducati halls. Yes, for real Ducati fans a heretical, almost blasphemous-degrading mockery of the good old air / oil-cooled two-valve V2 that has served the little monster faithfully for so many years. And to anticipate: the Ducati’s 803 cubic twin S.crambler does its job well – emotionally and rationally. But that alone is enough to do justice to the scrambler idea and to find a reason to exist as a new interpretation of the old, original scrambler models?

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Modern scrambling in self-experiment

Ducati Scrambler figuring out. Even the start-up procedure has nothing to do with the previous process that was necessary to bring the single cylinder (initially with 250, later with 350 or 450 cm³) to life. It is no surprise that a modern twin with injection starts at the push of a button. But the bassy, ​​muffled pounding sound that escapes from the short, thick stub end muffler is definitely worthy of a Ducati Scrambler. 

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With its thick rear tire, the modern Scrambler doesn’t feel quite as playful, but the casual sitting posture gives you that scrambler feeling.

It is also clear that 189 kilograms on mighty wide tires (180 mm at the rear) feel less playful than the significantly lighter ancestor. But the upright, casual sitting position behind the enormously wide handlebars very well conveys the casual feeling that you can expect on a Scrambler. And when it comes to handiness, the modern Ducati Scrambler doesn’t spoil it either, it gives in willingly and predictably, lies full on the track, even if the set-up is a bit too tight. In any case, not much is left of the easy off-road capability originally written in the concept booklet. Never mind, it’s mostly about riding fun on the road anyway, experiencing the engine sound and its robust pulsation, the wind and the coolness that such a bike automatically gives. 

Driving fun is guaranteed, also because the modern Brembo brakes, a 330 mm disc with four-piston caliper at the front, officially bite and allow the extremely tight performance of the 75 hp Ducati Scrambler to be exhausted. That’s how much remains after the re-tuning of the V2, which once had 87 hp in the Monster. More than enough, especially since the slightly modified V-twin (throttle valve body, camshafts) now shows great manners, pulls through without choking and conjures up a clean torque curve, without dents and hangers. 

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The driving experience is thrilling and the eye is not offended either, which is ensured by the many loving details that pay homage to the model in the design. A matching decorative strip here, a lettering there, the aluminum lamp ring – nicely done. The fact that under the bench a testimony to modern times in the form of a USB socket seems out of place in view of the successful retro styling – but you can simply ignore it. Whoever wants to understand the small digital speedometer of the Ducati Scrambler – what is technically not a necessity or real progress and also shows weaknesses in function (readability) does not have to be modern for the sake of being modern. Classic round clocks with hands would have looked better on the Ducati. Be that as it may – again room for your own design and conversions. After all, there are hardly any limits to retroizing and customizing. It remains to be seen whether the price of 8740 euros (including ancillary costs, yellow costs 100 euros surcharge) limits the spread of the Ducati Scrambler. 

One thing is certain: Even if most of us prefer the old originals – the new Ducati Scrambler is extremely successful for a modern, retro-style bike. And if we classic fans are already surrounded by young or even brand new motorcycles on the streets, then we’d rather be such beautiful specimens than ugly ones.

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