Ducati Scrambler Desert Sled and Cafe Racer 

Cool video - so I ride a Scrambler-Scrambler. That's why it's fun-fun

I guys, I just got back from a Desert Sled test ride here in Brisbane and here are my thoughts: here in Australia distances are long and taking a dirt bike on top a trailer, park both car and trailer, pay a ticket for few days, get the bike on the boat and so on is not worth it. With this thing instead, I can easily ride 1h, get the bike on a ferry, riding on the sand of Fraser Island, Moreton Island, Stradbroke Island, or simply ride on Rainbow Beach and camp wherever I want, with zero effort. And why not, on the way up to Mount Glorious, take some of the back roads sometimes. And stock looks great already, it carries the nicest stock exhaust ever. I imagine everything depends on where you live, here with 300 days of sun and beaches where you can ride on, trust me, it will sell a lot. I wouldn't buy it I was living in London.

Fabulous video guys. Loved it.

My dads Norton P-11 when he first built it was a scrambles dirt racer of the 60's and also a mountain trail bike when riding with his bike club. later he converted the bike with Cafe bars and seat and it was his street bike. The Ducati desert sled very similar spec wise.

I almost bought Ducati Scrambler Urban(??? - i forgot name of the model) - it was most offroad model before they started Desert Sled....but company I used to work went out of business and my problem was solved - no money, no bike. :) I had Triumph Bonneville that time - wasn't easy to ride in the mud, dirt, rocks etc.

2 of my fav scrambler

Thanks guys, love the video! What boots is Harry wearing on the Desert Sled? They look cool!

How much fuel does it hold and are the tires tubeless?

Sid Vicious on Scrambler Desert Sled! 😀

At that price it is insanely expensive, The Desert sled is almost the same Price as a KTM 1090 Adventure R/BMW F800GS, and if you want to go offroad you would most certainly get one of those. The Cafe Racer is also insanely expensive, almost the same price as the RnineT Cafe Racer and that has a beter engine for what it is IMO a cafe racer. and don't forget the SA 2016 Bike of the year, the Triumph Thruxton's(The ones which started the Scrambler and Cafe racer trend IMO) base model can be had at less than R150 000, and the R if you have money is only R10k more(or if you on a lease R200/month more). These ducati's should have been less than R130k as that is there market. If you want to have Fun the MT-07, Z650 or Street Cup can give just as much fun at a fraction of the price. But that is just my opinion.

How does 17” wheels give it a shorter wheelbase? Did they change the forks, triple tree or swingarm?

glad to see frank zappa out on the bike again.....🤣🤣

Traded in my Scrambler for a new FZ-10. The Scrambler was fun around town but I got a bit tired of having two issues in a short amount of time that left me questioning long term reliability.

You guys should put the whole 30 minute programme up. Even if some of it is unique to SA, it's interesting for us overseas to see what you have going on there. 30 mins isn't too long at all, some of the motorbike RU-vid videos I enjoy are over an hour long, and there's nothing much else worth watching on TV anyway.

Where is this shot? It's so beautiful?

Harry finally found a bike that fits him.

Hi from Kazakhstan!

I think the desert sled’s tank might be better suited to Don’s bulging girth

the reason DS feels underpowered is the throttle tube that ducati tamed to oblivion. Just change the tube if you want performance.

I know I'm probably being greedy but why can't you upload the whole program pls??? I love watching your uploads here in England by the way

0:25 What sort of jeans are these, please? Does the Desert Sled run on tubed tyres? Little low-down power is a mistake. Does it have less than the Icon etc? At 191 kg dry, it's only two kg lighter than my Buell Ulysses (which is a much better bike); are you sure you've got that right? Entertaining video, lads.

I've been considering buying a scrambler to use as the base for a cafe racer project since they first came out, tbh the "scrambler cafe racer" from Ducati is a bit... meh I mean look at those wheels... hell look at that bike next to a Thruxton R for about the same price, or the Bonneville Cup for less. Don't get me wrong, I would still consider the Ducati as a project base specially now that it has a wheelbase redesigned for 17" wheels, and no ride-by-wire B.S. just a single throttle cable to the throttle bodies (yep 1 cable not the normal 2 cables, need to keep an eye on that maintenance wise, stuck cable could be exciting if it doesn't have a mate to pull the butterflies closed), it's a lovely simple bike but I can't help feeling Ducati lost interest in aesthetics about 75% into the project, looking from top to bottom. I mean seriously, crappy cast wheels from the scrambler parts bin... Would wire spoked wheels have been sooo much more expensive? Nope a lot cheaper than what we'd be expected to pay for those same 17" cast wheels from the dealer, but anywhoo... Still a very interesting family of bikes, and a nice excuse to keep the frankly great "old Ducati Monster" engine family going, losing those motors would be a tragedy. Bitching about the Cafe Racer wheels aside, if I wanted a retro scrambler the Sled would be right up at thee top of my list, the competitors are all huge and complicated, the Sled is perfect, it's what Steve McQueen would have jumped the fence with had The Great Escape been filmed today 👌

I'm just gonna call it the Ducatimaha XT800

Thanks for the video - personally I would prefer to see a straightforward comparison between the bikes or even a test of each bike on its own merits. Is the "my bike's better than your bike" thing warranted?

Is the Ducati a reliable brand?

sled would sell like hot cakes in india

It's only 2 kg lighter dry than my 1203 cc Buell Ulysses.

timing belt instead of chain on the camshaft that needs to be replaced every 7500 miles. Almost $1000 USD job!!! I wanted this bike so bad until I spoke with the Ducati mechanic over the phone :(

The Desert Sled is easily the better bike with adjustable suspension and real capability. The cafe racer's new geometry with steeper rake (21,8 degrees....insane) and no trail makes the bike handle like crap. The regular Scrambler was just fine. The suspension isn't any stiffer, just less travel. The cafe racer is actually worse. I test rode one.

If you could get one of these with at least the 939 CC engine I'd probably get the Desert Sled... or at least if they figured out a way to hop up that 803 to at least about 110 HP somehow. That's about the minimum power level for me

Why doesn't Ducati program the Scrambler to bring on the torque lower in the rev range?

Fell in Love with the Icon, it does everything you want it to. Footage from my recent Italian Adventure: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SO7Tkzh3W10.html

Ducati not sell enough bikes to make an affordable even bargain bike? The name is one thing, but even the iPhone and Nintendo have competitive pricing.

Hahahaha... scrembler scrambler... desert sled desert sled... what the funny words.

It would be a South African accent

I'd love a Ducati Scrambler but something in the back of my mind is saying no?

Dude on the cafe racer looks completely uncomfortable. Is that the point?

200kg, 35 inch seat height? and its expensive you drop it off road which eventually sooner or later you do and it will cost money. if you will going to spend more time off road i think a CRF250L would be the better deal even if its only a 250. for the type of offroad shown in this video even the scrambler Icon would suit well and it costs less.

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That's not a vtwin motor you fool It's L-twin

The desert sled cant do off road like a Honda crf1000 and the caferacer isnt fast and smoot like the ninet

Ducati become better than triumph 😂🙈

That cafe racer looks uncomfortable as fuck

Over priced bikes for the image/faux tradition image conscious pricksters. If they were cheaper I would buy one, though 🤔.