Ducati Scrambler Test 

I am in shock at what that bike did at the dunes! Nice review, once again.

Loved the offroad test, can't believe you put it through it's paces like that! Well done

Finally a proper off road test of this scrambler. Good review.

@ 10:30 - "What were you wearing?" LOL!

Im in love with this bike

Even more exciting is the newly revealed Ducati Scrambler 'Desert Sled'. Good on you Ducati for bringing out a more dirt-capable scrambler version :)

Loving these bike reviews! Really top notch. Keep up the great work, folks!

Great review guys! Awesome that you took it offroad!!!!

Well done! Got the Scrambler Urban Enduro myself and like it too.

"lets be honest" - Donovan Fourie

u guys are the best! love your show

Damn that guy can ride in the dirt!

"This bike is a marketing exercise", lol, why, because bike company's are finally building bikes people want.

nice review lads. good to see a marketing idea that also makes a good bike

3:10 I'm sorry how much? *Realise he said Rand instead of Grand* Oh, you had me there.

he did not eat the helmet ? the bike was proven to have off road ability and he promised to eat the helmet !

Guys... I had a picture (or video) in my mind abt what I would do when I retire and buy a bike and live rest of the life rising into the sunset. This video comes pretty close to that video. Cheers guys! good job

You guys are awesome as hell lol nice review

Frank Zappa is not dead!

Ducati have made a great little bike there . A brilliant all rounder .

Grant has sold me on this bike. It's a workable small dual sport for 90% of my riding. Grant's ride in the sand reminds me of the last segment of On Any Sunday when Steve, Malcolm, and Mert go riding in the desert with their old school dirt bikes.

Great review. "Want one"!

I haven't even started watching the video, but I had already given a thumbs up! As I know of the quality of your videos.I seem to enjoy the weather in south Africa, is it to hot and dry?

Ok, Im convinced, I want a scrambler as my next bike!

Best review yet

and YAAAAA

i like the bike a lot but i don't know about the leg clearance when sitting down resting the legs on the pegs for a guy 6' tall. the only change i would want to do is get the Triumph scrambler seat for the Ducati! i have a suzuki dr650 that i want to do a cafe dual sport racer design!

Lovely machine.

I sat at on one of these yesterday after coming in to see a Monster 821. I actually prefer the Scrambler.

Looks like a good simple fun general purpose bike...like bikes use to be.

Now that's what i call a test!!!

I am looking for my first bike, about 5'10 to 11 and would like a super moto or a sport. I was looking at an r3 for a sport or a KLX250 SF for a moto. Any other recommendations for a first bike or which one I should get? I would prefer something with good gas mileage.

very good entertainment - thanks!

That's a test ,,🔥

at 8:15 they show a Ducati that the makers of this video are claiming the new Scrambler is the descendant of- WRONG, that Model was a 450RT, totally different, NOT the original Scrambler at all!!!! Google Ducati 1974 450 SCR, then you will see why they copied the look....

WOW the off roading!!!

fun show. good on yuh.

Riding through my hood in Linden ;) That bike is prettier than my dr650se, I'll admit. but I'm not sure its more capable offroad!

Well in my country city bikes are under 300cc, this is for grand touring haha. All of the world now days follow US in their mega thinking. When did a 800cc bike became a city only bike? Insane. City bike should be light small, cheap on insurance and not a gas thirsty.

How is it for someone taller?

I've got one! I bought mine at the source in Thailand and I'm enjoying every minute riding it. Where are those dunes? It looks very much like the mine dumps I used to play on when I was a kid. Near JHB or Krugersdorp? Used to slide down there on a VW bonnet.

Retro does not mean vintage. this bike perfectly sums up retro. retro1 ˈrɛtrəʊ/ adjective 1. imitative of a style or fashion from the recent past. "retro 60s fashions" synonyms:in period style, period, nostalgic,evocative, of yesteryear, olde worlde;More

Love it

I want one !

"let's be honest"...i counted 117 times in 11 minutes.

Start chewing Harry!!! ;-)

What currency was the price posted in?

Very deceptive video... but then the first Ducati 450 Scrambler in 1970's was also marketed deceptively... cycle magazines kinda made comments that made it sound fast, but it wasn't... and this was just before magazines started HP dynoing bikes which killed off about 75% of the earlier manufacturers... the video does point out, though, that it looked the part for its time... with the much-touted Desmo head, it would rev to 9,000 or more, but small cam, valves, ports, and carb. yielded power fade by a mere 4500 RPMs... about 18-20 HP with stock large, restrictive low muffler... 22-25 HP with a glasspack... about the same power as the first Honda watercooled 125cc dirt bikes with much less weight... Ducati really missed the boat by discontinuing the 4-cycle 450 Scrambler in 1974 instead of refining it and being way ahead of other manufacturers switching from 2-cycle to 4-cycle dirt bikes... Ducati singles could make power stock, they advertised a 250cc Diana street model at 30 HP... do that proportionally with the 450cc and it would have been a worldbeater in its day..!!!. In this video, they start out in the sand with a real 2-cycle MX bike of similar color to the Duke and it turns off to the left and makes it to the top of the sand ridge... then switches to the heavy 800cc 2-cylinder Duc under-tired café racer and it can't make it to the top and he turns off to the right halfway up... it's got enough power, but needs a real rear off road mud tire from a pickup truck...and check out what's happening at 5:05 in the video... Duck is spinning wildly, but not taking off, it's nearly stuck... they cut that scene off quickly... this thing needs mud tires to really have a chance in the sand... if you buy this bike, you'll be disappointed if you think it will do what they pretend it will do off road... if a paved road or hard packed dirt road is your intentions, fine, but forget the soft stuff... BTW, I owned the '74 Ducati 450 Scrambler... and '75 Ducati 750 Street bike which I would never consider taking off road, even with knobby tires... and this new bike reminds me of the basic early 750cc... Also, Ducati engines got ugly when they replaced the shaft driven drivetrain with whatever they're using now...

Scramblerish you wouldn't catch me taking a bike like that off road especially for that price. I know it isn't the same style give me a KLR 650...

Nice review and nice use of a tree to park a bike

Pardon my foolishness lads - but what currency do you use in the videos? :)

One ducati what i like...

you have to go out and test ride it... I like riding it.... its easy to ride and great in the city but on the highway its gets blown around I did not like it

BMW had a thumper scrambler a few years back called the G650 Xcountry and it was more or less a flop. It was leightweight but way too underpowered next to this Ducati. A version based on the R1200 NineT will be too big and heavy to be considered an alternative to the Scrambler and it just wouldnt have the fun factor. They'd have to consider a different starting point such as the F800 which was the basis for the awesome yet discontinued Husky Nuda. That would be more comparable. Otherwise using the boxer engine might make it look like a successor to the HP2 Enduro. Just a whole other class of bike.

its very cafe racer, very cool. great bike for the wife that i could ride too!

I want one

and JAAA!

Capable bike 👍

let´s be honest, it´s a scrambler yo

what size is the motor?????????

Come on "Let's be honest" 😂

I was keen to get one after seeing pictures of it. I changed my mind as soon as I saw one in reality, it is just way too small.

let's be honest let's be honest let's be honest

lets be honest. lets be honest. ducati paid a fair chunk for this.

Jaa jaa

Can someone translate into freedom bucks?

I've never seen a cafe racer with bars that high.

Anyone see the bird walk under the bike in the beginning

How can they down play Triumph like that? BLASPHEMY!

ya bruuu

117,000 rand? Wouldn't it be easier to just have a kilorand?

is that john mcafee?

I mean.... Let's be honest...

Retro means new but looking old, vintage means old.

But was he “honest”...? (Let’s be honest)

1,17,000 WHAT?!

I saw a 17 yo kid die in a scrambler yesterday. People, dont be stupid please. Stop ruining the fun for the rest of us.

And ja

maybe a honda grom just for laugh??

Interlaced video on the Internet? Ehm..

let's be honest!

Oh my gosh, Ducati uses an L twin!

I like my eggs Scrambled...

lets be honest...bike show is just ducati marketing...

Mmmmmm interlacing...

easy to look after ,easy to ride, and enough power for fun. ride in jeans and boots anytime, it's a bike your girl friend will want to ride. it's not supposed to be a sports bike

Needs saddle bags....

It's a L twin, not v twin

Lets be honest

Let's be honest.

it's not a vtwin it's a L twin .

Let's be honest...

You're on the wrong side of the road

"Jaahhh" :)

the 800 runs like the 400 should run junk

*There is a MAJOR problem with these bikes!* My tire huger came of on the highway on Friday and locked the back wheel up ... *NOT GOOD!* I am OK but the bike is damaged! I will post a vid and pics of the damage. *I DO NOT RECOMMEND THESE BIKES TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO LIVE!* I did a search over the weekend and found that this is NOT an isolated incident with the tire huger ... mine is the 5th bike to have this issue that my dealership knows of and Ducati still have NOT done a recall. I have only done 2000km for fucks sake. *I AM DISGUSTED THAT DUCATI ARE SELLING SHIT THAT IS ROYAL ENFIELD STANDARD !!!*

let's be honest, "let's be honest" is just annoying

Very deceptive video... but then the first Ducati 450 Scrambler in 1970's was also marketed deceptively... cycle magazines kinda made comments that made it sound fast, but it wasn't... and this was just before magazines started HP dynoing bikes which killed off about 75% of the earlier manufacturers... the video does point out, though, that it looked the part for its time... with the much-touted Desmo head, it would rev to 9,000 or more, but small cam, valves, ports, and carb. yielded power fade by a mere 4500 RPMs... about 18-20 HP with stock large, restrictive low muffler... 22-25 HP with a glasspack... about the same power as the first Honda watercooled 125cc dirt bikes with much less weight... Ducati really missed the boat by discontinuing the 4-cycle 450 Scrambler in 1974 instead of refining it and being way ahead of other manufacturers switching from 2-cycle to 4-cycle dirt bikes... Ducati singles could make power stock, they advertised a 250cc Diana street model at 30 HP... do that proportionally with the 450cc and it would have been a worldbeater in its day..!!!. In this video, they start out in the sand with a real 2-cycle MX bike of similar color to the Duke and it turns off to the left and makes it to the top of the sand ridge... then switches to the heavy 800cc 2-cylinder Duc under-tired café racer and it can't make it to the top and he turns off to the right halfway up... it's got enough power, but needs a real rear off road mud tire from a pickup truck...and check out what's happening at 5:05 in the video... Duck is spinning wildly, but not taking off, it's nearly stuck... they cut that scene off quickly... this thing needs mud tires to really have a chance in the sand... if you buy this bike, you'll be disappointed if you think it will do what they pretend it will do off road... if a paved road or hard packed dirt road is your intentions, fine, but forget the soft stuff... BTW, I owned the '74 Ducati 450 Scrambler... and '75 Ducati 750 Street bike which I would never consider taking off road, even with knobby tires... and this new bike reminds me of the basic early 750cc... Also, Ducati engines got ugly when they replaced the shaft driven drivetrain with whatever they're using now...