[Phil McAvity]

Ducati Buriram in Thailand announced today that the Scrambler Dirt Tracker is available for 599,000 Baht (GBP12,394 or US$18,500).

 

[Doc59]

That looks both interesting and totally useless unless you were really going to take it flat track racing, then why bother with the headlight?

 

[mitra]

That looks both interesting and totally useless unless you were really going to take it flat track racing, then why bother with the headlight?

Looks, I guess.

 

[outofthebox]

looks very .... erm, different and definitely more rugged than the UE version. I wonder why they choose this set of wheels, aren't spoked wheels more rugged and the gold standard in dirt bikes?

 

[silverluxe]

If I saw that bike on Craigslist, I'd expect it to cost 1/2 what an OEM scrambler was priced at.

There's this weird perception that other peoples' questionable design decisions add value to a bike. It can happen, but for me, this isn't one of em...

 

[Timmy]

I think it looks really cool actually! It doesn't seem as practical as the other Scrambler models but I guess that the whole point calling it the 'Dirt Tracker'. It's way too over priced though.

 

[dukes]

Sweet bike but for $18,000 i'll have to pass, not something i'd go for out of the types of bikes I'm interested in that I can get for as much or less.

 

[Jerry Winder]

I'm trying hard to see where the extra £4500 has gone and I'm struggling. Looks to me like a triumph of form over function. Each to their own but definitely not for me.


Jerry

 

[chilira]

with a conventional enduro headlight, better suspension, and a slimmer front tire, would be about right.

 

[PeteI]

Ducati Buriram in Thailand announced today that the Scrambler Dirt Tracker is available for 599,000 Baht (GBP12,394 or US$18,500).

Not sold on this one...

 

[flatlandr]

I'm pretty confident that number plate aside, the stock tires are more dirt track than that pirelli (rear?) tire on the front. Any flat track worth going to won't let you on with knobbies.

 

[brendanfalkowski]

The engine/frame don't look bad without the plastic panels though. Haven't really seen any examples of that yet, and happily surprised. Most bikes look like a total mess underneath the plastic today.

 

[Don_D]

Love what they did with the throttle cabling in front. I think a re-route may be in order on mine at some point... Neat looking bike.

 

[Siras]

I seriously LOVE this streetfighter look - mean and purposeful - and think it really suits the bike. Whether it's value for money is beside the point. The one thing I'm totally sold on is the tank panel leatherwork and what looks to be a much flatter seat

 

[B Gordon]

I cannot see where the seat would be useful for a passenger.
Way too much downhill slope.
Honestly, it seems like it would be a cleaner look to remove the passenger pegs completely.
That fat front knobby tire just looks completely out of place, like the bike should be both wheel drive.

 

[DenverDuc]

I cannot see where the seat would be useful for a passenger.
Way too much downhill slope.
Honestly, it seems like it would be a cleaner look to remove the passenger pegs completely.
That fat front knobby tire just looks completely out of place, like the bike should be both wheel drive.

Cool story

To each his own!

 

[GrooveBlender]

We need to understand what the cost for an off the shelf scrambler in Thailand is, I am guessing its anyway a lot more than what you pay in the US and UK. For example in India I paid roughly $13500 for my full Throttle which is more than what you pay due to the imports and other duties. So this custom might be a lot closer in price to what a guy in Thailand would pay for a scrambler off the dealership.

As for the design some elements are nice, I like the color scheme, the wheels and the dual sport/enduro tires a lot. Definitely elements here that I dont mind having on my bike. Not a fan of the headlight column.

 

[Hardright]

i like the way the cables are routed.