[pacman]

Check it out--this guy knows how to ride, and seems to really knows his motorcycles.

 

[DenverDuc]

That was an excellent review. He echoed what we've heard from a lot of other people - great low end and midrange power (sweet!), but the throttle may be overly sensitive off idle. I imagine they'll update the software on the bike to reduce the throttle issue, but everything else sounds excellent. I'm glad to see it on the mild off road stuff too since those are the type of basic trails I envision myself riding on. Interesting to hear him say he thinks it's one of the best Ducatis to come out in some time - especially with no qualifiers like "best playbike" or "best entry level bike" - which is quite impressive. It appears the reception of the bike has been overwhelmingly positive in all the reviews I've seen. Makes me even more excited for picking mine up!

 

[Nick the Greek]

I can't wait......

Help



I'm cracking up....


I want my Scrambler now!!



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[w2darren]

Cheers pacman, great video, clean, crisp and to the point. Spot on

And Palm Springs looks an awesome place to ride

 

[JWA]

That was a great review. Good to see someone ride it hard and hit the dirt a bit. Thanks for posting it.

 

[DenverDuc]

I also noticed there's a light to show if the kickstand is down, which I think will be a great feature especially for beginners. I saw a youtube clip of a kid wrecking his dad's Ducati 996sps because he took off with the kickstand still down LOL. One thing I'd like to see as well but don't think it has would be a gear indicator on the instrument gauge. It probably won't be as helpful as it would be on other higher geared Ducatis, but I certainly wouldn't mind having it.

 

[dukes]

Great review, thanks for posting it. Hopefully we see some more great reviews like this show up soon.

 

[pacman]

I also noticed the stock exhaust--in the video it sounds pretty good--they did a better job of getting the microphone close, I guess.

 

[pacman]

I saw a youtube clip of a kid wrecking his dad's Ducati 996sps because he took off with the kickstand still down LOL.

Now there's a test of fatherly love if I ever heard of one!!

 

[DenverDuc]

Now there's a test of fatherly love if I ever heard of one!!

Ya it's very painful to watch - just found it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yffzuYIq8xA

Good lesson for always making 100% the kickstand is fully up!

 

[Mixup]

Check it out--this guy knows how to ride, and seems to really knows his motorcycles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrUnMiAqyaQ

Excellent, all I had hoped for. I concur with DenverDuc comments especially re the throttle response at low revs hope thats mapped out of it.

pleased the kick stand warning light is there as thats what I'm used to as its standard on the MV.

For me I would change the exhaust for an Akrapovic slip on exhaust as thought it sounded a little tame.

Cheers

 

[Nick the Greek]

For me I would change the exhaust for an Akrapovic slip on exhaust as thought it sounded a little tame.

This.

Provided it has a removable baffle

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[w2darren]

Ya it's very painful to watch - just found it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yffzuYIq8xA

Good lesson for always making 100% the kickstand is fully up!

Would of loved to see the dads face,
at least he look ok, don't know about emotional though

Good lesson to learn, But hard for him.

 

[Mixup]

I will sound like my FS1E DX

 

[DirtyDuc]

Ya it's very painful to watch - just found it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yffzuYIq8xA

Good lesson for always making 100% the kickstand is fully up!

Sucks it happened. Interesting to see it in his point of view. You can tell he was sad looking at all the plastics just laying there. :crying: