[Vincelp]

Hello


In no more than 5 hours, I will be the happy owner of a Ducati Scrambler Classic. I have ordered it on May, the 27th and it arrived in the Ducati dealer in Lorient (France, Brittany) on June, the 24th : quite a short waiting period compared to some other here


This bike will be my third Ducati, as I owned previously two successive Ducati ST2. I sold the last one in October 2014, after owning it 12 years and riding it on 120000 km. I also owned recently a Yamaha XT500 (born in 1980) and I sold it after participating in the last french Moto Tour, a road rallye.


I've chosen the Classic model mainly because it looks very similar to my XT500, with just a bigger engine and a better behaviour on roads.


I'm happy to join this forum where I will share all my knowledge in Ducati mechanic, as I have been performing all the maintenance on my second ST2.

 

[Helios]

Congratulations. Welcome to the forum.

Awesome that you have a good knowledge of Ducati mechanics. It's always good to have some technical experts around to answer questions.

Post pictures when you can.

Cheers!

 

[alepplew]

Bienvenue!

I´m also in France, but at the other end (Jura). Hope to get some tips from you when I have do do my first valve train check (@7000 km now)
Another similarity is my SR500 from 79, that I planned to rebuild after 25 y when I saw the Scrambler in Paris and was immediately hooked...

Enjoy your Classic!

 

[MotoChief]

Welcome, enjoy and ride safe!

 

[dukes]

Welcome to the forum!

Have you already started planning out mods and accessories?
With you being a Ducati tech i bet be quite helpful to a lot of folks here.

 

[Bestia]

welcome to the boards, how are you liking the Scrambler? Third times the charm right

 

[Vincelp]

Hello

Here is the fist photo of my bike. I've driven her for 230 km this afternoon, in approx. 3 hours 30 and it was a pure pleasure. I found back the good motor behaviour of a Ducati, with a lot of torque at low rev. The bike has really a good behaviour on the road and in windings areas, it's really fun !

 

[Ed K]

Cool Vince, welcome!

 

[Vincelp]

Hello

Have you already started planning out mods and accessories?
With you being a Ducati tech i bet be quite helpful to a lot of folks here.

I have already added a motor protection and a bar on the handlebar. I may modify the saddle (make it 3 or 4 cm higher) if it doesn't become comfortable after some mileage.

 

[Vincelp]

Hello

Some more pics here : Le Web [email protected] > Ducati Scrambler

Second tank fill today and a good surprise : 9.39 liters for 199 km, eg. 4.7 liters per 100 km... Cool...