RUST magazine: RUST#41

DUCATI SCRAMBLER 1100
of lights to the next therefore naturally
became something of a drag race,
conducted just this side of the legal/
illegal divide. It was fun, the bike is
easily built well enough to take this kind
of abuse, but sometimes you want to be
a little more relaxed, to be allowed to be
only half-engaged. And the Scrambler
11 wasn’t really ready for that.
Fortunately the second half of
this quick spin test was ridden on
the rolling open country roads of
Northamptonshire and here, minus
the stop-start, the Scrambler 11 settled
in nicely. The gearing feels long and
the power through the midrange is
long too, so the simple pleasures came
back – and being a retro-roadster this
is what this bike should be all about. It
was a great ride, comfortable but sporty,
and with a mildly fun soundtrack
thanks to the air-cooled two-valve
vee-twin motor making an old school
mechanical percussion to add to the
base tones coming from those twin
high pipes.
SCRAMBLER RELOADED
Of course this isn’t a brand new model,
having been launched into the 2018
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