Ducati scrambler icon full#
The Icon, Full Throttle and Flat Track Pro come with blackout cast wheels, while the Urban Enduro and Classic models come with laced aluminum rims. Wheel travel is consistent across the board at 5.9-inches, front and rear, another compromise that falls between street travel and full, off-road->ke450 range of motion. Kayaba sees to the suspension all the way around with 41 mm, usd front forks, and a coil-over, offset monoshock that springs off the dogleg swingarm and comes with adjustable preload. It may well be worth the trouble to run the higher seat and deal with tiptoes once in a while. Before you get too excited, the stock seat has a reputation for, shall we say, a firm ride to be kind, and I shudder to think how hard the reduced-height seat might be. Seat height is fairly tall for such a small ride at a stock 31.1-inches high, but despair not, oh ye of the vertically challenged, the factory offers an accessory seat that will drop that down almost an inch to 30.3 inches. It seems to me that trail figures that fall between 4- and 5-inches represent a good balance between stability and maneuverability, and so the Scramblers are right in the middle of the range: neither twitchy nor wooden in the turns. Steering geometry is set up for agility with a 24-degree rake and 4.4-inch trail, and the bars swing through a 35-degree arc, lock to lock. This layout gives the Scrambler family a compact, 56.9-inch wheelbase, and an 82.7- to 85.2-inch overall length, with the Classic obviously coming in longest with its '70s style rear fender. Less important to performance, but still important, is the fact that exposed Trellis frames look really cool, and leave the bike with a clean, unclunky foundation. This is a lightweight system, made even lighter by the stressed-engine design that uses the mill to complete the frame and eliminates a whole section of tubing. It's fairly rigid with just the right amount of give in the system to help take the edge off the nastiest bumps and it forms a sort of cage that protects the sides of the engine. This style of frame comes with several inherent benefits. Not just built for looks, this model is meant to actually hit the trail->ke741.Ī Trellis frame made of tubular steel members serves as the common skeleton for the family.
An aluminum engine guard completes the off-road ensemble for the Urban Enduro. Wire mesh over the headlight protects from rock damage, and the ribbed, brown leather seat rides over a minimal subframe with just a hint of the painted sheet-metal color. A tripletree-mounted mudguard leans more toward a dirt bike->ke295 or dual-sport design fitting considering that the original scramblers were the predecessor to the original enduro->ke3133 bikes, which in turn gave birth to the dual-sport class. The Urban Enduro is more about a particular function, rather than just going for a variation in décor. Really, the Icon has fairly classic looks to start with, so it didn't take much effort to ramp up that old-school vibe. It comes with a small front fender sans flare, and a quilted, brown leather seat with an extended rear fender in a style prevalent in the 1970s. It figures, considering the dual-purpose nature of the family that provides decent road performance and maintains the ability to access, shall we say, alternative routes? Today I want to take a look at these five models, and check out the various subtleties and nuances that make each one unique. So far, it seems the Scrambler family is popular with a younger demographic, and I have even heard old-school styled Scramblers referred to as Hipster bikes. The 2015 model year saw four new Ducati->ke622 products built for a rather niche market the Scrambler->ke4393 family that includes the '70s-themed Classic, the flat-track race inspired Urban Enduro, the Full Throttle which combines an amped-up, flat-track race look with an urban hooligan touch and the Icon, a basic, modernized version of a traditional scrambler that serves as a blank canvas for riders looking to make a statement.ĭucati treated us to another branch on the Scrambler family tree in 2016 with the Flat Track Pro, another oval-dirt tribute bike that takes the racing->ke2345 references to the Nth degree.
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