Conclusion
This is a magnificently designed bike with a host of added parts and thought gone into the off road aspect.
It can pretty much go anywhere you want it to with the same challenges you’d face on all big bikes.
Exploring and touring around the world would be bliss on this bike, two up and full of kit there is not a pass
that is going to cause an issue (The KKH may be interesting, lack of O2 and fatigue with a 250kg plus bike).
You get a plethora of toys and electronics to play with if that’s your want. It rivals all of the big class bikes
from the BMW GS to the KTM 1290. Other than a few Nm here, the heated seat there and so on you’re
looking at style and what ‘speaks’ to you as the rider.
Personally I’d not tackle more serious green lanes on any of them because they’re all too heavy and cost
too much if I drop them, that’s the truth. But I have been over rocks and down mud slides on a Varadero
(old version) because it was novel and would not cost very much. If I was serious about my off road and
had one bike to pick... let’s be honest it would not be a bike over 150kg let alone 250kg. But if I wanted to
power around in style and comfort over gravel, dry fire tracks and the odd beach looking cool... yup, this
Ducati would put a grin on my face. Riding is all about having fun and seeing new things for me. Dragging a
big bike out of mud once is fun, all day long on a world trip through a mud soaked Congo? Make that ride
the Trans Europa (Lisbon, Portugal to Vladivostok, Russia) and you’re in for some wonderful fun. Big long
lonely Russian roads would be a joy and the near 300 mile range on the tank is very welcome.
In a line: A magnificently styled powerhouse screaming out for long tours to wonderful places with some
dry tracks and gravel thrown in encased in Italian style.
Bravo Ducati.