There and back a Italian tale

[PHILinFRANCE]

It had to happen,  I bought this Ducati "Scrambler " a couple of years back and honestly love it , done some light green lanes but the time came to do it proper !!!

I'm lucky enough to live within spitting distance of the Pyrenees and plenty of TET routes. 

Home is the blue spot and I planned on a anti clockwise route round Toulouse 

 

[PHILinFRANCE]

Dressed and packed the big white lump and left last Wednesday in 33c hot sun

[PHILinFRANCE]

I'll add a load of pics here and give a review at the end

 

[Skippy]

I’ve always loved the style of those scramblers, which model is it?

[Buckster]

1 hour ago, Skippy said:

I’ve always loved the style of those scramblers, which model is it?

It’s a Ducati.

[PHILinFRANCE]

2 hours ago, Skippy said:

I’ve always loved the style of those scramblers, which model is it?

Cheers its a Desert Sled 800

[boboneleg]

Now go and clean it you heathen

[PHILinFRANCE]

Gotta admit at a combined weight of over 300kg I was a tad apprehensive but I'm a tad nuts so went in full guns and the great white lump just gobbled up mud , rocks , logs , massive ruts and long gravel climbs.

Before this little bimble I was seriously thinking of chopping it in for a CF450MT,  but not now , just need to fettle a few thing like the suspension and the gear shifter,  needs a flexible tip.

 

Before and after