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[ducatiuk]

“We've spanked it on track and slung it on the dyno. Now it's time for a proper UK road test”

44Teeth take a Panigale V4 on a tour of Bristol - language a bit like the roads in places - salty!)

[ducatiuk]

Ducati 1299 Panigale R Final Edition + Desmosedici V4 by 44Teeth

"As Ducati finally say goodbye to L-twins and choose V4 to power their flagship superbikes, we got lucky and blagged a Desmosedici D16RR V4 for a day of spanking against the Panigale R Final Edition around the Pagan fly-tipping site of Stonehenge."

[ducatiuk]

What would your dream Ducati garage look like?

Video by 44Teeth

[ducatiuk]

A press launch for a Ducati Scrambler is always a little different from a normal Ducati launch. 

The experience a journalist has in the ‘Land of Joy’ is almost as important as the test of the bike, after all the @scramblerducati brand is all about lifestyle, personalisation, self-expression and enjoying life to the full.

With this in mind the launch of the Desert Sled Scrambler was held in the Tabernas Desert, Spain, Europe’s only desert and location for the filming of many a spaghetti Western. Therefore it seemed only natural to base the launch of the Desert Sled at a Western film set called Fort Bravo.

Desert Sled may seem a strange name for a bike but its name has relevance from the 60’s and 70’s where road bikes were stripped back, wheels, tyres and suspension were modified to cope with the unforgiving desert terrain and big engine skid plates were fitted to shield the bike from the rocks, stones and desert – this is was what gave the Desert Sled its name.

Eight journalists represented the UK for this launch ranging in off road ability from ‘Dutch’ who although rides flat track and motocross was more at home with the daily commute to the Bike Shed in Shoreditch to a Dakar rider, Llewelyn Pavey. The route contained a greater amount of off road miles than road miles, but with the zero degree conditions a more strenuous ride to stay warm was not such a bad thing.

The journalists all headed out of ‘Scrambler town’ into the Desert hoping to get all the pictures and video done before the expected rain arrived. For the rest of us we settled into the local saloon of what felt more like ice station zebra than Fort Bravo.

After the riding was done and the journalist posse rode back into town and it was a chance to discuss the bike and find out their feedback on the bike. Trying to get the journalists to say anything negative about the bike was almost impossible which showed that Ducati had come up with the near perfect Scrambler for on and off road and for journalist Marc Potter it had just confirmed a purchasing decision he had already made.

Here are some links to some of the UK reviews:

44Teeth Desert Sled video review

Bennetts / Bike Social Desert Sled review

Motorcycle News Desert Sled review

The Bike Shed Desert Sled review

Visordown Desert Sled review

In the Bike World video review below Martin Fitz-Gibbons states that a bolt at the top of the rear shock caused discomfort – please note the bikes on test were pre-production and this will not be the case for the production bikes that will be available at the beginning of April.

[rideonboard]

New Post has been published on RideonBoard.net - Onboard videos

New Post has been published on http://rideonboard.net/yamaha-yzf-r1m-onboard-estoril/

Yamaha YZF-R1M - Onboard Estoril

[rideonboard]

New Post has been published on RideonBoard.net - Onboard videos

New Post has been published on http://rideonboard.net/yamaha-yzf-r1m-onboard-estoril/

Yamaha YZF-R1M onboard at Estoril

  Nice onboard footage from Estoril, Spain on the Yamaha YZF-R1M. Video by 44Teeth.

[ducatiuk]

44Teeth race a @scramblerducati​ at Dirt Quake

“Ducati’s Scrambler – in various fanciful guises – has overwhelmingly served the modern retro scene, hurling a Ducati into the world’s top-ten best-selling bikes for the first time in history. However, getting loose, throwing shapes, and fighting for grip on a shale surface with 11 other hooligans certainly wasn’t in Bologna’s original design brief, although it turns out it ain’t too shabby either.”

Get the full story here: 44teeth.com/flat-tracking-ducati-scrambler/