More fuel capacity and a wider seat are among the most important changes because riders are going to want to go further and for longer periods of time on this updated bike. It retains the knobby tires, banana seat and drop fuel tank indicative of the Scrambler, but they’ve all grown to fit the bigger personality of the 1100. The same basic heritage-inspired look forms the basis of the bike, but this time designer Jeremy Faraud started with a clean sheet of a paper - the result is a bike that is 100 percent new. However, when you look closer and read the spec sheet you realize a number of subtle, yet important changes have been made. The Good: At first glance the new 1100 doesn’t appear to be all that different than the other 50,000-plus bikes the Scrambler sub-brand has sold since 2015. While many things impressed me throughout my day riding the Scrambler 1100 Special, the fact that it remained poised through that whole scenario takes the cake. And although it felt like I’d just grabbed ahold of an electric fence, I was good to roll on. It chose to leap out, slapping the pavement upon returning from the pit. I had read the corner in my approach my entry speed was right, my line was right, my lean angle was right and then, WHAM! The front wheel dropped into this black hole, then bounced back out at an angle, sending a shockwave through the bars up into my hands and arms.īy the time the sensation registered in my brain the rear wheel was already in the hole, where it seemed to ponder for a few seconds what to do next. I have no doubt that a lesser bike wouldn’t have been able to handle the crater hiding in the shadows of a sweeping left-hander I encountered while riding the 2019 Ducati Scrambler 1100. However, sometimes the unexpected thing is in the middle of a damn corner. Expect the unexpected at all times: that’s my mindset when riding a motorcycle, and so far it has saved my ass on a handful of occasions.
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