2017 DUCATI SCRAMBLER DESERT SLED

Motorcycle manufacturers are getting smarter. In the past they’d reinvent the wheel for every new model introduced, but they’ve since learned to adapt new pieces to existing platforms and then push the models in different directions. Within the scrambler world, this resulted in standards dressed with high pipes but also bikes that weren’t really intended for off-road duty. Ducati’s 2017 Scrambler Desert Sled hits the reset button.

Ducati isn’t trying