Australian Road Rider

ORANGE CRUSH

You know that feeling. It might not be one you’ve had for years and years, or maybe you felt it last week. It doesn’t make a lot of sense, but it feels good. You’re worried it won’t last. But it might, or it might evolve from a crush to something that lasts, a familiarity, comfort and source of ongoing pleasure. I’m not in love with the Ducati Scrambler Icon, but I think I have a crush on it. And crush could be the right word, because it makes me feel like a teenager: young, carefree and looking forward, not back.

Which doesn’t make sense considering the machine is styled around motorcycles Ducati built in the 1960s and ’70s, but does make sense when you realise the Icon is so easy to ride, easy to live with, easy to own.

WHY WOULD YOU WANT ONE?

Fun. If there’s one thing all teenagers (not just girls, Cyndi) want to have, it’s fun,

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