Ducati Desertx Rally
The strapline for this release was ‘Race Wilder’, which made us go a bit funny at first, as we contemplated a new Desmosedici road bike based on Ducati's latest MotoGP weapon. But no, – this particular wild racing is of the dirty type. The Bologna massive has dropped a tougher rally edition of the posh DesertX adventure machine launched a couple of years ago. That bike uses the firm's excellent 937cc 110bhp Testastretta 11° V-twin motor in a slim, tall, posh chassis, and it works extremely well on road and off. Now, there's the DesertX Rally, which gets a dirt-racer style chassis upgrade for even more performance away from the asphalt.
The strapline for this release was ‘Race Wilder’, which made us go a bit funny at first, as we contemplated a new Desmosedici road bike based on Ducati's latest MotoGP weapon. But no, – this particular wild racing is of the dirty type. The Bologna massive has dropped a tougher rally edition of the posh DesertX adventure machine launched a couple of years ago. That bike uses the firm's excellent 937cc 110bhp Testastretta 11° V-twin motor in a slim, tall, posh chassis, and it works extremely well on road and off. Now, there's the DesertX Rally, which gets a dirt-racer style chassis upgrade for even more performance away from the asphalt.
Out back is a 46mm piston shock with full adjustability and separate high/low speed compression setting. There's a vertigo-inducing 250mm of travel on the front and
