Well the Ducati 26 unveiling at the EICMA in Milan this evening was as exciting as a wet blanket. Was looking forward to getting a good look at the 26 Desert X. Turns out the Desert X unveil is not until Feb 26 with bikes in the dealers May 26. The chap talking about is mentioned the bike being 206Kg wet (without fuel), its apparently ‘more slim’, the front fork and rear shock have had some work, something about the shock not working directly with swing arm but some sort of bracket…. it’s hard to tell as the chap filming it decided this was the best time to turn the camera around to tell us he was going to film the bike later. ‘Trust me the improvement is very big’ the chap on stage said. It looks to be the road biased version and not the Rally I hoped they would launch alongside it. They did launch 2 versions of the Hypermotard so why not the rally as well…. Desert X stuff around the 27 min mark.
Yeh bit disappointing as it was the one bike release I wanted to see. Still better to do it properly than rush it.
