2024 Ducati DesertX | First Ride Review | This Really SURPRISED Me!

[@AlastairT509]

Enjoyable first ride review - and I agree with pretty much everything you said. It is a lovely thing - but with the Audi paint, off road pack, heated grips and spots plus installation (never been charged installation for options before) close to £17.5K - which is a lot compared to the Triumph 900 Rally Pro or the GS900 but to me, and it is a personal thing, it is much more special (and looks so much better). Obviously with racks, luggage, Bluetooth, sat nav mounts etc as you say could have cost a lot more. The Rally was announced when my bike was on order and the dealer would have let me change to that but I stuck with the “base” model (but slightly peeved I now have a “base model”). Whilst it looked great, the Rally seat was just too high for me and in similar trim to mine £3K more. Also I’d spent a day and a half on the standard bike and loved it so why change!

[@MichalBaginski-m3b]

Please do not compare the DX to triumph with front rake angle that is unstable off road - this is eliminating triumph completely.

[@badir1907]

Nice vid. Love the new logo

[@Fractal379]

Great info, thanks. Looks like you were in a group with usernamekate and Lillie on the V4 Streetfighters - small world!

[@PDCRed]

Great vid. Thanks 👍 Lovely for riding motorbikes and cycling along Edgehill. Kineton has a decent cafe too (Gilks).

[@jamescampbell4334]

I put over 13k miles on my DesertX in the 1st year of ownership. Absolutely STELLAR motorcycle. I have the full race Termignoni titanium exhaust and Evo tune. 😂

[@rustworks2588]

Amazing review as always! She looks srunning design-wise. Good to know about the extras. Its inevitable that the price will steeply increase, but i look at it as an investment 😍

[@lifewithglee]

Charly Sinewan on KZbin is bashing around South America with one of these - an upgrade from the BMW F800GS. Great to see how it fares in the wild getting dropped a few times a week and the effort involved in picking it up again.

[@motorcyclelover47]

Nice logo Mr Dan ❤

[@paulhawley7885]

Lovely Bike great vid 👍

[@JohnLongdin]

Great review thanks Dan, sounds like a good all rounder if you can deal with the height. PS I'll let you off calling me James 😂

[@Englishbikerdan]

Oh shoot! I'm so sorry John! 😂

[@JohnLongdin]

@@Englishbikerdan don't worry, I've had far worse 😂

[@marbal74]

Great video as always, would be interested to know whether you would go for one of these or the new Triumph 900 Rally Pro???

[@terenceokeeffesmotorcyclestuff]

Finbarr Saunders strikes again! 😂

[@Englishbikerdan]

Fnarrr! 😂

[@duanestiles4821]

Oh dan we won’t say anything about your knuckles lol

[@Teetosugars]

Same engine as the new Monster, no?

[@Englishbikerdan]

Yes, and the Supersport and Hypermotard.

[@cpuuk]

Can't believe they let you hooligans out on such nice bikes 🙂

[@tomstc]

Hate it when the wind comes in your face 😂😂😂😂

[@Englishbikerdan]

THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!

[@tomstc]

@@Englishbikerdan wahey

[@Seeker_of_sense]

Finally a good looking bike without that annoying plastic beak.

[@Englishbikerdan]

Africa Twin too!

[@starseeddeluxe]

Double headlights is what makes a motorcycle beautiful. It's astonishing to me that only a couple motorcycles have accidentally received dual headlights. There are too many horrendously ugly single headlight bikes in 2024.

[@AHoundOnAHonda]

It's spelled surprise/surprising.

[@Englishbikerdan]

Thanks!

[@GaryJohnWalker1]

When pictures from the launch of the Cagiva Elefant (sp?) appeared in mcn I thought the same as when the suzi DR big and years before that the GS800 launched - utterly ridiculous. Maybe the thing for crossing the Sahara to Dakar. But ugly and - why would you? Obviously like 4 wheeled SUVs there is a big market for these. But those, and this parts bin Ducati, worse than anything else including 50cc mopeds in my desirability league

[@Englishbikerdan]

So you don't like it?