Race prep: Secrets of the Fasthouse Ducati Desert Sleds
Today’s ?modern classic? scramblers are more show than go. Stylistically, they hark back to the golden years of Californian desert racing?but you wouldn’t want to actually race one across the desert.
There are only a couple of motorcycles that buck this trend, and the Ducati Scrambler Desert Sled is one of them. Even though it’s not a full-blown enduro machine, it’s surprisingly good off-road. So much so, that most reviewers refer to it as ?the Scrambler Ducati should have built in the first place.?
To find out just how much abuse it can handle, Ducati North America teamed up with the off-road apparel brand Fasthouse, to race a pair of Desert Sleds in the Mint 400 earlier this year. First held in 1968, the Mint 400 is America’s oldest desert race, taking place in the Nevada desert around Las Vegas. This year saw the debut of the Hooligan Open class, for 750 cc (and up) production twins to duke it out over two 80-mile laps. That’s the class Ducati and Fasthouse entered, with Jordan Graham (#47) and Ricky Diaz (#51) piloting the two Desert Sleds.
“Ducati North America felt the Desert Sled needed to display its Southern California roots,” explains marketing director, Phil Read Jr, “by actually racing in the desert to show its full capability in the dirt.”
“The Mint 400 has a great history, being North America’s oldest and toughest off-road race. The entire event is far more than just a traditional of...
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