This guy does the best, most honest and normal guy reviews. Why can't the rest of them get it . Thanks man, you have a knack for this stuff.

A good honest review, why can't everyone do it like this !

68, ridden for 30 years, Suzuki, Kawasaki, 9 BMW 's and now Ducati Scrambler 800 Icon. So much fun. Great mileage and FUN. LIGHT, ENJOYABLE and lots of smiles

By far the best reviewer i saw on youtube! like ever , watching this i felt like i was sitting with a friend telling me about about a bike he tested , genuine manhood and pure motocycle awesomeness !! subscribed and would love to see more of his videos !! Chapeau bas

One of the best reviews I've seen and a great bike to boot

Thanks in no small part to this (in my HO the best of SO many I've seen) review I finally did it, went out and bought the 1100 Special for a crackin' price after 12 months of deliberation. Fantastic bike. I love it. My wife loves it. We've put 6000 on the clock in 6 months of ownership. (I work 6 days a week). Thanks for getting me over the line after so much "shall I or not..?"

Great review as always. Very funny with the “this isn’t me pleasuring two men....” is comedy gold. Keep it up 👍

Such a great down to earth review! Well bloody done sir👍🏼🏍

That's it! Now I know what will be my next bike. Thank you John.

Great review and 4k with great editing thanks for the last part burnouts and you hitting the tunnels!

As always John a brilliant review.👊🏾

Perfect review, took delivery of mine 3 months ago and I absolutely love it, forget performance figures on paper, just ride it 👌🏼🤙🏼

Thank you so much for making a video which is more relevant to the real world perspective buyers who would be riding on the road for every day purposes. This helps clear out a lot of things that I look for in reviews not just numbers and specs of the bike and how fast it can ride on track and the gadgets that help it perform on track. How often will one have the time to go on track and buy something just for that purpose. Please keep on making more such videos. Love from India ❤❤❤

Really good, honest & down to earth review. Nice job!

Excellent review. I live in the states, but love watching your videos. My dream bike is a matte gray Ducati XDiavel with the brown leather seat. If I wasn't so committed to the XDiavel the Scrambler 1100 would be very compelling. Thank you for all the great videos, and keep them coming :)

I really like your style of living with review. Thanks dude.

A very good and clear revieuw ... thanks for that ...

Great video! Thank you!

Thank you. What a great and honest review. God bless you.

Perfect review as usual.

Very nice, sensible, review. Thank you. I think I just found out what my next bike will be 😀

Yeah, love the straight up review. Very nice 👍🏽

Great review and brilliant bike! Cheers.

Great, honest, practical review. All reviews should hit this mark. Nice work John, keep yer leg out mate.

I think this one the best "street bike" engines around. Awesome sound, lots of torque, but not too crazy fast so it you are actually able utilize it fully.

It sounds gorgeous

I love the bike, and cool looking helmet too!

Straight to the point review. I want one please.

Good review. I love this bike, the fact that Ducati can still sell a large air-cooled engine bike with euro5 laws is great. Not much plastic, future classic.imo.

I know exactly what you mean about having to stick your leg out in the wet. The mountain climb out of Grenoble, France is deadly in the wet. It was as though someone had laid and lacquered marbles. Great review and I can't wait for the next Desmo build vid.

two happy men, good job

I've thinking of getting this bike, after watching this I think my mind is made up, great review thanks.

I just got one about 2 weeks ago and is exactly what I wanted from a bike It can do so many things ! Is like 3 bikes in one seriously Fun to ride ! Love the sound of the exhaust being the stock one , gear box and clutch are so smooth and can be aggressive if you want to ! Is very comfortable even with someone in the back , the more you get to know the bike the more you get from it , I’m happy I got this exact model , I was going for the hypermotard or multistratada but after look at them close and thinking 🤔 I’m 40 and I need a serious bike , this was the right fit ! Thanks for your review! Again ! Cheers 🍻

Very good to know video, thanks Team 🤟🏽

One of the best motorcycle reviews i've seen so far, and the comment section can confirm that.

Great review, I love my 800 full throttle as it has enough power even in A2 restricted form. Only downside in summer is the raging heat that comes off the bike. In UK I imagine that is welcome but not commuting in south of France 🤣🔥🔥

Awesome video. Very authentic. Thank you; Subscribed.

Good solid review. Appreciate acknowledging that not everyone has unlimited budget and second hand is an affordable option.

Got my 2018 demo with 300 miles for $7999. Had the known issue with the piston slap (on 2018's) fixed under warranty. Have been enjoying the bike ever since. Thanks for the review! I dig the black tank panels Ducati put on there. Not a fan of all the aluminum bits. I'm thinking of anodizing them all on mine. I will be putting on my competition werkes exhaust today and will probably post some vids of before and after.

Great honest review, not all about the numbers description the handlebar width and height, brilliant!!!

Like listening to a review from a mate, no bu11shit full of fluff. Everything you want and need to know, no pretentious bollox that you don't. Nice one my man!

Watched this today while should I shouldn’t I on my sofa . Got it paid for it arrives 2 days 👍🏻

God this bike looks so badass. I’m currently saving up so I can buy one outright, it’s going to take a minute but I’m so stoked for the day I’ll be riding one

I like the styling of the bike its reminds me of my Harley XR1200.

Massive fan of his reviews

beautiful bike

Great review. Less numbers more human information, need more like it. More Desmo rebuild please, John :)

Went to test ride a Monster 797 here in Thailand last year, liked it. Had an 800 Desert Sled test mule available, rode that, preferred it, even though i'm more of a MonsterMan. Different gearing i think. Sat on the various Scrambler range in the showroom, nice but too small for my 110 kgs and 6'3" frame. Until i spied the 1100's, lovely. Nice colours and much bigger in proportion, really liked them. Must ride one. Not keen on all that plastic shrouding that covers airbox, reg rectifier, oil cooler stuff on the the 796/1100 old Monster range, even worse on the 797 and Scrambler range - hiding a lot of the motor from the R/H side. Surely could be detailed better? Not overly keen on the sticky outy bit on the speedo either, and being a Luddite, not a fan of ride by wire. Having said all that, and being a twin type of guy, i drove 200kms to my nearest Yamaha dealer a month ago to test ride an XSR700 with a cable to the injection bodies, loved that, but the showroom manager said one of his staff wants to sell his farkled out, full system XSR900 triple.... have a go... Possibly the bestest, most insane street motor i have ever ridden. Insane torque and fantastic throttle response. I mean smiles per miles? So, 2 questions John please, what happened to your project XSR900? and what bike do you prefer, Yam triple or Ducati 1100 twin? Both bikes have the same peak torque figures too. Great review as per, TIA.

Great review. True words. A bike is never just a sum of it's numbers on paper. The 1100 feels much more substantial and the motor feels way more lively than and of the 800s. It is to the point you'd think the bikes aren't related. It also sounds and revs much nicer, sportier than the R nine T. That is preferential however. I regret getting the Cafe and not the 1100. Likely sell mine privately and pick up a 1100.

The one you're riding looks incredible with the black-out parts.

Great review mate. I only just discovered this model. I have been thinking about what type motorcycle I would get next. Honestly I had been thinking about a standard bike like a Royal Enfield Continental GT. But I've grown kind of fond of the scrambler look and I'm not serious about an adventure bike. The scrambler looks like a great Urban brawler. The ability to take a dirt trail now and then would be fun. I'm surprised I see the great bargains are leftover 2019 or even 2018 models brand new. Under 10K USD. I think the Ducati will do it all for me and will be my next motorcycle 🤠

Great style of review 👍

This is Hogan from Super bikes, he definitely knows what he is talking about please keep him on the channel. Though I disagree on 4 years before changing the oil 11:28 . This should be done yearly regardless of mileage

Yes, 4K is glorious. Shame you only uploaded in 1080k though! 😀 Nice real-world review, talking feelings and generalisations, rather than number crunching obsessing. Good job!

The 1100 is very likable . I have other bikes that are faster, better handling, and more expensive but I don't have any that are more fun. Great review.

Nice review. But the motor is what makes this motorcycle such a blast to ride. Brakes, clutch and suspension are terrific but the motor is the key to its character.

Okay... that was a good one. Maybe one of your best ones. Touché

such a nice bike

You came testing this bike on my backyard, Serra da Arrábida. With wet weather or cold days, some parts of the road are very slippery indeed! I love this engine, the old 1100 air cooled they already used on ducati Hypermotard 1100 s, and that was a BEAST! Nice video, thanks for sharing! When will you do a sinilar one with the KTM 1290 Super Adventure S? Pretty please!!!

That the best review I've ever seen on 1100 I have 1100 sport edition 2018 model still 500 kilometres only i can't tell how much I love this bike Power is a true thing on this bike no one would regret getting it Thank you again for such a review One thing I don't like is the factory mirrors i can't see much with it so am thinking to have side mirrors it might gives better visibility.

Great review. That grey colour was used by Italian police on their Alfa Cop cars.

I hAve the sport version and I LOVE 💘 like crazy

You got that shark raw! Nice. That’s my helmet! 👍

I’ve got one of these. Only gripe is that while it’s easy to switch riding modes it’s cumbersome to switch traction control levels (I.e 4 is for rain). Best to set city mode with DCT4 so if you want to power down in the rain it’s ez.

Love this bike, prefer the look of the Special though with the wire wheels

When I reviewed the Special a year + ago I had very similar conclusions. The engine is wonderful and punches well above its weight and the bike handles like a peach in traffic. The 1100 is a superb urban tool that sounds and looks great. Definitely worth looking for a 2nd hand low mileage example. Here in the US there are leftovers around too.

Nice video!

Nice beastie boys ref at 1:34 🤟

Jesus mate, smile once in a while!

Love mine

Sounds epic!! Does it have just the slip on pipes or the full system??

What a beautiful looking bike! Just proper sound those pipes are amazing! The only obstacle will be the cost of purchasing it and the service cost.

This real world review just sold the bike for me. Ducati UK should let you have one for another year just because I’m on my way to the dealership!

Adam Waheed could learn a heck of a lot about presenting and reviewing motorcycles from this guy.

4,000 miles 😂 Great review 👍

My dream bike. Handles wayyy better than a BMW Nine T. And the low power band is perfect for city hooligan riding.

Just a coincidence, I was listening to Gerry and the Pacemakers before this.. and there they are in the background!

Pleasuring two invisible men 🤣 fucking classic

No BS review of the bike,i like it. Who cares about the nos,it's how you feel for the bike when riding it.

3:04　とても良い加速で最高！👍

Please guys, we want a review of the Ducati Night Shift :)

Fantastic bike! I would buy it today except for the brake hose that loops up over the gauge. Because of that I'll pass on it until Ducati fixes the mistake.

You’ll never walk alone

Nice review as always. I wonder if they are considering a Desert Sled 1100. That would be sick but than again maybe too big/expensive for off roading.

205 kg wet? That's not that heavy.

Great review. What you'll think the deferences will be compare to the scrambler 1200 xc , in every day use. Thanks

Save your cash - buy the 803 Icon - and spend the extra on mods. Great bikes!

awesome video! What was the helmet?

Nice review ,, ive got the desert sled , so maybe up the anti and go for the 1100. Nice helmet ,,what is it ??

I am a beginner but I just love to get one. This bike looks so nice. Would it be a bad idea if this is what I get as a beginner?

Going to look at a 2nd hand one on Sunday in Sydney, Australia. Replace the 2006 S2R

I've a 2010 Monster 796 and i like the retro style of this Scrambler and also the desert sled version. I am 1,86 m (6'1ft ?), and now my 796 feels a small bike (it was my fisrt bike, so in the first years i didn't felt that). Do you feel that the 1100 scrambler is a small bike for a guy with my high? Keep up with the good and down to earth, daily use, reviews. ;)

I have the yellow one and love it. Only done a thousand miles in a year mind. I have fitted an oil cooler and engine guard - my only gripe is that the short mudguard on the front allows the front wheel to throw up stones that chip the black paint on the front cylinder. Problem solved now though.

Awesome 👍 review thanks! I currently own an 800 and looking to upgrade in the near future. How would you compare the 1100 to the z900 RS Cafe? Which one would you prefer to tackle a weekend day trip.

Very honest… myself after 23 T ks in 18 month… on long tours, tons of curves… loved it… save, trust…had even lots of fun on the racetrack🤪…the only thing, I have to learn to hold her… cause Im just 165 cm and a woman.. two weeks ago I switched to the Hyper… a little beast😆

Sticking up for the 800, at age 54 and 5’8 tall, the 800’s smaller size and weight is more manageable, everything you’ve said about the 1100 applies to the 800, they are both great bikes

Any issues with heat off the pipes when riding in town?

What backpack/messenger were you using please?

I like this bike... sounds good, looks good. Still trust a Triumph more than an Italian though... My money would go to the British twin

In India it costs 19-20K $ !!! Thanks to the Import duties :( It's one of the best looking bikes apart from R9T (29K $) and Z900rs(24K $). And the Desmo services costs 400$! We can only do window shopping here unless have black money :(