Any speculation? 7 November is taking too long, I hope It's not another Scrambler city bike but something with decent performance.
A 650 what ? I’m not short (at 6’4”) but even I struggle with the modern propensity for ridiculous saddle heights. Andy
That new engine could power a compact, light, fully faired sportbike, a naked urban bike & an off road on road in the style of a Fantic Caballero. My guess is that it will. Don't forget "available in a depowered version for A2 licence holders." on the engine launch page.
One would assume there will be no homologation, bearing in mind current Ssport regs accommodating V2s?
I doubt there would be enough demand to warrant such a bike. Husqvarna discontinued the 701 vitpilen due to low sales, they now only sell the 401 version and below.
Looks like the image above is most likely correct. What’s the point of launching a new engine if you haven’t got anything to put it in?
Agreed, but given the name of the engine and Ducati's history, there may well be a small sports bike along at some point...