The original Scrambler, for those unfamiliar, was a bare-bones, single-cylinder bike which Ducati made from the early '60s through the mid-70s, with engine sizes ranging from 125 to 450cc, with the largest-capacity versions sold as the Jupiter. They were cheap, simple, easy to ride and nothing like the Ducatis we know today, which half explains the cult following their picked up along the way. And it's that image into which Ducati hopes to tap with the new Scrambler.
The Italian motorbike company, now owned by Lamborghini and part of the Volkswagen Group, confirmed the new Scrambler was on its way when it launched the first episode in a three-part series to drum up some excitement. The Franco & Elvira Story recreates the two Ducati employees who were used in the advertising campaign for the original Scrambler, rendered in claymation in a time-traveling plot that takes Franco from the future to the past and (after meeting Elvira) to the present day.
With the release of the third and final episode, Ducati has confirmed that the bike will debut at the Intermot motorcycle show in Cologne, Germany – giving us the sneak peak above at what the final version will look like while we wait for the show to open on September 30.
