To sum up the 2022 DesertX in a few words I’d say the bike is impressive, entertaining, and highly capable. It’s not often that a manufacturer enters a new sector with a bike design that seems a bit ‘out-there’ and does such a bloody good job against the competition. Ducati hasn’t just knocked on the door of the adventure segment and asked to come inside. It’s smashed the door off the hinges, bunny-hopped onto the table and done a burnout in the faces of the established names. It really does genuinely feel like a two-for-one machine, not heavily compromised in one scenario or another, and massively capable in both. Not only that, it really does look like nothing else on the road, has decent range and is only really let down by some niggly issues that owners may be able to fix over time.
