If you’re of the persuasion that adventure bikes are immeasurably cooler with high front fenders, you’re in luck. Ducati has just announced the 2024 DesertX Rally—a souped-up version of the Ducati DesertX made for more aggressive off-road riding.
Thankfully there’s more to the Ducati DesertX Rally than just its livery and high fender. Falling in with the trend of getting highly skilled off-road riders to race big adventure bikes in gnarly competitions, Ducati has already fielded the DesertX Rally in the Erzbergrodeo, with five-time enduro world champ Antoine Méo winning the twin-cylinder class. So it boasts a smorgasbord of upgrades over the base model DesertX.
For starters, there’s 20 mm more suspension travel at each end, bringing the overall numbers to 250 mm at the front and 240 mm at the rear.…