I've been hearing rumors about a 400cc Scrambler. Not sure if it would make it the US or if it's geared towards the Japanese market for tax purposes or European markets with tiered licensing.
I may be interested.
I WANT A 400CC PANIGALE! Full on race bike. Give me everything you can Ducati with the idea it's a track bike but street legal. Want.
Huge seller, wrong market. Tiered licenses and displacement taxes will be the market for these if there isn't a price difference between the two. I'm betting it's aimed heavily at the emerging India market like the new Harley Street 500.
What's Scrambler about this bike EXCEPT the name??
Looks like a 250 standard...
There should be SOMETHING that looks a little off road about it, even if nothing but tires.
It could sell, but probably not at that price. I also have a Ninja 300 and the small displacement bike community is very loyal to these little things. The catch, however, is affordability. Many of them got the small bikes because they were so affordable. If you're charging just as much as a bike twice it's size, then they may figure that they might as well upgrade and keep their Ninja and CB 300's.
I think part of the problem is Ducati priced the 800 Scrambler so aggressively there's not a lot of money they can shave off by making a smaller engine. At least for the states because we don't have a tiered license system. The 400 might be a bike that doesn't last long here.
I would think $5,400-6,000 would be a price fair to the market for a 400cc Scrambler. Then offer a buy back/trade in program to move the rider up to the $8,000+ Scrambler. Build brand loyalty right from the last day of the MSR course.
TT why you no comment about what I bought instead?
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