Ducati's New Dualsport?

Motorcycle News is running a set of highly suspect "spy photos" of Ducati's new adventure bike (I say "suspect" because how often do spy photographers just happen to be hiding behind the dunes during secret testing of a hush-hush new motorcycle?). If the photos (and MCN) are to be believed, Ducati is clearly targeting the R1200GS's market niche with this new bike. In fact, if MCN is to be believed (I keep saying that, don't I?), the Duc is clearly more capable than the Beemer:

The bike was getting at least six feet of air over some of the jumps although our pictures only got the bike coming down from the highest point.

Uh huh.

Unbelievably, in a long line of ugly dualsport machines, this one takes the prize. What is wrong with those Italians?

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