nothing other than change the odometer from miles to kilometres, adjust the clock and select both trip meters. There is a USB port, although where it’ s placed it looks as this may have been an afterthought. There are no rider modes here, no traction control, it’ s all back-to-basics and I like that about the Scrambler. It does have ABS braking via the Brembo setup of a single 320mm disc up front and a 255mm disc at the rear. This all works just fine, because, let’ s face it, the bike isn’ t going to be doing breakneck speeds is it? When you stand back and look at the bike it looks‘ retro cool’. A reborn classic with some modern features. It doesn’ t have much in the way of real off-road DNA but it is easy to ride on the tarmac and good condition gravel roads. If you don’ t expect too much from the bike, it will provide plenty of fun on most adventures and I’ m sure a few tweaks here and there will make a difference to its handling and off road capabilities. So, I haven’ t covered everything about this bike but once I get a few touring accessories, a first service, the‘ running in’ procedure is complete and re-engineer the sprocket situation I’ ll go further afield to find some more challenging terrain and simply see what happens. Watch this space or should I say;‘ to be continued’.
KIWI RIDER 75