2025 Ducati Scrambler Icon Dark and Full Throttle First Look

The last full-force redo for Ducati’s popular Scrambler series was in 2023, when we saw updates to the chassis and electronics. Back then you could also sample the Scrambler in either 800cc or 1,100cc variants, both packing different versions of the air-cooled desmo two-valve V-twin engine. For the 2025 model year, however, the 1,100cc Scrambler is no more, and Ducati’s once-mighty Land of Joy sub-brand is down to just two models: the new Scrambler Icon Dark and the Scrambler Full Throttle, both equipped with the same 803cc air-cooled engine and trellis frame (and moody color palette) but with some tweaks to the styling and component list.

That engine has been refined to meet Euro 5+ emissions though its bore and stroke numbers remain at 88mm and 66mm, with power still rated at a claimed 73 hp at 8,250 rpm, and 48.1 lb.-ft. of peak torque coming at 7,000 rpm. Compression ratio is likewise unchanged, while the ECU that debuted in 2023 allows for riding modes, traction control, and cornering ABS across the board. The chassis is likewise unchanged, with a steel-tube trellis frame and the same 57-inch wheelbase and 24-degree steering rake. Upfront is a 41mm Kayaba fork, while at the rear you get a Kayaba single shock coupled with a cast aluminum swingarm, both with 5.9 inches of travel. The new Scramblers roll on a 18/17 wheel combo wearing Pirelli MT 60 RS tires and are stopped via a 330mm rotor with Brembo four-piston caliper in the front and a 245mm rotor with single-piston caliper out back—both with cornering ABS.

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The Icon Dark serves as the gateway model to the range (in fact, it’s the cheapest Ducati you can now buy, period), with a stealthy black-on-black scheme that underlines the clean design of the classic teardrop-shaped tank. Everything else is cloaked in black: side panels, wheels, frame, clutch, and even the fork, but unlike the pre-2023 (and more colorful) Icon, the 2025 Dark model gets those latest electronic updates, like the ride-by-wire throttle, ride modes, LED headlight, and the 4.3-inch TFT display. It should light a fire under the pricier but less powerful Triumph Scrambler 900.

The flat-track-inspired Scrambler Full Throttle remains the sportier of the two, with a lower aluminum handlebar, homologated Termignoni end can, and Ducati’s up/down quickshifter as standard equipment; pretty much the same specs as last year, though the color scheme is far more subdued. The side number plates still bear the number 62—for 1962, the first year the original Ducati Scrambler debuted. Along with the sump guard, dark paint with bronze Scrambler lettering on the tank, and new bronze wheels, you’re getting a decidedly more aggressive look.

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Pricing for the Icon Dark starts at $9,995 while the Full Throttle is $12,395. Both bikes are set to arrive at North American Ducati dealers in March of 2025.

Ducati also recently released the Scrambler 10° Anniversario Rizoma Edition to celebrate the anniversary of the Scrambler L-twin introduced in 2015. The Rizoma bike is also based on the second-generation Scrambler platform, but wears unique livery featuring a Stone White tank cover and rear fender, with pretty much every other component getting blacked out. As you’d expect, it also adds elegant billet Rizoma bar-end mirrors, hand levers, fuel cap, passenger footpegs, and other accessories. The Scrambler 10° Anniversario Rizoma Edition will be limited to just 500 units and retail for $15,000 when it becomes available in March 2025.