VOLUME 59 ISSUE 7 FEBRUARY 15, 2022 P73
I
t has been seven years since I sat
behind the tight confines of a Hy-
permotard steering head, and, to be
honest, I wasn't expecting much.
I had a Hyperstrada for a couple of
years in Australia, and although it was
a bit of a laugh, I couldn't ever see
myself parting with my own money
to actually buy it. The Hyperstrada is
now gone from Ducati's lineup, which
makes me think the buying public had
the same train of thought as I did.
Fast forward to 2021 and, in the
dying days of that bastard year, the
crew at Ducati North America called
me and asked if I'd be so kind as to
give their Hypermotard 950 SP that
had just won the AMA Supermotard
Championship in the Amateur Asphalt
class with Parker Pitman a squeeze.
About a quarter of a second later
the words "abso-boody-lutely," in my
best Steve Irwin impersonation, came
rushing past my teeth.
Ducati's
Hypermotard
is the kind of
bike you ride
when your only
care in the world
should be having
as much fun
as humanely
possible
BY RENNIE SCAYSBROOK I PHOTOGRAPHY BY KIT PALMER
I
t has been seven years since I sat
Fast forward to 2021 and, in the
PERSONIFIED
Standard play on the Ducati
Hypermotard 950 SP.
HOOLIGANISM
