The Ducati Scrambler in the Countryside | Suffolk Diaries
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- I head off to Silverstone to pick up a Ducati Scrambler 800 Icon.
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Locations:
- First Coffee Shop, 1a Clopton Commercial Park, Woodbridge IP13 6QT
- Boulge Church, St Michael & All Angels, Boulge, Woodbridge IP13 6BW
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- 2023 Ducati Scrambler Icon 800
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I knew you'd make it big on TH-cam ever since I first came across one of your videos. The aesthetic in your videos has never been portrayed so well by any other motorcycle youtuber
That’s extremely kind of you to say so, hugely appreciated!
I'm might wrong but after watching a few videos it seems to me that Monica's artistic delicacy and Freddie's enthousiasme towards the bikes make a great match in this project.
It's not a horsrace like in case of some other reviews or opinion videos.
There is less testosterone here, tranquility passes trough the screen especially during those lovely B-rolls. Great vibes and ballance between bikes and the often charming surroundings.
That's exactly what most of us😊 are looking for on classical looking bikes.
It would be actually quite interesting to know who edit these videos and matches that great music.
(I've got an idea, but just to be sure. 🤭)
Even though I'm not from the UK, I'm from Texas, I truly enjoy your expeditions into old places like this. We would love to see a little more of Monika on front of the camera as well. You guys make a great team and couple I'm sure.
Beauty mate.. great job. This video brings me the sense of peace i dont know why maybe its just me 👍👍
Why is Freddie not yet hired as a presenter for BBC, PBS or some other major broadcast network? #makefreddiefamous
Let’s keep Freddie a secret.🤫
That’s very kind of you to say so, John!
*An episode with Henry Cole at a vintage motorbike meet.* But then it's back to the TH-cam we go.
freddie would be a top presenter for BBC Escape to the Country!@@christga100
We do not want Mr "D" corrupted by corporate media thank you.
Apart from the motorcycles, I like these random snippets of rural England and what is out there if you take the time to look. Nice one Freddie and Monika!.
DRL = Daylight/time Running Light. Also the usbs are usually under the seat even on newer triumphs as it saves the port from the elements. You are topically suppose to by a usb a to a extension for the handle bars. I appreciate your random rants on history. When i do them my Mrs. hates it unfortunately. If you ever visit LA. Let me know, coffee on me at the Bike Shed and ill show you some old military bases.
very nice Freddie. this particular angle could be something fairly original for you as a content producer. as an American I quite like this sort of slice of life or history bit from Britain, and this one gets into a place I'd have little or no opportunity to know about even if I were visiting your country. doing it from the motorcyclist angle is yet more unique. thanks a bunch to you and Monica! her production values really do add a lot.
After living the last 30 years outside of the U.K. your videos remind me just how beautiful the U.K. is. When it’s not raining 😅
Unfortunately most of this part of England (East Anglia) is now a building site due to the vast number of illegal immigrants about to be allowed to stay in the country.
Love it when Freddie’s latest videos pop up! Thanks for the content!
Thanks, I hope you enjoy!
Hi Freddie & Monika,
The bit where you mentioned, possibly the old runway looks too narrow. I would guess it may be the old Perry track aka perimeter track. They still have them on military airfields. Had to get permission from the tower aka goldfish bowl to cross them.
Definitely a Peri-track. Runways don’t tend to have curves.
Love these videos Freddie 👍👍well done Monica for finding another gem👏👏👏
What a bloody stoopid place to put a phone charger! Come on Ducati… think it through, or have a look at a Royal Enfield Classic.
Tech hungry consumers will love the TFT Screen with all that info on display, but on a Scram l think a single old fashion speedo would be more suitable or even optional for 2k less.
I often wonder are TFT DISPLAYS another Big Brother invention to spy on road users.
Speeding and parking tickets may well be sent via your own TFT.
No belly plate or rear mudguard on this Scrambler but you do get a TFT DISPLAY 😮
Are motorcycle handlebars becoming cluttered with Digital information 🤔 Quad Locks 😮 Heated Grips 😅 Sat Navs. I have nothing like this on my 2002 honda cb 500s just a rev counter and speedo.
My iPhone goes in my pocket , never to be looked at until I've stopped.
Are we becoming obsessed with technology..
No trees back then Freddie - wingtip clearance & crash hazard 👍🏻
Good point!
Depends. That concrete was not the runway. It was also too narrow to be a taxiway. Probably just a service road maybe to Air Traffic Control etc. Pear trees would take years and years to grow to that size and produce that much fruit. Could well of been there during WW2. I wish the tree could talk to us! 😊
@@EnglishVeteran not that wide now ..... i know Debach well & what it looked like the and now 😉
@@davidryan4454 However, that was not a runway or taxiway.
Thanks Freddie, Rose and I love your days out on bikes. First time we watched, you were in Cornwall at the explosives factory near Falmouth. Just about caught up with all your travels. We also ride a Bonneville and our daily driver is a Fiat 500! A favour, if you will, we are road tripping to Sorrento in a couple of weeks and would live the name of the pizza restaurant in Naples if you can recall it. Happy riding and keep vlogging!
Delighted you found the channel, Paul! And what a brilliant coincidence🏍️🚗
I‘ve just tried looking for the pizzeria but can’t remember it, unfortunately.
Have a fantastic road trip!🙂🇮🇹
@@FreddieDobbsnoprobs, I'm sure other pizzarias are available! Thanks.
These old country churches are so interesting. The history in those walls and what they’ve seen over the centuries, is hard to comprehend but incredible to picture how people have lived there over such a period of time. 👍
DRL is for Daytime Running Lights.
Mpg is easily found in the Display submenu. You can choose whether or not to show it on your home screen.
The Ducati display and interface is very easy to learn and use. You have to be completely untechnical if you can't follow the simple steps.
Thanks Freddy, i'd like to know your opinion about some special bike similar than the Ducti scambler, but cheaper, the RE hunter 350, maybe a new video with this smaller cheaper indian motorc., a big salute from Argentina!
Freddie's and Monika's trips are so informative, not just for the motorcycles but for the places they go to. Lovin it,thank you
1. nice tour. thanks 2. u missed the BG Museum at the airfield. 3. I don't want a rolling godd#*m computer. 4. Monica casts a much nicer shadow than you do.
"Luckily I'm well organised" - I've been watching your videos for quite some time and I beg to differ 😂😂😉
Only joking Freddie, I always look forward to your videos - they never disappoint! 🙂
Freddie, unless you took a strange route you'd have ridden past my house on your run out to First Cafe (and missed the fun B1079 from Grundisburgh to Debach!) If you are interested, the Airfield Museum is open for the last time for 2023 this Sunday, and there will be a large collection of roadworthy WW2 vehicles too. I go there most open days on my GS - I'll keep an eye out for the Scrambler!
Freddie....I live near East Kirkby aviation centre....there is a lancaster bomber there called "just Jane" the museum is fascinating...especially the personal accounts.... its a good ride out for you though probably two hours ....there used to be a POW camp in my viillage too......On the Ducati.....nice bike but servicing costs?? too high surely?
I was there to see the Lancaster and the Mosquito running a couple of weeks ago.
Fantastic place. All credit to the family that created it.
DRL = daylight running lights. That probably wasn’t a runway as they don’t normally go round corners! Be exciting if they did though!!!
Good point. A taxiway I think (or so I’ve just been told)
I think DRL = Daytime Running Lights 👍
Would more likely be the perimeter service road, many runways, even for heavy bombers were grass.
Freddie, the baptismal bowl would be sitting inside the stone plinth. Underneath the wooden top. The stone plinth looks very 19th century though it may well contain a very old metal, likely tin or copper, bowl.
Ah interesting, thank you Max
All that non intuitive tech, a USB plug under the seat so practically useless and horrendous servicing costs just confirms to me why I could never buy a Ducati.
When you said a lovely spot for a coffee .......... an industrial estate wasn't the first place that popped into my mind. I was thinking more along the lines of a quaint old cafe in a Suffolk village perhaps a listed building many hundreds of years old with low ceilings. oak beams and small doorways, home made food, cakes and buns with mugs of coffee the size of buckets.
The history of the air field was interesting. Indeed there were lots following the second world war also in Norfolk, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire and other neighbouring counties.
You should try and get across to Duxford or the Shuttleworth Museum and possibly do videos from these. I think you would like the historic vehicle, military vehicle perspective as well as the planes themselves.
Good to see you wearing proper gear again.
Good camera work by Monika.
ATB.
It is a strange place for a USB port😳
It wasn’t specifically a picturesque coffee spot, but I’ll try and make sure the next one is🙂
Colossal amount of tech, but all you need is a USB on the handlebar 😊thanks for the upload
I can’t argue with this!
You are talented to present not only bikes but history of England too❤
Thanks Freddie, your videos have unexpectedly become some sort of morning therapy while having coffee for me. Now all I want is to fly over, rent a bike and drive around the UK country side (I think i'll start with North Wales).
Thanks guys. Monika's eye yet again. And, I know the looks of bikes are veeeeeery subjective. But that would be mine I think. After 40 years of riding. It's perfect. Ride safe everyone. And thanks Freddie and Monika for another brilliant video. Love from NZ.
Hi Freddie, thanks for your fantastic work! I think your choices in bikes are perfect and fit great to the feeling I get watching your videos. Also it's nice to und see someone not being focused on riding modes, hp and all that but on the experience of getting out there rinding a motorcycle and being a chill guy. Thanks for that! Gonna pick up a royal enfield next year after countless test rides on all the same mid size nakeds and just ride.
Is the Ducati Desmo service really £1,000?😳. Wow….I own BMW and Harley Davidson bikes and I have never had that type of service bill!!. Always liked Ducati’s, but I was always told they are expensive to own.
oooh so close to being first. The humanity!
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Another enjoyable video with varied and interesting content (not just 20 minutes of video through the windscreen). Great work by both of you as always.
*boring modern tech motorbike bullshit* BUT LOOK AT THE PEARS ON THIS PEAR TREE
..Pears on this pear tree! You don't like that bike, Freddie. Don't blame you. Classic 350 for you.
Great video Freddie and Monica...great history in old churches. Do you follow Ipswich Town FC Freddie?
Interested in your opinion Freddie - I just came off a Harley Davidson Fat Bob (rental) which I rode for 4300km through California/Nevada/Arizona in only 14 days. Never really ridden a bike before and was a little scared at the beginning of the trip but after those two weeks the Fat Bob and me have become one. Now I want a bike for myself and always liked the Ducati Scramblers looks. So I did a test ride of the Icon 2023 recently and then looked at an almost new Nightshift 2022...unfortunately after the Fat Bob this thing feels like a tiny bicycle in comparison. It was an easy ride and I can see how it´s perfect for my daily city commute but I could not get over the missing sound, the thin handle bar and the overall feeling of flimsiness in comparison. Arguably the Fat Bob costs twice as much and it´s not the right bike to commute. Long story short - do you think I could fall in love with the bike over time...maybe customize the handle bar and exhaust? I understand it will never be a Fat Bob and I don't need it to 🙂- just wondering if it´s a bad idea to buy a motorcycle which was love at first sight but not on first ride?
Hi Freddie, that's got to be the ugliest bike you've had so far. Looks more like a slung together 125, than a £10k thing. And all that unnecessary tech, just gimmicks. Great to see some of the Lovely countryside though. Have you been to Hawkadon Queens head. They do a classic car/bike meet on the last Saturday of the month, and it's an incredibly picturesque pub. Worth a visit.
Great review! I have the Triumph Scrambler 900 but was looking into the Ducati, too. Key question though: where did you get that cool collared quarter zip sweatshirt?
If you are good with spanners, ie a competent motorcycle mechanic, the desmo/belt service on all the air cooled 2 valvers is a pretty simple and straight fwd job.
No biggie...unless you are paying Official Ducati for it....
Buried? No, tenants of the Mausoleum are sleeping during the day. . .get home by sunset Freddie. . .all 26 will also be against you. RUN!
If your interested in nostalgic old American airbases in England I highly recommend the movie "Twelve O'clock High".
I kept getting ads for the new Exorcist movie during this, freaky ! How’s the seat for Monika ? I loved the bike but the wife didn’t like the rear seat.
Very good quality videos... Your channel is underrated. Iam sure you will cross 1M very soon
I like the Ducati but I wouldn't buy one, other manufacturers produce great eye candy machines for less money, I like the look of the Triumph Trident 660.
Anyway a point of interest Freddie, today I returned from cruising the western Med for a couple of weeks, two of the things I watch out for besides the touristy bits is the birds (feathered type) and what motorcycles people are riding, Ajaccio in Corsica really caught my attention the other day and I'd say eight out of ten motorcycles were tourers and they were everywhere all kitted up for serious touring, mainly BMWs, Hondas, Triumphs and others, not many Ducatis but my thoughts are that Corsica is a motorcyclist's touring Mecca? Just a seed planted if you both should consider to explore there whilst enjoying the sunshine?
By the way I'd not watched anything from you for two weeks so didn't know where you both were, I was in Barcelona yesterday and as weird as it is I kept an eye out for you both on La Rambla and the side streets just hoping you were both there as it's one of your regular haunts. Sad I know. LOL. Ride safe.
Re the beautiful church - the baptisms are carried out in a font Freddie. Enjoy your videos. Rather too much tech on the Ducati I think!
Watch all your vids but I would like to actually hear this bike some time. You always seem to play music when you're riding it.
hey freddie have you ever riden a yam 650cc dragstar looking at one for my next bike im 48 and on a 125 lol so looking to upgrade thanks
I'm wondering if the ducati scrambler 800cc is to small for me. I'm 6ft4 and 235 pounds
Agreed- I’m afraid you’ll be too big for it.
Loved the video, especially the history snippets.
Probably a service road rather than a runway…..with a bend in it 😉
How does it feel to ride with a passenger? Does power go down significantly? Is it comfortable for a passenger?
Are you trying to make people see for themselves how useless and ugly a modern styled bike becomes in a real world of the old Europe? let me still believe the 45 degree V2 is very fine.
Freddie as you were speaking on the runway,the sign to your left 493 bg museum. American 493 bomb group. Oh and it’s called a font
yes, and those "crates" are called containers.
@@francespoole3341 or boxes even 😛
It seems pretty simple to just have the USB as part of the TFT🤷🏼♂️
What camera Monica uses? The video quality is impeccable
Did you have any eerie or haunted feeling nearby the church, especially in the graveyard area?
It’s possible to charge while riding. Just get a longer cable and route it out the front of the tank. Voila.
Have you found a suitable bash plate for it, by chance?
I bought my RE Hunter 350 because of your videos now I want that Ducati!
Why? The scrambler is nearly 4 times the price, I think you would be disappointed. 👍🏻
Not at £1000 for a service (according to Freddie….which could be wrong!)
What a brilliant video , well made and get presentation
What a peaceful place
DRL is probably DRiving Lights.
Daytime running lights😊
That USB port location is just DUMB!!!!!!
Another great video. Thanks for the historical info!!👍😎
Why. Can't they make a decent front mudguard ?
So NICE episode from mn smg karnataka India
Too narrow for a runway. More likely an access road or a taxiway :)
DRL=daytime running lights.
Thanks again Freddie and Monica. I love taking the trips on the bike.
A scrambler with tech.....him not sure about it.
it looks very uncomfortable freddie
use a usb extension lead that will sort it
DRL - daytime running lights?
oh there's no flys now in your video clip
. nice.
your so lucky to have real history basically right where you live....another excellent video Monika....
One of the best things about the UK- within a 20 minute circumference, there is always interesting stuff hidden away sonewhere🙂
DRL in the menu is for Daytime Running Light :)
Does anyone know what DRL means, no one has mentioned it yet!
Saw the doctor had parked his tardis at 3.05
I used to work in
Leiston, on sizewell power station and loved suffolk. A very special place!
It’s a beautiful area and often goes under the radar👌🏻
Great film Freddie and Monika , well done.
DRL - Daytime Running Lights. Is that round LED indicator in the bike's headlight. Absolutely beautiful scenery! I dream riding in UK roads sometime.
WW2 airfield s roughly every 6 miles in Norfolk and Suffolk ....The Ducati .....not for me dont know why ....
Loved the tour today! You guys are doing great showing us around Ipswich. I’m from the Yorkshire and trust me it’s equally as beautiful as Suffolk. Definitely, would be exploring soon the East side.
And by the way DRL stands for Daytime running light :)
Wonderful video as always. Our local manor house also got knocked down in the 1950s - when the owners died they either ran out of heirs due to World War II or couldn't pay the death duties or a combination of both. By 1949 the government took 80% on taxable amounts over £1,000,000 as Estate duty, payable on transfer of assets at death.
And another great video from both of you, love the mix of bikes and the countryside and a bit of history, I thought I knew suffolk well but I’ve never heard of Boulge before, and BTW DRL means daytime running lights.
I'd love you to put the scrambler next to an original 1996 Ducati Il Monstro 900. A true work of art and what a younger me's dreams were made of.
As a relative Suffolk newbie wasn't aware of this former airfield thats only 10 miles from me.
Think the Scrambler looks a nice bike, but test rode a couple of years ago and wasn't for me. Cheers Freddie and Monica
Another super production both, thank you. I’m sure DRL is daytime running lights. Keep up the good work. Cheers 👍🏻
DRL...Daylight Running Lamp
It's interesting how much difference a colour makes. The yellow looks so much better to me. Whatever the colour, it looks great from the front like all bikes with round headlights. 4:40 Great storage units. Suffolk probably hasn't changed. No bad thing. I wouldn't buy any high-tech bike. Who needs one? DRL: Datime running lights? My mechanic in Thailand services his own Ducati race bikes. His charge for a service. Around 2 pounds 30 an hour. I hope the Ducati doesn't break down.
My favourite TH-cam channel. Shame TH-cam have ghosted me. Nick J
Very nice video indeed! Music and pictures are very well composed. Nice little church. Like always fascinated of your fascination. Travelling slow with open eyes. Ride save.
Mind blown 🤯 I live in and also from Waterford 😁 Fitzgeralds are a big Irish name in popularity. That was so cool 😎 Loved this video, can not beat some history especially in cool churches.
Hello Freddie, I am curious about the engine heat in these Ducati models. Mind sharing your thoughts ? Coming from a tropical country this issue matters. Thanks in advanc
That Ducati would with all that tech would do my head in, I just want simple. A £ 1000. Service would be a big no no from me. The ‘stone thing’ in the Church is the ‘Font’ used for Christening.
This was delightful Freddie, thank you! Bikes, history, English countryside, perfect.
Another good vid! Would've loved to hear Monika's experience and general comfort on the Scrambler as a passenger!
The big storage company the other side of the cafe is alll built along the main old runway there. Think the units you stopped by was built on a smaller runway. Have a look on Google maps, looks more obvious from above. 👍👍
How is this one compared to the Fantic Caballero 500?
Good question! The engine on this is much better, but I actually prefer the style and comfort and ergonomics of the Fantic
Hi Freddie and Monika. Another really enjoyable countryside jaunt. I love the sense of history we have in the UK visiting old castles and ruins and thinking of those who lived there years and years ago. Being from Cornwall, I always love your Falmouth videos. What’s become of the Bonneville? Last I saw it was being repaired. Hope it’s ok.
I saw this bike at the Motorcycle Show last Spring, and all I could think is why didn't Triumph put an exhaust like that on the Trident and could I get one for the Trident... Anyway, DRL is Daytime Running Lights.
Hi Freddie, the old piece in the church is called a 'Font', used for Christian baptisms, (now known (badly) as naming ceremonies. It seems to be tradition that when a new church is built to replace a previous church, the font is usually moved from old to new.