Finally it has happened, photos of the Ducati Strada Aperta have been leaked, and they show the bike’s true form. With the bevy of camofloged photos that we’ve seen already, there aren’t too many surprises here, but we do get to see a clear view of the “beak” of the new adventure-tourer, as well as the front fairings. Photos after the jump.

Similar to the Hypermotard, which seems to share a lot of inspiration with the Stradaperta, the front mudguard has an integrated ram-air intake. Interestingly enough from these photos, we see no mirrors. Gone are the gaudy add-on mirrors we’ve seen before, but also absent are the bar-end mirrors we expected to see in the final version. This leaves us wondering what Ducati has up their sleeve for the BMW GS killer.


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These have to be some of the best shots to day that we have seen of the soon-to-be released Ducati Stradaperta (or is it Strada Aperta?). With official comment on the motorcycle scarce from Bologna, we must still make our own conjectures. Clearly from these photos though, we can see in detail what the head light assembly, and dash will look like. Photos after the jump.

Although still disguised in tape and paint, the bike’s head light can be clearly seen up close and defined. Also revealed is an all-digital dash, which looks large enough to include a GPS map display (although we have no reason to believe such a feature exists on the bike).

The Strada Aperta looks set to have the Hypermotard’s same signal and mirror integrated hand-guards, and some integrated storage space in front fairings. With these latest photos we can only wonder how much speculation we must endure before seeing the bike unveiled in Milan this November.


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