New £31k Ducati Isn’t Even a Bike!

The worlds of motorcycles and high-end watches collide fairly regularly, with bike manufacturers often wanting to add a premium touch to their flagship products.

The latest brand to hop on the idea is Ducati, which, along with Gerald Charles, is paying homage to the iconic Ducati 916. The timepiece in question is the Maestro 4.0 Ducati 30° Anniversario 916, and it unsurprisingly costs quite a lot of money.

€37,000 is the price for this new kettle and hob, a price quoted from Monochrome-Watches.com yet missing from the official Gerald Charles website - if you have to ask the price, etc. It is though a handsome looking item, with a face designed to ape the famous gold three-spoke wheels as found on the actual bike.

Like any top-spec motorcycle, the Maestro even has some carbon fibre in its construction, with a forged carbon case that’s topped by a ceramic bezel - very fancy. Elsewhere you’ll find a sandblasted titanium case back and a screw-down crown with Clous de Paris finish, apparently.

Really though the price of this thing is what got our attention, so he’s some two-wheeled toys you could snap up instead of this fancy ticker.

• Michael Rinaldi’s old race bike - £22,990

Yep, you read that right! The World Superstock bike ridden by Michael Rinaldi is up for grabs and for sale from the people at Cuibo Moto. The bike is said to be “fully loaded with extras” although as it’s a race bike you won’t be nipping the shops on it. You will though be able to spend the change on some riding tuition, and maybe one day you’ll be as fast as the guy who raced it in World Superstock. But probably not.

• Ducati Panigale V2 Superquadro Final Edition - £23,500

That’s right, the V2 or ‘baby’ Panigale is being phased out, with this bike being the final hurrah of a machine that actually makes more sense on the road than the full-fat V4. You’ll also have enough change left over to deck yourself out in some fancy Ducati-branded leathers and a lid, ‘cos nothing says “I’m fast as f*ck” like matching your leathers to your bike - honest.

• Three Ducati Scrambler Icon models - £9,995 each

The entry point into Ducati ownership, if you don’t fancy pedalling yourself on an E-bike, comes in the form of the cute and cuddly 803cc Scrambler Icon. Yes, its engine can trace its roots back to Roman times, and yes it is the slowest bike in the range, but that doesn’t stop it being a hoot to ride on a sunny day. The bike received high praise recently, with MotoGP champion Pecco Bagniaia revealing that his everyday ride when back home in Italy is a Scrambler Nightshift, a bike he praised for being “the perfect bike to ride in the street: not very powerful, but very clean” and he’s definitely faster than you.

Check out our Ducati Scrambler Icon Review here