The Scrambler 900 makes familiar roads feel new again
There is something wonderfully uncomplicated about the Scrambler 900. You get on, start the engine, and soon find yourself looking for an excuse not to go home.
It has enough torque to make every road interesting, but it never seems to be asking you to prove anything. I like that. You can ride slowly, look around, take a road simply because you have never taken it before.
And then there is the curious effect it has on other people. At traffic lights, outside cafés, at gas stations, people look at it. Some come closer. A few ask questions. It is not an extravagant motorcycle, which perhaps explains why the attention is so interesting.
After more than twenty years away from motorcycles, I had forgotten how a machine can change the way you experience a familiar place. The Scrambler is already doing that for me.