Ducati 250 Scrambler

The Ducati 250 Scrambler, sold in Europe as the 250 SCR, was an on/off-road single-cylinder motorcycle that Ducati built from 1962 to 1974, with around 12,000 made in total. It began as a request from the American importer Berliner Motor Corporation, whose Joe Berliner had a brother, Michael, who had converted a 250 Ducati into a flat tracker, and the model reached Europe in 1968. The first versions used a tuned version of the narrow case Monza engine with higher compression, a sportier cam and a larger carburettor, and the bike was advertised as a four-in-one machine that could be set up for road racing, short track or enduro by changing the handlebars and exhaust. A stronger wide case engine arrived in 1968 and is regarded as the smoothest of the line. The Spanish maker MotoTrans also built the model under licence from 1972 to 1974.