Ducati Riding Experience Adventure Academy expands

Looking to get the most out of your Ducati Multistrada or DesertX adventure bike? The Ducati Riding Experience Adventure Academy is returning in 2024, now with a course in Western Australia joining last year’s list of fixtures in Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria.

Tailored for “Ducati adventure enthusiasts who want to learn all the secrets of on- and off-road riding by fully experiencing the qualities of Ducati bikes”, the course is delivered by Chief Instructor Nick Selleck, who recently featured in Ducati Australia’s short film, Mission: Un-Finkeable.

Each course runs over two days, with the first day dedicated to theoretical instruction and practice drills, followed by a day of touring on both sealed and unsealed roads to put the knowledge into action. Ducati says the locations are handpicked to offer terrain ideally suited to progressing riders’ skills, with participants able to sample each region’s local food and wine when the day is done.

The course costs $945, which includes lunch on both days and dinner at a local restaurant at the end of the first day. Accommodation is not included. While participants can take part on motorcycles of any brand (provided you have a fuel range of over 200km), the course naturally has a distinctly Ducati flavour.

“The DRE Adventure Academy is designed to give our most passionate Ducatisti the chance to learn and experience adventure riding in its most natural form, and it’s great to be able to expand our offering in 2024 by opening our unique DRE mixed-road classroom to WA-based Ducatisti as well,” Selleck said.

“Ducati’s approach to the Adventure Academy series has always been about things being better experienced than explained. And while we do cover the technical aspects throughout the program, our guests are able to put these lessons to the test themselves to really lock in that new-found knowledge.”

• Victoria (Merrijg): April 6-7
• New South Wales (Hunter Valley): May 18-19
• Queensland (Maleny): September 14-15
• Western Australia (Swan Valley): October 5-6

For more information or to register, visit the Maschine Ducati Events web page.