What do riders think of the Ducati Desert Sled Scrambler as a mid range RTW Adventure Dual Sport travel bike.

We see several OEM's coming out with mid range ADV bikes:
Yamaha T-7, KTM parallel twin (700cc or 800cc P twin), Honda CB500X kit, possible upgrade of BMW F800 and maybe a few more.

The 800cc Ducati Desert Sled is priced at $11.400 base price, probably about
$13K usd out the door. Cheaper than the BMW's and KTM's but not much less than the new Honda Africa Twin.

Ducati claim several upgrades for the Desert Sled Scrambler over the other
5 Scrambler models. Frame has been upgraded, "better" suspension and a few other things you can read about in magazine reviews.

The reviews are good so far.

At 456 lbs. the Desert Sled is about 20 lbs. heavier than the standard Scramblers. A bit heavy, IMHO.

But does this bike have the potential to be transformed into a decent travel bike ?? or would we be better off buying a cheap, used standard bike from the 1980's and modifying that for travel?

Can you think of any reason at all to spend $13K usd on this bike?

In many ways I like the bike ... it's very spartan, quite simple without all the electronic gadgets we now wee on SO MANY bikes. It's very basic, no extra clutter or crap on this bike. But of course it's still got F.I. and ABS.

This bike looks like a One Up Only bike. Looks a bit tight for carrying a pillion.

Any thoughts on this?