This bike was made by Spanish JVO for racing the Dakar. So called "Gas Gas Factory bike".
The price was around 16000-17000e before taxes.
The bike is made from 450 EC, what is having parts(motor,brakes etc..) mostly from Yamaha 450. Looks nice but when you look at it closer the "Spanish Quality" shines through. Looks like a "I did it in my garage" -quality. Cannot compare to real factory rides such as KTM 450 Rally Replica. Though the price is a lot cheaper as well.
I have personally very bad experiences about JVO and I would suggest everybody to have nothing to do with them.
Oh.... When the factory team "epsilon racing" was coming back from South America, one of their 8x8 truck was loaded with Cocaine (1400kg)!! That is not so good sportmanship and poor way to fund racing.
"The owner and co-founder of a Spanish Dakar Rally team is in custody in Madrid after French authorities discovered about 1.4 tonnes of cocaine hidden in a truck belonging to the team on its return from South America.
David Oliveras is the director of the Barcelona-based Epsilon Team, which provides technical assistance and preparation for trucks competing in the Dakar Rally.
Authorities said they had found 1.393 tonnes of cocaine wrapped tightly in plastic and hidden inside the large radial tyres in one of the team's trucks after it arrived on Wednesday at the northern French port of Le Havre. The ship carrying the 8x8 all-terrain truck was loaded with vehicles returning from last month's Dakar rally – a nearly 6,000-mile journey that wound its way through Argentina, Bolivia and Chile before ending in Valparaíso, Chile."
