[Mark Berg - CPD]

While over here in Spain this week, there was a Spanish magazine called "enduro sport" that released their December issue on Friday and the front cover had a GasGas FSR515 front and center on the cover with a KTM 530 in an inlet picture (that is a first seeing a GasGas take center stage). There must have been 15 issues circulating the factory on Friday with everyone reading it and smiling while conversing about it. My Spanish being as horrible as it is, I tried to run a "free translation" on the internet to post here, but that came out worse than expected. So I asked the American Engineer and head of R & D to get a professional translation done for us unilingual folks. In the meantime he told me everyone was excited because the magazine said it had the better horsepower and a stronger delivery than any big-bore they had thrown a leg over. While the KTM 530 dies out at 8000 rpm, the GasGas continues to pull strong even through 10,000 RPM.

The Factory was especially excited as this magazine has never given the GasGas respect before and has always been pro-orange! They are excited and will now have two 515's and two 450's sent next week to the US so we can give to the magazines. Production for the 515 and FSR are not til January, so if you want one you better order through your local dealer. If you do not have a local dealer, help us get you a good dealer in your area.

They are also going to translate another magazine that tested all 7 450's and one rider rated he FSR second, and another two rider's rated it 3rd. Things are going well for GasGas and Hebo clothing just signed Cervantes to ride Hebo clothing in 2008!