Hardcore rally racers can also opt to go upwards by another $5,000 into the Rally Pro with racing upgrades you won’t find on the bike we tested. However, GPX Moto’s, Gary Goodwin, let us know there is an aftermarket solution in the works. The standard 450R Rally model we tested does fall a notch short of being a rally-ready machine because it lacks a simple means to mount a roadbook reader. Any and all weaknesses are revealed for everyone to see and it’s almost impossible to conceal material defects, flaws and shortcomings.
They are quite correct in this assessment because the Dakar lays every team and machine bare naked and exposed.
Critics and market pundits will attest that Kove’s success at the recent Dakar, said to be the most difficult edition in more than a decade, commands our attention and credence to Kove’s next move. Kove’s biggest milestone to date came in the way of three Chinese recruits who recently passed the hardest test in off-road motorcycling: finishing the grueling two-week Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia on the new Kove Rally Bike, without any prior roadbook navigation racing experience. Impressively, all bikes finished the grueling two-week race – considered the most difficult edition in more than a decade. In a trial by fire, Kove entered three 450R Rally Pro machines in this year’s Dakar Rally. With only 5 years in business, Kove Moto, with its charismatic CEO Zhang Xue, himself a former semi-pro MX racer, have already reached some notable milestones as a company and with their racing program - including competing in the FIM World Supersport 300 Championship. For the remaining majority who are more open minded to hear the story and see what’s unique about it, there’s a lot to unpack from the Kove 450R Rally we tested. Armchair analysis of internet forums and social media comments seems to reveal about 10-15% of US keyboard jockeys will take a “hard pass” on anything Chinese.
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