Kove Moto signs contract with Mason Klein for Dakar 2024
Dakar stage winner Mason Klein will participate in the 2024 Dakar Rally as a private driver with the support of the Chinese manufacturer Kove. After a difficult season in the 2023 World Rally-Raid Championship, including a stage victory in the Dakar Rally, Mason Klein was a bit disappeared from the radar.
Chinese motorcycle manufacturer Kove stepped in and offered Mason Klein full support to lead his own racing team together with their factory riders in Saudi Arabia next January. The great thing is that this young motorcycle manufacturer has signed one of the most popular riders in the world championship.
Klein made his mark on the rally raid world with a breakthrough performance at his first Dakar in 2022, where he finished ninth. Mason won the inaugural Rally2 W2RC Championship that year and looked ready for bigger things. In the 2023 Dakar, Mason won a stage and was a leading contender, but a pair of heavy falls, one of which resulted in a head injury, marked the start of a tough season for the young American.
Kove says he is more than excited to support Mason as a privateer in his Klein Off-Road Racing Team during the Dakar. Mason will ride the new 2024 Kove 450 Rally EX and will have access to the factory technicians, parts and factory team, but with the flexibility of his own program.
Mason Klein: "I think the engine is ready. I really feel like I wouldn't go there if I wasn't there to win. Top 10 is the easy part; we've already done that. My mom says 'finish', but last time I told my mom I wanted top 10 and I did it, so this time I say I want to win... that's the goal."
About Kove Moto
KOVE MOTO is a very young Chinese company and was founded in 2017. They focus on performance and the company vision to provide high-quality, large-displacement sports motorcycles for motorcycle users and enthusiasts around the world. Kove already sold 2020 motorcycles in 20.000 and has various types of machines in its range, such as all-roads, scooters, a rally raid machine, enduros, dirt bikes with petrol engines and even an electric crosser. It is clear that Kove wants to give himself a sporty image by participating in the Dakar Rally. It starts on January 5, 2024 in Saudi Arabia.
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