DIRTHAMMER SAYS

Manhattan, KS

First in a four-bike lot of fully built rally raid bikes being sold to fund a Dakar Rally effort!

Sometimes you get the opportunity to run auctions that are about way more than just selling a bike. Our friends at Off-Piste Adventures out of Manhattan, Kansas are selling this 2024 GasGas ES500F and its three identical siblings to fund a 2027 Dakar Rally team. We cannot imagine a cooler cause, and we're honored to be listing these awesome machines. We'll be rolling out a new Off-Piste Adventures GasGas for the next three Fridays to help them fund their epic quest.

Off-Piste built these GasGas 500s to tackle the Baja 500 and 1000 and the Sonora Rally. These guys have tons of experience at the Sonora Rally and at the Baja Rallies, and built the bikes off the back of those experiences. Two of the bikes in the fleet have competed at the Sonora Rally, and one has a Sonora Rally and Baja campaign under its belt. This bike is a fresh, un-raced build.

GasGas is owned by KTM, and their 500cc four-stroke dirt bikes share chassis, engines, and suspension with the KTM 500 and Husqvarna 501. To get these bikes into fighting shape, Off-Piste bolted on the best OEM parts from the three platforms, as well as a thick roster of choice aftermarket parts. The resulting rippers are fully street-legal rally raid weapons with GasGas frames and engines.

Because Off-Piste started with the factory 50-state legal GasGas ES500F, these bikes have clean street titles. No loopholes, no caveats. Just fully legal big-bore, four-stroke dual sports built for the worst terrain you can imagine. Whether you're looking for a turn-key race bike or just the coolest bike at your next dual-sport rally, you cannot go wrong.

We're going to break down the mod list into categories and list everything below for clarity, but the crew at OPA touched almost every facet of the bikes. From comfort mods for long-distance desert hauls to rally nav equipment to increased fuel capacity and desert-ready tires and mousses, the bikes are built so you can set the suspension adjustments to your specs and take the green flag.