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29-Exclusive Interview with GasGas co Founder
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Exclusive Interview with GasGas co Founder Josep Pibernat www.retrotrials.com
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Which languages do you speak?
French, Spanish, English, Italian and I understand Slovakian. I also speak German and Portugese. |
Piber used to travel widely making relationships with foriegn clients. Here Piber is with the then Japanese GasGas importer.
Exclusive Interview with GasGas co Founder Josep Pibernat www.retrotrials.com
Andreu Codina and Piber used to travel around the World together. Piber would mind for Andreu at local exhibition trials .
Exclusive Interview with GasGas co Founder Josep Pibernat www.retrotrials.com
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Exclusive Interview with GasGas co Founder Josep Pibernat www.retrotrials.com
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Exclusive Interview with GasGas co Founder Josep Pibernat www.retrotrials.com
What else have you done?
I have had some other projects. My father once go to Uruguay and he like this place. He say to me for me to go as well and I go and I like. My father dream of big ranch with cattle on the huge plains. I buy his ranch and 200 cattle. I see, I buy boom it is done. The large areas of plains in Uruguay are called the Pampera. I name the GasGas after this place. It is a wonderful place to ride.
I have had some other projects. My father once go to Uruguay and he like this place. He say to me for me to go as well and I go and I like. My father dream of big ranch with cattle on the huge plains. I buy his ranch and 200 cattle. I see, I buy boom it is done. The large areas of plains in Uruguay are called the Pampera. I name the GasGas after this place. It is a wonderful place to ride.
Exclusive Interview with GasGas co Founder Josep Pibernat www.retrotrials.com
What is you ambition for Jotagas ?
I want to make good bikes, not in a big quantity. I want to make lots of development and the very good bikes. Its not important the quantity. Its important that it goes better and better and we make good ideas and good bikes. I work in my life to make the development. I no make the development to taken the money. Its different. I want to be happy with the things I like.
I want to make good bikes, not in a big quantity. I want to make lots of development and the very good bikes. Its not important the quantity. Its important that it goes better and better and we make good ideas and good bikes. I work in my life to make the development. I no make the development to taken the money. Its different. I want to be happy with the things I like.
From 1985 until the present day Josep Pibernat has been developing class leading bikes for sale to the pubic. He has personally significantly shaped off road motorcycles into what we have today. Its an incredible achievement.
Exclusive Interview with GasGas co Founder Josep Pibernat www.retrotrials.com
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But the company has to be good in the long term for the profit? Yes the company every time you make to win the money but before you make the product you have to develop the bike so perfect. We have the best product and we make it always better. The other companies have old product. They run with the product they make in the year 2000 and no make development and not have good enduro, not have good trial. Not have good development, not have nothing. I like the discover every day the new things, the materials the products. Some companies only want a good rider in the trial and enduro to be happy. We would like the Pilot for the trial and soon the Enduro but we have to be sensible. I am happy with what I do. |
Under this napkin are new Jotagas drawings. Will it continue to change? . Of course. Its Piber's way.
Exclusive Interview with GasGas co Founder Josep Pibernat www.retrotrials.com
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Exclusive Interview with GasGas co Founder Josep Pibernat www.retrotrials.com
Thank you to Josep Pibernat and his wife Anna for their agreement to complete this interview .