I could be totally talking out my back side here so correct me if I'm wrong. I would think that a 4T Montesa takes alot more modifications to be competitive on the world level than say a stock Gas Gas or or any othe 2 stroke for that matter. Big bore kit, electronic ignition mapping blah, blah, blah. I'm just sayin. Bou won the title. I don't think it really matters what bike he rides.

That is the main point here - The 'factory' Monts are 100% factory specials down to almost every last part

Heard that the rear shocks were worth around

It's not a new scenario and funnily enough Honda involved agin, think we all hypothesised at the prices of the RTLs Steve and Eddy lejeune rode in the 80's, I heard numbers in the hundreds of thousands. It's the price we pay for havng the biggest manufacturer in the business involved in the trials game though Montesa, think i'd rather have them than not.....