2017 Honda CRF250X & 2017 Suzuki RMX450Z | Beginner's Test

When testing bikes we often call on the fastest and gnarliest dudes we know to give a proper shakedown of the machine in question. And, we have done that both with the 2017 Honda CRF250X and 2017 Suzuki RMX450Z in previous stories. But, since both of these machines are on the tamer side of the road, we grabbed some newbie riders to see what they think of these full-size trail bikes. New riders like these three would typically start on 125 four-strokes or the CRF/TTR 230 type bikes that have a lower seat height and mellower power, yet we sort of forced them to get out of their comfort zone to see if really green riders can skip ahead to bigger machines.