Well, I can say it has been a good ride. The yellow bike and I have bonded, as with any good relationship between man and machine. Except I wasn’t very nice to the RM-Z or my wallet in the process. It survived some supercross, helped me train up for the Nationals, became first a practice [...]
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After 64 hours on the RM-Z450, my parts tally included just two clutches, a screw on the chain guide and the occasional tire. That is, aside from fixing last year’s SX crash damage. I figured I had been lucky and should freshen up the yellow beast, so I headed on down to Hahm Motorsports and [...]
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Since I grew up in a rural, middle-of-nowhere armpit, we didn’t have the modern technologies or services that city folk had. For example: a gym, trash service, home-delivered mail and even cable TV were out of the question, and satellite television was too expensive. So except for a few magazines, I was cut off from [...]
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All of the current four-stroke 250cc MX bikes are very good, but the others are a tick better than the unchanged-for-2006 RM-Z. In spite of the weaknesses of the bike, there are worthy reasons to buy one: It’s offered at a fair price and is backed by a strong contingency program. But if you are [...]
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It seems that when people hear the name Suzuki, they automatically stamp the bike as being unreliable and requiring a lot of maintenance. I have had firsthand experience with this old-school Suzuki problem, but so far with the new RM-Z450 my impression has been quite the contraryBack in January, just before the first round of [...]
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HILLSDALE, Mich., (Feb. 28, 2013) – Cobra
HILLSDALE, Mich., (Feb. 28, 2013) – Cobra
A video recap of the Pro Taper
Recap video for the 2012 Mini O's
