2023 Suzuki RM-Z450

2023 Suzuki RM-Z450

The RM-Z450 wraps a sleek, race-ready appearance around a strong engine and a nimble chassis that continues the Suzuki tradition of extraordinarily precise handling.

Developed using Suzuki’s RUN, TURN and STOP philosophy that creates a Winning Balance, the RM-Z450 has stronger brakes for better stopping power, a wider spread of engine muscle with higher peak power, and a chassis that is stronger, lighter and more nimble to raise the standard for cornering performance.

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Motocross is a relentless game, and the technology and training needed for bike and rider to excel are too. Suzuki poured more than 40 years of open-class racebike engineering into the RM-Z450 to make it the hardest-hitting, sharpest-handling, best-balanced and most rider-friendly production motocrosser in company history.

Features may include:

• Great throttle response delivers high peak power.

• Evolved traction management system helps the bike hook up.

• Suzuki Holeshot Assist Control (S-HAC) gets you out front.

• Frame and swingarm balance lightness with strength.

• Chassis dimensions blend nimble handling with stability.

• Coil spring fork provides great performance and easy tuning.

• Showa BFRC (Balance Free Rear Cushion) shock settings delivers remarkable and controlled damping response.

• Bridgestone X30 tires bring outstanding grip.

• Large 270mm front brake rotor increases stopping power and feel.

• Compact rear master cylinder is designed to prevent mud from collecting on it and from catching on the rider’s boots.

• Aggressive styling blends function with Suzuki character.

• Narrow cockpit lets rider move with ease for maximum racing performance.

• Fuel couplers are included for quick and easy EFI Tuning.

• The 449cc, liquid-cooled, four-stroke, four-valve, DOHC engine is the latest incarnation of Suzuki’s proven and reliable fuel-injected powerplant.

• The engine has high peak horsepower with strong torque at lower engine speeds for excellent throttle response through the entire rev range.

• The cylinder head intake port shape creates a high amount of tumble flow to the incoming fuel/air to increase power output.

• The air cleaner’s large and straight opening creates a more direct air path to the throttle body to increase performance.

• Suzuki’s advanced fuel-injection system creates extra-smooth power delivery, high fuel efficiency, and superb reliability.

• The RM-Z450’s throttle body design locates the fuel injector, fed by a high-pressure fuel pump, so it sprays fuel directly at the butterfly valve to improve atomization of the fuel/air charge.

• This throttle body design eliminates complex control linkage, so the rider feels a more direct connection to the engine.

• The intake camshaft profile has more valve lift than the prior generation RM-Z450, increasing power at all engine speeds.