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A look at two Rick Peterson
big-bore YZs
STORY AND PHOTOS BY
BLAKE CONNER
tho ugh few owners' egos will
allow them to admit it openly, at
least in front of their buddies, the
new 450cc four-stroke motocross
bikes are a total handfulon most
MX tracks . I carne to this realization long ago,
and although I love ridingthem in the desert or
on certain tracks, I stick to the 250 fourstokes . I love the fact that I can floga 250 four- :
stroke like a 125 tiddler and yet still go to the
inside line and get off the comer with authority. However, I have to admit that the 250 fourstrokes, even with a pipe, leave me beggingfor
just a little more power. That is exactly why
Rick Peterson and RPMs do what they do.
They make awesome bikes even better.
After riding tihe project Kawasaki KX 167
(Cycfe News issue #44, November 5, 2003)
that RPMs built for me last fall, I knew that I
needed to sample one of Peterson's fourstokes, because tihat tiddler was a missile.
Besides, I've really taken a likingto tihe motors
with valves and carns in tihe dirt. RPMs offers
.flve different packages for the 200 1-'04
n250F, and the same basic packages are
available for the '04 KX250F and tihe Suzuki
RM-Z250.
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MAY 26,2004 • CYCLE NEWS
