VOLUME 58 ISSUE 18 MAY 4, 2021 P133
No frills but the
Suzuki RM-Z450
can still get the
job done.
W
e recently took
delivery of the
elusive 2021 Suzuki
RM-Z450, which arrived a
bit tardy at the dealerships,
and as you probably know
by now, it returns for the '21
model year exactly as it did
the year before. Well, almost.
The current-generation
RM-Z450 was launched
in 2018 and was a striking
change from its predeces-
sor. Let's not forget the
previous generation Suzuki
(2008-2017) was the same
bike that took riders like Ken
Roczen, Ryan Dungey and
Chad Reed to the top step
of the sport. And we all know
the story of the number-4
machine before that. The
newest-gen bike, however,
has not received some of
those same accolades. In
fact, since being introduced
in 2018, the Suzuki has not
seen much in the way of
R&D. The same is true for
the '21 RM-Z450, as it took
on just one change, but it's
actually a pretty nice one—a
more precise way of tuning
the engine from track to track
via Suzuki's new MX-Tuner
2.0.
RYAN NITZEN
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