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RACER TEST I 2025 BETA 480 RR RACE
(Above) Liqui
Moly is the official
oil for all Beta
motorcycles and
the title sponsor
of the Factory
race squads from
Supercross to
NHHA. (Right) I
wore the same gear
as Zane Roberts
and everything, but
it didn't make me
go as fast as he
does. It wasn't the
bike's fault! (Below)
Proven protection
parts like Bullet
Proof Designs rear
disc guards are
smartly included
on Roberts' speed
machine.
Zane has his bike set up extremely
friendly. Its bottomless pit of torque
keeps pulling right to the rev-limiter. In
fact, he says he has the limiter engage
lower than stock so that when he feels
it come on, he knows he's right at peak
torque for the gear he's in. It's not
warning him he's over-revving the bike
in the danger zone. It's telling him he's
right where he needs to be.
The entire engine/performance
package is simply rad. I can't imagine
a better bike for me to just "show up"
and race a desert race on.
Zane Roberts was born in 1999.
Even though he's "freakishly" tall at
6'4-ish and sort of an old soul when
it comes to his personality/profes
-
sionalism, he is very young, which,
