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P92 RACER TEST I 2025 BETA 480 RR RACE All the Beta Factory Team racers have their suspension tuned in-house at the Beta USA headquarters as part of the Beta Factory Sus- pension program. However, you too can send your suspension to Beta, and they will install the exact same parts, valving and setting combinations for you. Moreover, you can or- der a brand-new bike with all this suspension work already completed! It will be delivered to your dealer custom-revalved and ready to rip. That's cool. The suspension and engine niceties wouldn't mean squat if the base platform was whack. And we've reported numerous times in the pages of Cycle News our fondness for the latest generations of Beta's off-road weapons. They are truly race machines, and the addi - tional parts and pieces the factory team uses simply enhance the base goodness. This year, Beta is one of the few efforts in off-road running Bridgestone tires. While they're testing durability to the max in two hours of off-road racing, the performance of Bridgestone off-road tires has always been great for me. It's nice to see another brand in the mix, and it will be interesting to see if they come out with desert-racing-specific offerings in the future. The rest of the factory bike build uses proven and reliable parts from brands I respect. There isn't one single weird thing on this bike. Standouts include the FMF full ex - haust system, Bullet Proof Designs rear disc guard and radiator guards, Seat Concepts seat, TM Designworks chain slider and block, Twin Air air filter and the Rekluse heavy-duty clutch cover—all things I wouldn't hesitate to buy for my bike. I can confidently say Zane Roberts' Beta 480 RR Race is the perfect desert racing machine. It spans the wide gap of talent and speed from someone like me to a National Champion with comfort and useable high performance. It also represents the market so racers like you can easily enter and compete. All these parts, except for the ECU system, are likely available at your local Beta dealer. So, go build a race bike and enter a race. It might be scary, but it's worth it every time. CN ZANE'S TOUCH LIQUI MOLY BETA RACING FACTORY TEAM 2025 BETA 480 RR RACE LUBRICATION Liqui Moly TIRES Bridgestone: X31 rear/M59 front INNER TUBE Nuetech NitroMousse (Platinum 305) WHEEL SETS Kite RIM LOCKS Motion Pro EXHAUST SYSTEM FMF Mega Bomb header/Titanium Factory 4.1 muffler COOLANT Evans RADIATOR HOSE Samco AIR FILTER Twin Air CLUTCH COVER Rekluse DRIVE CHAIN Regina (Gold ZSE Z-ring) GRAPHICS HBD FRAME GUARDS Acerbis FRONT BRAKE GUARD Acerbis HANDGUARDS Acerbis SWINGARM GUARD Bullet Proof Designs RADIATOR GUARDS Bullet Proof Designs HANDLEBARS Mika (RC Pro Bend) HANDLEBAR LEVERS ARC THROTTLE TUBE GS Ergonomics GRIP DONUTS GS Ergonomics TRIPLE CLAMPS Xtrig ROCS BAR MOUNTS PHDS PARABOLIC STEERING DAMPER Precision Racing Product FOOTPEGS Fastway Pro Moto Billet SEAT Seat Concepts CHAIN BLOCK/SLIDE TM Designworks (Factory Edition FX) FUEL TANK IMS (dry-break style) HOLESHOT DEVICE Works Connection HOUR METER Works Connection POWDER COATING Maas Brothers S P E C I F I C AT I O N S