VOL. 52 ISSUE 39 SEPTEMBER 29, 2015 P79
RM-Z250, saying the engine is
significantly improved over last
year's, and it handles better,
too. His only real gripe was the
RM-Z brakes, which he said just
aren't strong enough at either
end for serious racing. He would
upgrade them right away. There
was a time, however, when
these brakes were sufficient but
with many of its competitors go-
ing to "over-sized" front brakes
and new designs, the RM-Z's
brakes are simply getting left
behind. Plastic, of course, is
getting—no is—stale. It's in dire
need of some new clothes, and
this just might hurt the RM-Z's
sales a bit. People might not
think it's changed and will move
on before asking.
Suzuki says the curb weight
of the '16 RM-Z250 is 234; our
'15 RM-Z250 tipped the scale
at 237 pounds. It's still not the
lightest bike in its class, but it's
not the heaviest, either, it's right
in the ballpark.
The MSRP for the '16 RM-
Z250 is $7,699, that's up $100
from last year's model, which re-
ally isn't too bad when you con-
sider all of the changes. Heck,
the upgrade in the fork alone is
easily worth the hundred bucks.
Suzuki is offering some cool
incentives with every purchase,
too. For example, you get sus-
pension hang tags and stickers
which you use to keep track of
all of your suspensions settings;
the tags permanently show all of
the stock fork and shock sus-
pension settings (clicker posi-
tions), and you fill in the blanks
as you make changes from track
to track; it keeps you from get-
ting lost in numbers and having
MSRP has jumped
$100 but you get a
lot in exchange.
