OK, so it's only the bike.
I will bet that when Suzuki and Kawasaki get into the 450 Racer category that one of them is gonna get it right. They both have good experience in quad racing recently.

2006 Kawasaki KXF 450F, The Tecate-45. I'm and old Tecate-4 guy, I'd be a buyer.

See pictures here.

 

the rmz is already out. there are rumours of a zuki 450 quad sometime late 05 or 06. I would assume kawi is following suit.

 

I wouldnt be surprised one bit if there is an 06 that comes out next spring that is a 450 mx bike

 

500cc would be even better than 450 [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]

 

Gotta Love It, Let the games begin!!! If we dont get them with the zuki -we will get them with kawi. Great stuff , Love the pics. C ant wait to hear the raptor Guys.

 

If kawi comes out with a bike and a quad, it wont be a shared thing. Zuki has already stated that the rmz450 bike isnt going to be repackaged by kawasaki.

 

Hey Dog, At first when the pics of the RMZ came out I thought here we go again Kawi will get that same Quad. Now its nice to see the kawi 450. And another thing if your going to say life sucks please take those great pictures of how great you are doing and how good it is to be an american out of your pics. J/K Im just jealous!!!! That is one low raptor.

 

Maddog,

That's true. The 450 mx bikes are being developed seperately unlike the 250F bike which is shared. The RM-Z is in Proto-type racing form in Europe. Joel Smets is the only one riding one outside of Japan.

Suzuki should be the first one out with a race ready 450 quad with all the success Gust is having on the Yoshimura/TC 400 based quad.

Let's not forget all the experience that Kawasaki got by racing in the GNCC though.




Here is a pix of the Suzuki RM-Z 450 for comparison





trx440

 

Thanks for the backup on the issue guys.

deautaronomy, yeah the old girl is awfully low. I'm going to replace the normal suspension over easter. Its about 2" off the ice with the new 20" studded tires.