Description
Click here for an CycleVIN Motorcycle History Report on this 2015 Suzuki RM-Z250. Additional photos are available here for your perusal.
In 2013, Suzuki completely revised the RM-Z250 with upgrades to the engine, transmission, fuel-injection couplers, forks, shock, frame, exhaust, radiator, ignition, and tires. The result was the bike of choice for riders who valued handling over horsepower – MXA said that “the RM-Z250 has no equal when it comes to cornering” in 2013.
Even though the bike got very few updates in 2014 and 2015, the RM-Z250 was still loved for its handling characteristics. “It rails through ruts like a slot car. There is no hesitation at turn-in. Midway through a corner the front end remains planted and secure. Upon exit, there’s no need to give excess input to the handlebars, because the chassis is pointed in the direction that the rider intended. Best of all, the RM-Z250 can hit nearly any line on the track, including spots where there’s no specific rut or ripple to pivot off of. Once the suspension is set up properly and balanced fore and aft, the Suzuki will outperform any other bike through corners. It’s that good. Best of all, there’s no need to dump a judicious amount of money into the RM-Z250 in order to make it corner. Forget different offset triple clamps or longer link arms; Suzuki’s engineers have mastered carving elliptical arcs.”
This example is VIN: JS1RJ42C4F2100452, Engine #: J445122360. The seller acquired it five years ago from Chaparral Motorsports.
There is no odometer, true mileage is unknown. It has 25 hours on the hour meter, the seller says there’s 1 hour on a fresh top end.
Modifications:
Yoshimura motor with ported head, factory cams, high-compression piston, and Vortex ignition – it dyno’d at 49 horsepower (stock was 37.5 hp).
Yoshimura full exhaust with carbon fiber silencer.
Hinson clutch basket and clutch cover.
Forks and shock redone by TBT Racing.
Acerbis hand guards, Torc hand grips.
GUTS seat.
Sunstar rear sprocket.
Yoshimura axle blocks.
Aftermarket radiator guards.
Cosmetic Blemishes: please see the album up top for all known cosmetic blemishes. Here is a selection:
It is riding on Bridgestone Battlecross X30 tires from 2017.
The sale includes the pictured stand.
Currently located at our facility in Santa Monica, California (please make an appointment for an inspection), this Suzuki is offered on a clean California Off-Highway title which expired in 2018. Per the California DMV website, it would cost $204 to make the registration current through June of 2024.
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