The Suzuki DRZ-450 dirtbike is a fast machine guys, this is the same motor plus a little. Ive seen Suzuki come out with some real **** (THe Z-400 is a joke to me)...this bike changes the rules, with EFI, and like i said, not ROLL DESIGN, but a suspension that is actually race ready. Yes, you can bet Doug Gust will race this bike with stock suspension. Maybe not the whole time he is on the 450 but he WILL race it with stock suspension. He is factory backed by Suzuki, he designed the suspension to be race ready, he will stand behind that. The YFZ claims race ready suspension, and yes it is good but not even close to what this new Suzuki is SUPPOSED to have. The new first gen. YFZ's do have a short rebuild time do to the close toleration piston ring to cylinder wall clearances and the piston is a pancake design which in time when the rings wear and the cylinder wall wears, the piston will actually cock itself sideways and cause major damage. And the suzuki, pending design will probably have a ****** rebuild time I will say that.
My information like i said comes from the owner of a dealership here in NE texas. He has attended numerous invitationals with suzuki test rides. This guy has the inside scoop. It has been known (read "Quad" magazine, its in there) that Doug Gust designed the suspension, it is known that this bike will have EFI, it is known that the bike will be fast based on the kick ass DRZ-450 which stock, is an extremely fast bike. Besides a cheesecake axle on the Z-400 and the so called frame breakage problems what problems have you seen out of the Z-400? NO LIGITIMATE PROBLEMS. so what you slap an axle and fix the frame IF it even or ever breaks. And all you guys that are saying that this bike looks like crap are a bunch of brand loyal ******* that cant get over the fact that you ride a yamaha. WOW you have a warrior or raptor 350. Biiiigggg whoop buddy, you dont have much room to talk, YES the warrior is a nice bike, im on my 2nd warrior now, but you have to admit the warrior is not the greatest or even close. When and if you get old enough to get a real job and acutally be able to go to the bank and take out a loan to buy something instead of mommy and daddy buying you a bike, THINK before you speak. My Warrior is a side project for my GIRLFRIEND to have something to ride instead of riding my old 90' SUZUKI LT250F 2wd. I rode a warrior for 2 years and i loved it but NO it doesnt not and will never have the power of my Banshee, 250r, DS, or my V-Force has or had. No the new 450 may not be a reliable bike for what little riding you do. That my friends is why you ride a warrior, it is proven to be a reliable TRAIL bike not a MX machine. If you think it is ugly DONT buy one. IF you think it will be slow, be fooled, and if you think you can beat it with whatever you ride, try it. But dont bash something that isnt out yet, and dont boast on points of the bike you dont know for certain. I know what i know and until i know anything else im not going to make some ******** up about the bike having some unknown feature. For all we know the 450 may have independent rear suspension like the new polaris outlaw that doug gust thinks would be sweet. WHO KNOWS, all i know is that the suspension is modled after Roll's suspension, it has superior shocks, and it is EFI. Before you know it you can expect EFI on all running vehicles due to emission control. And even if you think it is slow how did Doug Gust top the pro level class on a Z-400? Think about that while i step off this Quad Racer Z450 crate.
-HOOVER