Suzuki has released details of its 2017 RM-Z250 and 450 models, honing the popular race-wining four-stroke range with a selection of aesthetic upgrades for the 2017 season.

Following a significant update for the 2016 season, when the RM-Z250 gained improved low-to-mid range power output thanks to a thorough redesign of the engine’s top-end, and also benefitted from the introduction of Suzuki’s second generation holeshot assist system, this years upgrades centre around aesthetics, with all-black Excel rims, hubs, new radiator shield graphics, and a new number board graphic, too.

In the MX1 class, the RM-Z450 continues to prove its pedigree, not only by winning the 2016 Monster Energy Arenacross series for a second successive season with Thomas Ramette and the SR75-Molson Suzuki team, but by also currently dominating the AMA outdoor championship in the hands of Ken Roczen, who has taken six overall wins in as many rounds, and four 1-1 results in a row.

With such a formidable reputation, the RM-Z450 also adopts all-black Excel rims and hubs to offer more than a passing resemblance to the RCH Suzuki AMA race machine, right out of the crate.

The new models will be available in authorised Suzuki dealerships in the winter.

For more information on Suzuki’s motocross range, visit www.suzuki-gb.co.uk/mx