Will the rmz make the shootout this year?

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With the biggest updates since 2018, what are the chances we see the RMZ 450 make a return to all the shootouts for 2027?  

Have they been left out the last several years due to lack of updates and already knowing where they'd finish, or have Suzuki been unwilling to supply bikes for shootouts? Do all the manufacturers typically provide the bikes for shootouts?

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kevin204
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It was in the Dirt Bike shootout for 2026. 

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It was in MXAs 450 shoot out, that's the one that counts. 

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Adam43
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Praying for a shootout outside of Socal for the 35th consecutive year...

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Should include the RMZ. My favorite bike to this day was my 2009 KX450, if I could find one in a crate, would buy in a heart beat. 

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3strokemx
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Dudley wrote:
Should include the RMZ. My favorite bike to this day was my 2009 KX450, if I could find one in a crate, would buy in a...

Should include the RMZ. My favorite bike to this day was my 2009 KX450, if I could find one in a crate, would buy in a heart beat. 

Hopefully you find a shipping container full of head gaskets for it, or it'll mostly be a display piece.

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Dudley
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Dudley wrote:
Should include the RMZ. My favorite bike to this day was my 2009 KX450, if I could find one in a crate, would buy in a...

Should include the RMZ. My favorite bike to this day was my 2009 KX450, if I could find one in a crate, would buy in a heart beat. 

3strokemx wrote:

Hopefully you find a shipping container full of head gaskets for it, or it'll mostly be a display piece.

Top end every so often, no issues with head gaskets for me. 

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3strokemx wrote:

Ken Faught, the worst magazine Editor in moto history.

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3strokemx
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Dudley wrote:

Top end every so often, no issues with head gaskets for me. 

One of the speculations I heard was the engine mount would lift the cylinder head when the frame flexed. 

But after the 3 head gaskets in 6 months, I decided to trade mine in, so I never confirmed root cause.

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3strokemx
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3strokemx wrote:

XC706 wrote:

Ken Faught, the worst magazine Editor in moto history.

.......so far.

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It should be in all shootouts. Received more updates than several of the other models.

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Adam43 wrote:

Praying for a shootout outside of Socal for the 35th consecutive year...

Keefer testing is starting to do test reports based on the east coast. 

until a major media entity leaves the area or more manufacters leave cali it wont happen

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