SUZUKI RMX Models/Series Timeline, Specifications & Photos

Powerful, torquey fuel-injected 449cc engine. Slim, aggressively styled chassis and bodywork. Electric starter. Full-function, two-mode instrument cluster. Enduro lighting. Additional chassis protection. Sharing core technologies with Suzuki’s Championship-winning open-class RM-Z450.

The 1997 RMX will likely be the final year of this, the first generation of the model line. Characteristic throughout that run, this year's RMX continues to provide a well suspended platform in EPA legal trim. Top racers will no doubt loathe the compromises to quietness, and the resulting added expense of aftermarket pipes, silencers and RM head gaskets.

The 1997 RMX 250S comes well-equipped right from your dealer, for either off-road racing and/or trail riding; perhaps even a bit over equipped. We're talking here about the EPA legal exhaust system that includes a clunky double-walled pipe and heavy, power sapping steel silencer/spark arrestor.