Ride Engineering Develops 2016 RM-Z250 Products

Ride Engineering’s 2016 Suzuki RM-Z250 offerings include a steering stabilizer bracket that facilitates the use of the popular Showa steering damper.

Ride Engineering has added to its line of aftermarket products for Suzuki riders in 2016, including an all-new steering head stabilizer bracket for what it calls one of the best handling dirtbikes currently available, the 2016 Suzuki RM-Z250.

With the Ride Engineering bracket, RM-Z250 owners can install the increasingly popular Showa steering damper to the RM-Z250, a machine that Ride describes as nimble yet twitchy. The bracket and stabilizer do require the use of Ride Engineering’s triple clamp, which features the proper bottom mount for easy installation (see inset photo above). The Showa stabilizer is claimed help to improve the RM-Z250’s steering manners while entering and exiting rough corners, increasing cornering speeds. MSRP for the steering stabilizer bracket alone is $69.95. The 24mm Showa steering damper is available separately for $300.

The 2016 Ride Engineering Suzuki RM-Z250 triple clamp is interchangeable with the RM-Z450. The aluminum clamp is available in two offset options, 20mm and 22mm, to tailor fit and handling character to the rider’s needs. The clamp is also available in a variety of colors. MSRP for the Suzuki RM-Z triple clamp is $499.95.

Ride Engineering has also developed a 270mm oversized front brake rotor kit to increase the Suzuki’s overall braking power. The Ride kit is based on the Galfer Wave Rotor because it is made of a specific blend of stainless and iron alloy that os often used by the the factory teams. Ride claims that not all aftermarket discs are made of the proper blend of iron and stainless steel for optimum braking performance. The full floating system is claimed to increase stopping power by approximately a 20 percent, and it only weighs about 4 ounces more than the stock non-floating rotor. Ride’s own machined hanger bracket adds no weight increase over the stock hangar bracket. MSRP for the 270mm oversized rotor kit is $264.95

For more information on these and other Ride Engineering products, visit http://www.ride-engineering.com.