KIWI RIDER 04 2020 VOL2 | Page 45

What’s new with the 2020 Suzuki RM-Z250? I’m asked this a lot. It’s actually more than you think. But instead of a complete overhaul, the second year of this current generation received some updates – as expected from one of the original ‘dragons’ – that are still significant enough to align it with the competition in the showroom and on the track, but nothing dramatically different from the RM-Z250L9. These updates are a positive for racers who want some of that ‘Yellow Magic’, especially at a national level, because ‘all-new’ can also means hours, day, weeks – and sometimes months – of testing, just to get the bike to a place that’s familiar enough for the new season. That means time and money, two things everyday Kiwis don’t have all that much to spare, whether you’re a Pro or a Joe. The Suzuki MX-Tuner 2.0 Wifi App is one of the new updates, and is one that actually makes tuning and personalising your RM-Z even easier. Those racers who obsess over every detail can now easily change the settings of the ECU, to make custom maps that work best for them on a particular track. The WiGET app has preinstalled settings to get the most out of the RM-Z, meaning ‘weekend warriors’ don’t need to worry about what’s going to work best. KIWI RIDER 45