Special Ed. Moto

SPECIAL ED. MOTO

If you were Suzuki, wouldn't you be celebrating Ricky Carmichael's success? In recognition of the Florida native's 2005 AMA Supercross champion ship, Hamamatsu ham mered out a Carmichael Race Replica RM250 for'06, complete with factory-look Makita-Suzuki graphics, black seat cover and fancy gold-anodized 4~, Excel rims. The rest of the bike is unchanged from stock except for the $6399 price, which is $300 more than the standard MSRP. Talent not included... Yamaha's reason 4' for celebrating is entirely different: 2006 marks the 50th anniversary of mot6orcycle production for the Japanese bikemaker. To mark the occasion, the tuning-fork-folks have cranked out way-cool yellowand-black versions of the all-new alloy-framed YZ450 ($7099) and ($6199) four-strokes. One look at the old-school graphics treatment and it feels like the 1970s all over again, but the only thing retro about them is the color scheme.

Mark Hoyer