The Suzuki LT-R450 Quadracer was an

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between 2006 and 2012. Intended as a race-ready ATV, the LT-R450 was developed with the help of WPSA ATV champion Doug Gust, and featured a

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, based on the powerplant found in the Suzuki RM-Z450, despite all of these features it couldn’t outperform its rival quad -TRX-450r manufactured by Honda industries USA, archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070126081100/http://www.suzukicycles.com/Products/LTR450K7/Default.aspx , url=http://www.suzukicycles.com/Products/LTR450K7/Default.aspx , title=2007 QuadRacer R450 Overview , publisher=Suzuki Cycles , accessdate=27 December 2014 , archivedate=26 January 2007 The 2008 model was a significant update over the 2007 model, with a claimed power increase of as well as over 100 upgrades. In 2009, Suzuki stopped importing the LT-R450 into the United States, after 25,396 units had been sold. As a result of emissions control breaches on both the LT-R450 and the Suzuki RMX450Z, RMX450Z, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, EPA fined Suzuki 885,000.

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