The KB998 is ready to be tested by the Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team at Jerez

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The Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team is preparing to unveil their new KB998 at Jerez for preseason testing.

After transitioning from the Kawasaki Racing to Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team, the new team are preparing to unveil the Bimota KB998. The new bike will be on track for preseason testing on the 22nd of October at the Circuito de Jerez.

Kawasaki created the new KB998 in a new partnership with Bimota. The new machine will use the Kawasaki ZX-10RR engines with a newly constructed and designed Bimota chassis.

This new project will still be run by the Kawasaki Racing Team staff and will be ridden by Alex Lowes and Axel Bassani. But instead of the iconic Kawasaki green the new bike and team will be seen in a new colour for the 2025 season.

Team Manager, Guim Roda, said: "Of course, there has been much work to do behind the scenes to get us to the eve of unveiling the new bike and testing on track in public for the very first time.

To have Alex Lowes and Axel Bassani onboard as riders – plus the associated pit crews and support staff – means we can concentrate on the core tasks at hand, testing our new KB998 racing machine and accumulating data across a testing schedule, inside the test limitation rules set by BWO and the FIM, reaching from tomorrow and across the Winter.

This is a very new bike and will need our full commitment We are very enthusiastic to be part of this fascinating project and honoured to take responsibility for making the new Bimota KB998 perform on top as soon as possible."

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