Alex Lowes switches to Bimota machinery in 2025 after five WorldSBK seasons on the Kawasaki ZX💟-10RR.

The new bike,ꦑ powered by the same 998cc inline-four-cylinder engine as the ZX-10RR, fea𝐆tures a wholly different chassis to the Kawasaki, designed by Bimota themselves, as well as new aerodynamic winglets.

Lowes, and Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team teammate Axel Bassani, has only💎 one day on the bike so far, but the KB998 has already made an impact.

“Jerez was the first test for us, so of course we have a loꦫt of work to do, exploring the bike,” Lowes told WorldSBK.com at the EICMA motorcycl💜e show.

“I need to understand the bike: the ch🌳aracter’s a little bit different, the feelings are a bit different.

“I was quite a few ye🏅ars on the Kawasaki, so adjusting is going to take a little bit of t🍌ime, but in the one day we had I felt good.

“We know that we need to work on understanding the bike, how 🔜to get the most from the bike, settings on the bike, the base setting, all this type of thing we have to work on. But it’s a good challenge.”

He continued: “The character of the bike is quite a bit different, a bit more than I expected. We have a different chassis, the aerodynamics🦋 are heavily modified.

“So, the bike on the track fe🗹els a bit different, it’s a bi🌸t more gentle, a bit more easy to turn. I’m sure, as I explore the bike a bit more, there’s going to be positives and negatives, but it’s been a very interesting first day, and I just want to get back on the bike and understand a bit more.”

Lowes goes into the 2025 season, his first on the Bimota, off🌄 the back of what was arguably his best season to date in WorldSBK in 2024, taking two wins and 10 further podiums to finish fourth in the standings.

“It was a good y🐷ear,” Lowes said. “My final year on the green Kawasaki was a good one, I enjoyed it, I was competitive pretty much most weekends; just a couple of races — Aragon, Barcelona — I was not fantastic.

“But, in the rest of the races, we managed to pick up at least one podium, whet🦩her it was in the main races or the Superpole Race.

“It gives me some good co𒅌nfidence going into next year; I hope we start next year as we finished this year, and it would be my dream to win a race on the Bimota,𝄹 [...] that has to be the target. But we have a lot of work to do before we arrive at that point.”