Kawasaki Racing Team Leaving World Superbike Racing

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The 2024 World SBK racing season will be the end for KRT, the factory racing team.
Bimota will return to SBK in the new partnership with Kawasaki. This new venture will feature the ZX-10RR Kawasaki engine in the Bimota (Rimini) chassis.
It will then be called Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team.

BIMOTA RETURNS TO WORLDSBK IN 2025 | Official Kawasaki Racing Site

Check out this article on the official Kawasaki website. You can also learn more about Kawasaki's racing teams, stats and much more.

www.kawasaki.com

 

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The last time Bimota competed in World SBK was 2013. The engine used was a BMW S1000 RR

The pic below is the Australian Anthony Gobert (RIP) on a Suzuki powered TLR 1000 SB8-R which was in 2000 at Phillip Island and Bimoto's most recent SBK win.

Good luck with the Kawasaki effort. I doubt they can perform as well as Ducati and BMW are this season.

 

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Here are the FIM rules for homologation production motorcycles...

https://www.fim-moto.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Documents/2023/2023_FIM_Homologation_Regulations_For_Motorcycles_v1_27.01.2023_final.pdf?t=1679975643#:~:text=Homologation is the official assessment made by the,justify classification in the relevant Sport Production class.

In the case of Bimota, it will be 500 bikes produced.

Here is the 2024 FIM Homologation list...

FIM Releases 2024 Motorcycle Homologation List

Dorna and FIM have release the list of homologated motorcycles for the 2024 season, including several updated models.

www.roadracingworld.com