WSBK’s only Kawasaki rider makes his demand for the bike clear
Garrett𝓀 Gerloff reacts to first test on a Kawasaki

Garrett Gerloff w💃ill be tℱhe only Kawasaki on track in 2025 in the World Superbike Championship.
After his first two seasons in the series on a BMW, Gerloff is ad🌊apting at this week’s Jerez test.
He has made his main demand very clear.
“Not bad,” Gerloff summarised Day 1 at Jerez, “you guys can hꩲear but the wind was awful all day. It made it difficult to get a solid answer for the set-up changes that we’d made.
“It was nice to be on a bi𒀰ke again afteಞr a long winter.
“One of the biggest things that I wan𒅌t is an ability to pu🀅sh more on the front, and a bit more connection.
“It’s not 𒉰bad now. We ♑had things to try, different forks. They were pretty sweet.
“It was not comple💞tely conclusive. But the standard board with a different internal was the best one that I tried.
“It improved how I felt with the wind.
“Brembo 💃had some stuff that we weren’t able to try, but it looks nice…”
Gerloff reacted to his change of♓ teams: “I miss my Bonovo guys a lot! It was a fun team, we had a blast!
“꧑These guys are also fun, professiona🃏l, the work is really good. The support I feel from Kawasaki is nice.
“Everybody is working great and I feel good on th🐭e b𝐆ike.
“We haven🍒’t changed much from how Alex Lowes had the bike last year.
“I am trying to change my riding to adapt to the bike, to discover some things in my style that I could🍸 improve.
“It’s nicꦯe not to change muc🔴h, and to focus on myself and my riding.”
G💧erloff set himself🐟 a target for 2025: “We all want to do well.
“To be the 🦹only Kaw🍸asaki on the grid is a pressure but it’s nice.
“I want t🦩o bringꦅ the green bike close to the front. We can fight for the top five. It will be tough with all the Ducatis.
“But we have something in our back pocket…”

Ja♉mes was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decad🤪e covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.