Distinctive Livery For BbKRT At Misano

Words and images courtesy of Kawasaki Press Racing

In celebration of racing at the round closest to their Rimini production facility, the bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team (BbKRT) have adopted a special red, white, and green ‘tricolore’ livery on their KB998 Rimini WorldSBK machines. The bikes, as well as the riders’ leathers, will appear in these special colours. This will be for their much anticipated “home race”.

The forthcoming Misano World Circuit ‘Marco Simoncelli’ round of the WorldSBK Championship is, as always, going to be a special one for bimota. This is because the Italian manufacturer’s HQ in Rimini is a very short distance away from the popular Italian race facility.

The 6th round of the WorldSBK Championship at Misano

to be held between 13-15 June

Will be very much the “home round” for bimota and BbKRT.

At Misano, the top fairing of the official KB998 Rimini machines features a distinctive area of green paintwork. This goes with the existing white and red panels and reflects its country of origin. Additionally, the bimota machines featuring this patriotic image, and the riders’ suits for this event include a green element. It is brought into their overall design.
 
This celebratory bike and rider colour schemes at Misano make an even more striking impact. It adds to the already highly visible bimota WorldSBK project. Importantly, the project has already earned top five race finishes for regular riders Axel Bassani and Alex Lowes.

 
Pierluigi Marconi, COO of bimota, stated:

“The progress of our WorldSBK racing project goes hand in hand with the continuous development of the bimota retail range. This includes the recently announced KB998 Rimini and Tera motorcycles. For existing and new bimota fans worldwide, we want to proudly display our Italian heritage at Misano. What better way to reflect that than adopting the green of the Italian flag!”