16 Feb 2016 |

Kawasaki Team Green for 2016

Back in the 1980's Team Green was launched and the name became synonymous with Kawasaki. For 2016 Kawasaki UK have brought all their racing activity in the UK together under the Team Green banner and have created one large racing network.

Back in the 1980's Team Green was launched and the name became synonymous with Kawasaki. For 2016 Kawasaki UK have brought all their racing activity in the UK together under the Team Green banner and have created one large racing network.

After last year's record breaking season for Kawasaki, including winning the World Superbike Championship, the Manufacturer’s Championship at British and World level and being top of the table in Superstock 1000 and 600, Kawasaki UK Team Green now covers both the on-road and off-road racing.

Mark Spiller, Kawasaki UK Marketing and Brand Development Manager, said: “Racing has always been an indulgence and the personal pleasure of many and that is certainly very true of all at Kawasaki Motors UK. However, the KMUK Team Green approach to racing includes more than the action on the track. We have reinstated the values of the past and this means we operate in a true working partnership with all our officially supported teams at every level.”

“2015 saw the re-launch of Team Green in the UK, an umbrella brand supporting all UK off-road race activities from Youth to GP’s. Team Green is a community that introduces the Kawasaki brand to the youngsters at club level, providing the “ladder of opportunity” to help achieve aspirations and remain with the family at every level of the sport.”

For the 2016 season, all on-road and off-road teams will be under the iconic Team Green and also covering Team Green Sport partners such as stunt performer Lee Bowers and Freestyle MX rider Jamie Squibb as well as Team Green Kids Ambassador seven-year-old, Lottie Trenchard.

Creating a ladder of progression in racing is important to Kawasaki as they strive to take youngsters new to racing from the early stages of Motocross all the way through to British Superbikes.

The Ninja 300 Cup run by the British Motorcycle Racing Club entering its fifth season, now known as ‘The Team Green Junior Cup’, and with Team Green being represented in a number of British Championships, including Superbike, Superstock 1000 and 600 and Supersport – and across a number of off-road disciplines, Kawasaki is the team on and off track to watch out for in 2016.

It's this Kawasaki racing ethos and heritage which goes into the Kawasaki range of motorcycles, none more so than the new 2016 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R. Along with the introduction of the J125 scooter, there really is a Kawasaki for everyone.