Lowes was testing alongside new team-mate Axe🐼l Bassani, who also enj🔯oyed a very positive second test with the Japanese manufacturer.

Now spearheading the development of the ZX-10RR after the departure of Jonathan Rea, Lowes teste🧔d several new parts and was content with the results. 

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Lowes said: “I am really happy with today. Honestly, I have had so much fun riding the bike. After a tough end to the year, with injuries and not being able to fi✨nish the year like I wanted, it has been so positive to have a good test here. 

“Obviously the conditions in the winter in Jerez are good but Iও did my best ever l𝓀ap around Jerez on race tyres, and quite a lot of fast laps. This was positive. 

“We also tried a lot of new parts, which was t🔴hanks to all the guys and Kawasaki for bringing new stuf🍨f to try. 

“The target for January is to put all the pieces together to find the best package for next year. Thi♊s was a really, really positive test.”

For Bassani, the second outing a🉐t Jerez gꦡave him the opportunity to adapt further to his new machine, after spending his first three seasons on a Panigale V4 R.

Bassani added: “We have just finished two days of testing and we tried a lot of things. We didn’t ♍use an SCQ tyre, so we focused on the set-up of the bike and different things. 

“I am happy and we finished in a good way. We understood a good direction to go during the winter break. Test-by-test I started to feel really good with the bike🃏. 

“It is not easy because it is completely different compared to my previ𝓰ous one, but now I am starting to feel go🌼od. 

“I am also happy with the 🔯team and the work we did. Now we have some time to rest and then st🐭art to think about next year."