Alex Lowes has had his first taste of the Kawasaki power he hopes will finally take him to WorldSBK title glory.

The former British Superbike Champion put in his first shakedown laps at Aragon on the factory ZX-10RR he will campaign in the series this year alongside reigning and five-time champion Jonathan Rea.

Lowes has ridden in Yamaha colours for the past four seasons and before that only rode a Kawasaki for Nick Morgan’s team in BSB 2011.