Kawasaki unveiled the #1 machine with w🌌hich Englishman Tom Sykes will defend his World Superbike crown at a ceremony🐭 in Barcelona on Thursday evening.

The livery features more white 🍨on 🍸the fairing relative to last year.

Sykes was joined by team-mate Loris Baz and Evo rider David Salom, w🍃ith the 30th of January date selected to kick off celebrati𓄧ons for this year's 30th anniversary of the Ninja model.

"It is great to be here in Barcelona at the 2014 launch," said Sykes. "I do not even need to look at the bike to know what it is because it is engraved in 𓆉my memory. I have ꦍshared a lot of great times with this Ninja ZX-10R and I know we can be competitive again.

"We have had some really good tests in the off-season even though I did not feel at my full potential. I am excited and e▨ven more motivated than las𒐪t year to start racing again."

Baz highlighted the n🃏eed to improve his qualifying performances.

"We know that on Fridays and Saturdays we have ඣto improve in practice and qualifying. In the races I am always strong but the nearer you start to the front row the better it is," said the young Frenchman. "The target for me is to start in the two front rows each time, and then try to go with the leading guys. If I can start well I am sure I can be with those guys in front in the races.

"We have already made a big step witꦇh the bike set up in testing this winter. It looks really good this year with more white on the fair🎃ing so it will look different from some of the other bikes."

Salo⛎m meanwhile h🅷as his sights set on winning the new Evo class.

"I am very pleased and proud to be riding the SBK Evo bike for the official Kawaꦏsaki Racing Team," commen💦ted the Spaniard. "Because I will ride the Evo machine it will not be like the full Superbikes of Tom and Loris but I hope to be at the head of the Evo race each time. I am happy to be in the Kawasaki family again."

As well as the riders, a n🎃umber of special guests and other team members made speeches during the launch, including Javier Alonso, managing director of Dorna WSBK, Shigemi Tanaka of Kawasaki Motors Europe, Steve Guttridge KME Racing manager, KRT Marketing manager Biel Roda and te🌳am manager Guim Roda.

"I am happy to say that not only do we enter 2014 as champions in Superbike, but also we look forward to celebrating 30 years of the famous Ninja brand as the year unfolds," said Tanaka. "We wish all of our Kawasaki Wor𝓰ld Superbike team sponsors, and those engaged in support for the KRT Provec team, good luck and good fortune in the year ahead."

"We are 100% committed to winning the World Superbike title again," declared Gutteridge. "As you already know, we are now looking to the future of WSBK and making an extra commitment via our development of a new SBK Evo rules machine within the 2014 Championship, with the highly talented Spaniard Davi༺d Salom onꦚ board the Evo SBK Ninja ZX-10R."