Seeley to ride Kawasaki Supersport at North West 200

Alastair Seeley, winner of a record 29 races at the North West 200, has confirmed that he will compete in the Supersport class on Kawasaki machinery at this year's event from 7-10 May.

The Carrickfergus rider will campaign a ZXR 636 Kawasaki prepared by the CD Racing by MSS Performance squad.

Seeley had already revealed that he would ride BMW bikes in the colours of SMS/Nicholl Oils as he returns to the Triangle circuit after sitting out last year's meeting because he was unable to acquire suitable machinery.

The 45-year-old is the most successful Supersport rider in the history of the meeting, having won 13 races in the middleweight class to date, five of those victories coming on Suzukis, four on Kawasakis and four on Yamahas.

"I said I would come back to the North West if I could get competitive machinery and that is what I have now," said Seeley.

"I will be leaving nothing on the table now that we have bikes that are good enough to do the job. Sometimes a year's wait can be worth it because it makes you even hungrier to put on a good show."

Seeley also revealed he has been in 'full scale training mode' since Christmas and has a schedule of Spanish and pre-season BSB tests in place ahead of the new season.

"I will be out there testing alongside the guys I will be racing against at the North West so I will be able to gauge where I am with everything.' he added.

"I want that 30th win and the Supersport races are usually the closest battles at the North West with the result not being sorted out until the last lap. Weather can play a big part as well but I'm not worried about it being wet or dry."

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