The Texan will end a seven-year organization with Yamaha when he changes to Send Sporting, which is becoming a member of the premier-class as one of the new Declaring Procedure Company (CRT) items.
CRTs, generally privateer constructors, will obtain added credits with regards to website changes and energy ability to help them tackle the established 1000cc Company bikes from Ford, Yamaha and Ducati.
Edwards had at first thought to proceed his Yamaha and Technology 3 hyperlinks by using an R1-based website and Technology 3 case, but at Sepang on Friday the 12-time fantastic prix podium finisher established he will battle the BMW-Suter.
"It's a BMW-Suter, which is what I authorized up for in the starting and I'm content to be utilizing those males," said Edwards. "We'll have to go out there and operate and examine. It's probably not going to be competing in the first battle, maybe not in the last battle, but we'll operate difficult to create it.
"It's a new experience and a lot of operate. Searching out people, folks chiefs, aspects and all that," additional the increase Community Superbike success.
"I'm used to arriving to a new team, putting your signature on certificates, experience the motorbike, do your operate and going property.
"I'm a big element of getting everybody together. It's a lot more operate than I'm used to.
"But at the end of the day our activity has a goal and a perspective. Everybody wants to see better, competing racing in MotoGP like it is in Moto2. Somebody has to begin it."
The BMW-Suter is one of the most created CRT bikes. Ex-MotoGP and found Moto2 participant Mika Kallio lapping 3.9sec from Casey Stoner's pace-setting RC213V in August's Brno examine.
Edwards will be changed at Technology 3 by Andrea Dovizioso.
