Jonathan Rea GOAT Pack: celebrating WorldSBK’s Greatest of All Time
WorldSBK Store is honoured to present the Jonathan Rea GOAT Pack, a collector’s tribute to the ‘Greatest of All Times’ of the FIM World Superbike Championship. This limited-edition bundle of only 15 exclusive pack in a special edition box celebrates Rea’s farewell in style, packaging together items that echo his legacy and give fans a way to own a part of Superbike history.
The Jonathan Rea GOAT Pack brings together four of the best pieces from Rea’s official merchandise collection. Each item captures a part of who Jonathan Rea is: the champion, the worker, the believer, and the proud ambassador of his homeland.
Let’s take a look at the JR65 GOAT pack:
Dream Believe Achieve T-Shirt
This black tee is one of the most recognizable pieces in Rea’s collection. Featuring the inspiring mantra “Dream – Believe – Achieve”, it reflects the mindset that carried Jonathan from his earliest racing days to becoming the most successful rider in WorldSBK history.
With bold white and red lettering on a deep black base, where REA lettering stands in red inside the DREAM word and a subtle “65” laurel emblem on the chest, this shirt symbolizes dedication and determination. It’s a wearable reminder of the discipline that defined Rea’s championship years.
Jonathan Rea 65 T-Shirt
The second shirt in the pack offers a clean, minimalist white design whit the latest incarnation of the ‘JR’ logo. The chest features a stylish circular badge graphic combining in red the JR logo with a lettering of REA and ‘Dream, Belive, Achive’ set in a cercle style disposition, representing the idea that for Jonathan Rea, racing wasn’t just a job — it was a 365-day-a-year lifestyle. In the back we have a similar pattern with Jonathan Rea and the 65 number in big size. This tee is lightweight, versatile, and perfect for fans who want something subtle yet deeply connected to Rea’s identity.
Jonathan Rea 65 Cap
No tribute pack would be complete without a cap, and this one stands out with its bold front-panel design. The cap showcases Jonathan’s signature 65 in red and white lettering, paired with his name across the crown. The mesh back adds breathability, while the structured front ensures a premium fit. It’s both a collectible and a practical accessory — ideal for race weekends, daily wear, or displaying proudly with the rest of your Rea memorabilia.
Jonathan Rea 65 Northern Ireland Flag
A powerful symbol of Jonathan Rea’s heritage, the included Northern Ireland flag, with the traditional red diagonal cross and a large centered six-points star; the JR element comes replacing the Ulster red hand symbol with the #65 race dorsal inside the star and, in the left corner the 6 starts representing his WorldSBK Championships. Rea, a proud Northern Irish, and his fans always have displayed this flag in the paddock; and now is a perfect for hanging in a fan cave, bringing to events, or collecting as part of Rea’s farewell era.
The legacy of Jonathan Rea
The curtain draws on one of the most remarkable careers in WorldSBK history: Jonathan Rea prepares to step away from full-time racing at the end of the 2025 WorldSBK season. He will continue tied to WorldSBK in his new role as test rider for HRC Honda; a symbolic back-to-where-all-start, as Honda was the brand of his early years and WorldSBK debut.
Born into a racing family in the land of the road races heroes
Jonathan Rea (2 February 1987) was born in born in Larne, Northern Ireland. A land with a long tradition of motorcycling, not far away from the Ulster Grand Prix and Northwest 200 road races and with plenty of two-wheel heroes, like Dunlop family: Joey, Robert and the future William and Michael. In this scenario is where Jonathan was raised, frequently visiting the paddocks of the road races as a kid, as his father Johnny was also a former road racer – winner the 1989 Junior Isle of Man TT and sponsor of the Dunlop’s with his Rea Racing team.
Curiously, little Rea's racing life began away from the roads: he competed in motocross, beign runner-up in the British 60cc Championship in 1997 before switching to circuit racing in 2003 in the British 125cc, gradually making his way up through national series. In 2005 he debuts in the highly competitive British Superbike Championship, being 4th in his second year as a Honda official rider and runner-up in 2007. These strong performances made him move in 2008 to the World Supersport Championship with the official Ten Kate Honda team.
Entering at the WorldSBK stage
After finishing runner-up in the 2008 World Supersport Championship, Rea made his full-time debut in the FIM Superbike World Championship with Ten Kate Honda in 2009. He won his first race that same season at Misano and repeated at Nürburgring, underlining his raw talent and hinting at the greatness to come.
From that year until 2014, Rea was the main rider for Honda in WorldSBK, always beating all his teammates, most of them riders with more experience. Rea young talent though was not fully exploited by lack of performance of his bikes: the CBR1000RR Honda of the era lacked the sharpness to be a championship winning bike and Honda was not fully committed; with HRC not present as a team, just supporting the Ten Kate official team.
Nevertheless, Jonathan extracted the best from the machine and achieved 15 victories and a total of 40 podiums, with a best overall result of 3rd in the standing in 2014. All the WorldSBK paddock knew that, with a more competitive bike, Jonathan could be World Champion. But few thought the storm that was rising…
Six in a row with Kawasaki
A defining turning point came in 2015, when Rea joined the Kawasaki Racing Team. The green team was a strong competitor, and the Ninja ZX-10R already showed its competitiveness with the 2013 title of Tom Sykes. The pack was explosive from the get-go: Rea won already in his first race at Phillip Island, and from them on was unstoppable, clinching the world title at Jerez; a championship that was celebrated in style with the helmets of Joey Dunlop and Tony Rutter, the only North Irish world champions before him.
This title was the beginning of an era of unrivalled dominance. From 2015 to 2020, Rea won six consecutive World Superbike Championships, setting a record in the sport. He didn’t just win — he amassed race victories, shattered long-standing benchmarks, and made history. Even when the technical rulebook changed in 2018, limiting the power of his Kawasaki Ninja for a more competitive setting, Rea won; in fact, it was one of his strongest years. 2019 saw a new challenge with the arrival of Bautista and the powerful Ducati Panigale, and the emergence of Toprak Razgatlıoğlu who moved to Yamaha in 2020. The trio will create a glorious era for WorldSBK with many battles during these years until 2023, when Jonathan finally changed sides, leaving Kawasaki for the Yamaha Pata official team.
Sadly, the ‘blue era’ of Jonathan Rea has been one of difficulties. From the start, Rea suffered a big injury and was never fully connected with the character of YZF-R1. Adaptation proved difficult to both machine and team, plus the fear of new injuries didn’t allow him to push to the limit.
In August 2025, Rea announced he would retire from full-time racing at the end of the season. He cited his physical and mental instincts: “If I can’t race to win, then it’s time to step away.” In fact, his last race with Yamaha, the one that signaled retirement after his announcement, ended with a crash at Jerez and a DNS for Race2. An unfair ending but a testimony of his Yamaha years.
But Jonathan Rea need for speed wasn’t stopped and he announced a golden retirement as Honda HRC test rider for WorldSBK, and many expect to see him again competing at selected events as wildcard or prestigious endurance events like the Suzuka 8 Hours, a marathon that he already won in 2012 and 2019.
The numbers of WorldSBK G.O.A.T.
Rea’s numbers in WorldSBK will be hard to beat. In 2018 he already equaled Carl Foggarty’s four world titles; but JR achieve them consecutively! And he raised the bar to six world titles, all in a row, from 2015 to 2020.
He also broke the 100-win mark in WorldSBK — the first rider ever to do so in a single class — with his 100th win coming at MotorLand Aragón 2021 and has the tally of 119 WorldSBK victories overall, the most in the championship's history.
The number of podiums is also mesmerizing: a record 264 WorldSBK podiums, showcasing his extraordinary consistency over years. It’s WorldSBK numbers don’t stop here: Rea has taken 44 WorldSBK poles (only Tom Sykes, with 51, has more) and 104 WorldSBK fastest laps, another record he holds after 18 seasons in WorldSBK, during which he shattered nearly every record in the sport.
In fact, Jonathan Rea is the rider with more victories in FIM World Road Racing Championship ever, with 124 wins across different championships (3 in WorldSSP, 119 in WorldSBK and 2 in EWC), surpassing Giacomo Agostini 123 victories in FIM championships.
Yet, his farewell is not just about numbers — Rea has expressed that beyond the records and trophies, it's the people and memories that he will carry with him forever. Rea’s tireless work ethic and a singular focus on winning, he redefined excellence in Superbikes. His run of six straight titles elevated the sport, and his humility has earned respect beyond the track.
The GOAT Pack isn’t just merchandise — it’s a tribute, a memento, and a thank-you to a rider who rewrote what’s possible in WorldSBK. For longtime fans, it’s a way to celebrate every lap, every podium, every championship. For collectors, it’s a limited-edition bundle tied to a defining moment in the sport’s history: the farewell of its greatest hero.
Grab your Jonathan Rea GOAT Pack now and celebrate the most successful WorldSBK rider ever!