Last year's 250 Class outdoor champion Dean Wilson will ride for JWR on a 450 in 2013. Image: Simon Cudby.

Dean Wilson has confirmed that he will step up to the 450 Class full time in 2013 with Jeff Ward Racing, in a revealing interview this week by Racer X Online.

The Scotsman will ride a Kawasaki KX450F for JWR in its second year of operation, the signing yet to be officially announced by the team.

“I’ve signed my deal with Jeff Ward Racing,” Wilson revealed. “Nothing has been released yet out of respect for Mitch [Payton] and everyone at Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki, because I’m still contracted to them at this time and they’ve been great to me.

“I think I’m more excited than anything. I have been off the bike for so long, I’m excited to get out there, and the 450 Class, it’s a whole different ballgame.

“I’m excited to race against new people – pretty much a bunch of legends. But I’m not intimidated at all. I’m just going to enjoy it every weekend.”

To read the entire interview with Wilson, check out this link on Racer X Online.

Wilson has sat out the entire 2012 outdoor season with a shoulder injury suffered during supercross.