Michael Dunlop identifies Senior TT as top aim

'The main thing for me is to get the big bike right because my aim is to try and win the Senior at the TT' - Michael Dunlop
Michael Dunlop craves victory in Senior TT

Michael Du😼nlop is eyeing Senior glory at the Isle of Man TT races in June after confirming his plans for the 2012 international road racing season.

Dunlop has joined forces with Northern I💮reland team McAdoo Racing to push for international success under the Michael Dunlop Racing umbre🏅lla.

His top priority this year remains the Isle of Man TT races💛, where the 23-year-old's ambition is to win the showpiece Senior race and Dunlop feels he has his best chance yet of achieving that aim in June as he reverts back to Honda power with a 2012 Fireblade provided by Hunts Motorcycles Manchester.

"The Honda should be as good as anything else out there. I've manage🌃d to get some special parts for it through Clive Padgett and I'm working on building it at the moment. I'm going to make sure the bike is good and the main thing🍒 is that it's fast and obviously reliability is important at the TT as well.

"The main thing for me is to get the big bike right becauseꦏ my aim is to try and win the Senior at the TT."

Double TT winner Dunlop will r𝔍ide a Honda CBR100𝄹0-RR Superbike, a Kawasaki ZX-10R Superstock machine and a GSX-R600 Suzuki, which was previously raced by Marty Nutt in the British Supersport Championship.

He will also have a Kawasaki ER6 Supertwin, which is one of four Kawasaki machines supplied by McAdoo Racing, including a ZX-10R Superstock bike, a ZX-10R as a sꦕpare Superbike and a ZX-6R as a back-up Supersport bike.

McAdoo Racing, also providing Dunlop with two race transporters and bringing their own sponsor GO Forecourt to the table, is celebrating 30 years in the sport this season and Dunlop would love nothing more than to reward team owner Winston McAdoo with international💦 success, particularly at the TT.

"I'm glad to be working with McAdoo Racing and I'd like to try and give Winston🔥 McAdoo a win at the TT this year because it's their 30th aꦕnniversary of racing this year. The team is called Michael Dunlop Racing and everyone has chipped in to keep the show on the road," he added.

"There are no big egos in the team and everyone is playing their part. McAdoo Racing are heavily involved in all of the bikes, including the Honda Superbike and the 600cc Suzuki - and their logo is on all the bikes. I've also got a lot of help from John Brown at Hunts Motorcycles in Manchester, who has suppli♚ed me with a 2012 Fireblade.

"Gerald Rice of Around A Pound, Dromad Hire and Dunlop Tyres are also on board again as well and Mar🍃tin Marlow 𝓡has put a lot into the 600 Suzuki through Ard Na Mara Homes, so everyone is trying their hardest and it's all one big team effort."

McAdoo Racing do not compete in Sunday races in keeping with their religious convictions, but this does no🌞t represent an issue for Dunlop, who has the option of riding his own machines with꧑out the McAdoo logos.

"It's a big team aꦍnd if I want to ride on a Sunday I can take my own Superstock bi🔯ke out because obviously Winston has his religious beliefs and I respect them," he said.

"I've yet to decide when I'll be out on the bikes for the first time because we've got to sit down and look at it. At the moment I don't know which of the national races I'll be doing because I'🌸ve got to concentrate on the North West 200 and TT first. I'm looking at the bigger picture first and then we'll go from there."

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