sorry no photo credit,was off his twitter https://twitter.com/m_dunlop3

If he doesn't win , it will not be for lack of trying. At least he will be giving it his best shot.

Feck he looks like he means business there.

Looks the business that bike let's hope it's up to the job!

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I wonder if we will loose him to WSB next year, in the mean time he will win this years F1 and Senior TT, any bookies taking bets?

Time will tell, but the Yamaha is unproven, whist the BMW have a good track record.
I will probabaly be eating my words in a few months time!

The BM had no proven track record on the roads until the factory backed MD's team last year and with yamaha I don't know if it's a works backed effort or not. But I for one won't bet against Micheal's chances. I won't be there to see it, I am going to the Manx/Classic TT but I will follow on line live if poss but hopefully on the telly again with the highlights shows. Already cheesed off at not going but hotel prices and availability for four of us was stupidly expensive so had to lose the deposits on the boat have not ruled out coming over as a foot passenger entirely but having done it in the past and suffered with fog delays etc etc etc it's not likely.

MD top road racer, probably one of the best ever and hope he keeps going and challenges Mcguiness and Joey for total wins, but is he a likely contender for a factory yamaha seat in WSB, I don't know if he's the man for the short circuit.
Has he had that much success at circuit racing to deserve a factory backed effort?

Not knocking him at all, but i think he's probably best to keep doing what he does best which is road racing.

He's done it on a honda a kawasaki and an unproven bmw wouldn't surprise me if he does it on the yamaha

Don,t know the rights and wrongs re the photo,BUT,it sure is some photo and i,m glad to have seen it.The boy is really :on it:, not many places to touch elbow and knee on the mountain,unless of course you,re on your &rse!!

The lad will take some beating no matter what he,s on,in fact i fail to see any rider that could. But it wont be too long before we find out. The main thing is,let them all come in safe.

(13-03-2015, 12:28 AM)spannerman Wrote: I wonder if we will loose him to WSB next year, in the mean time he will win this years F1 and Senior TT, any bookies taking bets?

Some Twitter Comments from testing in Spain said he has been putting good times in , but the times are not being released as far as I know; You would think that he would be more than capable of thriving at any level of world/short circuit competition, if he wanted to.

Michael's a better short circuit rider than most give him credit for but let him score some BSB points before we label him as WSB/Moto gp standard.

(13-03-2015, 10:20 PM)Ricky Wrote: Michael's a better short circuit rider than most give him credit for but let him score some BSB points before we label him as WSB/Moto gp standard.

Class photo, If the bikes last the distance MD will win 3 or 4 races at this years TT !!

Virgil

I couldn't see Michael doing WSB, for one he wouldn't be able to do the TT which is his bread and butter as often a WSB round tends to land bang in the middle of TT fortnight and he seems too much of his own man to be faffing about in the BS and politics of international racing.

It will be interesting to see how he goes on the R1 this year though, it's supposedly a new bike as well so it's an unknown. Previous years models haven't been all that reliable.

It is a big ask putting a brand new bike on the top step of a TT podium, but if anyone can, MD is the guy to do it.

He,s special,no doubt about it,if any one can do it,he will. And i think he will.

Remains to be seen now what his 600 will be like,and his set up under the MD RACING BANNER..can anyone tell me,does he run his own superstock at the TT?is he only been supplied with a superbike?