Conor Cummins will join the Burrows Engineering squa🐷d for the 2025 Isle of🌞 Man TT and will ride BMW machinery.

The 12-time TT podium finisher parted ways with long-time team Padgetts Racin🐎g midway through the 202𝔍4 event having struggled for form.

It fuelled rumours of retirement for the 38-year-old, though he quickly stepped in ඣfront of these and noted tha💙t they “couldn’t be any further from the truth”.

On Friday, the Burrows Engineering by RK Racing announced it had secured the Manxman’s si๊gnature for the 20🍨25 TT.

Cumm𓃲ins will ride a BMW M1000RR in the Superbike and Superstock races at the TT, while his Supersport class bikes with the 🧜team are yet to be confirmed.

“John [Burrows൲] and I go back a long way from when I competed against him on the Irish roads and I’ve got a lot of respect for him, both as a rider and a team manager, so I’m ecstatic to have signed for the Burrows Engineering by RK Racing team,” Cummins said.

“I’ve obviously spent a lot of time on Honda machinery so the BMW will be a new cha🃏llenge, but I’ve seen at close quarters just how strong a package it is – th🅘e results at the TT speak for themselves – and having had a brief spin on the FHO Racing BMW at Armoy, I’m excited about riding John’s bike.

“The machinery🗹 is going to be of the best quality and it’s a complete reset for me and a new chapter in my career.

“Ther🎐e’s no pressure from the team and John just wants me to enjoy riding his bike but we both have goals we want to achiev🔜e as well.

“❀The results won’t be given to me, and we’ll need to work hard but getting ba♌ck on the TT podium is where I want to be.

“The programme is all set, and I know where I’ll be riding and when so I’m really excited ꦯabout our 2025 prospects.🍸”

Cummins is the second high-profile name in as many 🐬years to ditch Honda machinery with Padgetts to ride BMWs, after Davey Todd quit the team midway through 2023 to sign f𒆙or TAS Racing.

Todd w🦄on his first TTs last year, includiܫng a sensational Senior TT victory on the M1000RR.

Cummins replaces Dominic Herbertson, who has signed for the WTF Racing squad to ride Hondas on the roads in ⭕2025.

Ne🌼xt year’s racing programme will also include an appearance at the opening Superstock round of th⭕e season at Oulton Park for Cummins ahead of the North West 200.