Michael Dunlop causes a stir in testing with his intriguing choice of machinery
Michaeܫl Dunlop spotted testing new machinery ahead of 2025 Isle of Man TT

Michael Dunlop may be poised☂ for a significant change for the 2025 road racing season.
The Isle of Man TT record-breaker looks set for a big shift in his ꦦmachinery.
Dunlop tested a BMW M1000RR😼 at the Kirkistown circuit in Ireland this week, according tﷺo the .
It appears to be a major insight into Dunlopও’s plans for the TT and other big road racing events.
Dunlop's 2025 Road racing season BMW �ꦕ�... What a bike♑!!! He will be unstoppable. Can't wait to see this at the TT up close!!
— FirebladeRR1000 (@FirebladeRR1000)
Michael Dunlop, Peter Hickman, Davey Todd on same machinery?
Should Dunlop utilise a BMW at the 2025 Isle of Man TT, he will be jumping onto the same ♎machinery as two key rivals.
Pet🅰er Hickman and Davey Todd have already confirmed their plans to race BMWs.
Hickman, the 14-time TT race winner, and Toꩵdd, who won last year’s Senior TT, have set up their own 🦩team together backed by BMW.
What other bikes will Michael Dunlop use in 2025?
Dunlop has also tested 𓆉a Ducat🎃i Panigale V2 Supersport this year. He raced this bike for the first time at the Daytona 200 recently.
Dunlop ൲raced a Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade over the past two seasons at the TT.
Michael Dunlop’s BMW history
Dunlop’s plan to race with a BMW in the Endurance Wor🧸ld Championship this year was alrea🐼dy known. Next month, he will race in the Le Mans 24 Hours.
But, Dunlop does have history with BMW.
In 2014, he won the Senior TT on a Hawk Racing BMW. It was the German manufacturer’♋s first win at the TT in 75 years.
In 2016, Dunlop broke the sub-17 second lap barrier for the first time onℱ a BMW S1000RR. He won the Superbike TT and Senior 🅘TT.
He won the 2018 Superbike TT on a BMW, and won the Open and ‘Race of Legends’ Superbike races at Armoy in 2021 o🐭n a BMW.

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