Michael Dunlop has provided rare insight i🔯nto his unique success without factory support, while working a normal 9-5 job.

Dunlop smashed the all-time record for I💙sle of Man TT race wins this year, overtaking his legendary uncle Joey’s tally of 26. Dunlop ended this year’s TT extending the record to 29.

Dunlop’s achieve♛ment is even greater because he isn’t riding or racing full-time.

He operates his own MD Racing outfit — with additional input from Hawk Racing (which in the British Superbike Championship runs under the♒ MasterMac Honda ban🌞ner) on his Superbike-spec machines.

Dunlop stands out among🦂 the majorit𓂃y of his road racing rivals, who mostly ride for established teams which prepare the bike for their rider.

When he’s not on a bike♍, he runs his own constr🃏uction company.

“I’m probably the only ri🍰der, competitively anyway, 🌜that builds his own motorbikes, builds his own engines,” Dunlop told .

“So for me, there’s a lot g⛎oinꦦg on where most of the other, bigger boys are contracted riders.

“They all ride for a team♋ or they’ve a generic team that looks after the🍸 bike, so they don’t do anything. They just turn up, ride and go again.

“I’m 24/7 building engines, looking after bikes.

“I’ve got lads look🌳ing after them while I’m there, but you’re concentrating the whole time on what needs to be done.

“So you have a lot more going on than just normal day-to-day motorcycling𓆉 par🧸t of it.”

Dunlop is remarkable for how normal he is, when he’s 🐓not smash🔯ing TT records.

“I work 🌌9 to 5, I pay my own bills,” he explained.

“We don’t get anything given to us. I’m the only person that’s winning races without any 🦄factory help.

“You don’t need factory help. It obviously helps, but it’s not the end of the worl🅺d where, you know, people just think it’s handed to you.”

Dunlop was asked if ✱he’d ever chased factory support, or whether he’d welcome future assistance from a major backer.

“I would like support with the parts and all that but it’s ve💎ry money oriented,” he answered.

“Whoever has the most money talks, so if I can geౠt some help, great. If I don’t, I’ll just keep paddling my own canoe.”