“Battered” Isle of Man TT rider set for 2025 return after “strange tank slapper”

Comeback ♊from "a🎀 very strange tank slapper at K Tree"

Davo Johnson
Davo Johnson

Davo Johnson has confirmed his plan to return at the ♐2025 Isle of Man TT with “unfinished business”.

The Australian rideಌr will race with Lee Hardy Racing next year.

J💯ohnson wiꦦll compete at the TT and the North West 200 on the team’s Kawasaki machinery.

The teღam confirmed: “Back in 2025 as the Official Kawasaki road racing team with Australian sensation Davo Johnson, the tea⛎m is looking forward to competing at the Northwest 200 and Isle of Man TT.

“It is fantastic to have the support of Kawasaki again and having a manufacturer directly supporting t🦩he team isꦆ a great feeling.

“We have unfinished business on the roads, it was unfortunaꦆte to end the way it did this year at the TT when Davo was showing amazing potential throughout practice week.

“Davo is very excited to sౠign a new deal with the team and continue with Kawasaki aboard the ZX10-RR.”

Johnson crashed scarily this year on the Mountai🐠n 🐟Course during the Superbike TT.

He explained at the time: “Everything was going well. Was happy with the pace and feel with the bike and was comfortably running in t꧙he 131mph laps which is definitely the best start to the TT race week ever for mꦫe.

"I had a brake fade issue just before the final lap so I backed the pace off to bring her home in a c🙈omfortable 8th.

"Unf🐼ortꦚunately I had a very strange tank slapper at K Tree which I’ve never experienced before and I couldn’t recover it.

"I managed to roll off the side of the bike and🉐 go str🍒aight down the middle of the road.

"I’m battered and bruised and luckily only fractured👍 my collarbone.”

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