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

Michael Dunlop may be poise꧒d for a sඣignificant change for the 2025 road racing season.
The Isle of Man TT record-breaker lཧooks set for a big shift in his m𝔍achinery.
Dunlop tested a BMW M1000RR at the Kirkistown circuit ඣin Ir🅠eland this week, according to the .
It appears to be a major insight into Dunlop’s plans for theಞ TT and other big road racing events.
Dunlop's 2025 Road racing season BMW 😍... 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 Dunꦇlop utilise a BMW at the 2025 Isle of Man TT, he will be jumping onto the same machinery as two key rivals.
Peter Hickman and Davey Todd have already confirmed their plan🎃s to race BMWs.
Hickman, the 14-time TT race winner, and Todd, who won last year’s S🙈enior TT, h🤪ave set up their own team together backed by BMW.
What other bikes will Michael Dunlop use in 2025?
Dunlop has also tested a Ducati Panigale V2 Supersport this year. He raced this bike for the first time aꦛt the Daytona 200 recently.
Dunlop raced a Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblaꦦde over the past two seasons at the TT.
Michael Dunlop’s BMW history
Dunlop’s plan to race with a BMW in the Endurance World Championship this year was already known. Next 🧔month, he will race in the&nbs✨p;Le Mans 24 Hours.
But, Dunlop does have history with BMW.
In 20🐻14, 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 on 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 on a BMW.

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