With the summer months (supposedly) just round the corner, it's time to begin getting excited for some fantastic motorsport; the Le Mans, F1 in Europe, the Isle of Man TT, PH in the Caterham Academy...
BMW piqued our interest in the TT this week with the news that Michael Dunlop will ride for the BMW Motorrad-backed Hawk Racing team this year. The Northern Irishman has won the TT seven times despite being just 24 and will of course hope to repeat that success in 2014. There's added impetus with this year marking the 75th anniversary of BMW's only win on the TT. Dunlop will ride a BMW S1000 RR at the Isle of Man and throughout the 2014 road racing season.
This video is onboard with Dunlop at last year's TT. Despite riding 'just' a 600cc Honda Supersport bike, it looks pretty damn quick to us. Those moments when the revs flare over bumps in the road are terrifying, the commitment unflinching and the speed unbelievable. You may also find your head leaning into the bends with bike completely involuntarily...
Watching a bike being ridden with such precision and speed is absorbing, to the extent that you can find the video several minutes through believing it had only just started. Ballsy is probably the word. Bring on TT 2014.
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