DUNLOP & BENNETTS 2017 SUZUKI GSX-R1000 ON PACE AT THE TT

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Practice for this year’s Isle of Man TT races has finally got underway with Michael Dunlop and the Bennetts Suzuki team immediately on the pace with the all-new GSX-R1000.

Dunlop’s best lap of 125.680mph was good enough for second on the Superbike time sheets – less than two seconds off the fastest time of the evening – and proved that the new machine is already competitive, despite being in its infancy on the roads.

The team had made a number of changes to the GSX-R1000 Superbike ahead of its TT debut, following an impressive fourth place finish at the North West 200 earlier this month, with Dunlop’s opening lap of the evening yesterday his first opportunity to try the bike in its latest specification, as development continues.