Michael Dunlop signs for Honda Legends team Michael Dunlop will ride for the Honda Legends team at next year's North West 200 and Isle of Man TT road races. It is a major factory team signing for the 23-year-old Ballymoney rider who will hope to add to his sole North West win back in 2008. Dunlop will be joined on the roads by six-times North-West winner John McGuinness and Michael Rutter who has 13 career successes on the Triangle. Endurance duo Simon Andrews and Cameron Donald complete the Legends line-up. "This is a big opportunity for me and I am looking forward to getting started," said Dunlop. "People are asking me how it will be for me having John as a team-mate, but when we get on the bike it will be the same. "I get on well with John but I don't worry about anybody else when I am on track. "As a team we have got a great line-up with Rutter as well, so it will be a pretty good show." Team boss Neil Tuxworth said: "It is quite significant that, not only are we running three riders, but we are bringing Michael Dunlop in as one of those three. "Michael is a young rider who already has three TT wins under his belt and we feel that he is the future of road racing." The Legends team will be entering a third year in competition and they will again contest the Endurance World Championship as well as the Isle of Man TT and the North West 200 road races aboard the Honda Fireblade. Nineteen-times TT winner McGuinness, road racing ace Donald and 2011 fastest TT newcomer Andrews will remain with the team and are joined by Rutter for the four-round EWC season. McGuinness and three-times TT victors Rutter and Dunlop make up the three-man Superbike squad for the TT and the NW200.
have just been looking at that news on the tt legends site great to see micheal dunlop with a great factory ride for next year bet he goes well! and good see micheal rutter back on a honda! plus mcguinness what a rock solid three they will be! cant wait to see them in action! love the new paint job as well bit of a mix with the new tri colour for next year.
"Morecambe’s John McGuinness has today (Sunday 16.12.2012) announced that he will remain with the Honda TT Legends team for a third successive term and will again contest the Endurance World Championship, Isle of Man TT and North West 200 road races in 2013. The nineteen-time TT winner will again be joined by Australian Cameron Donald and fellow Brit Simon Andrews for the four-round EWC season and they will be joined by 13-time NW200 winner and three-time TT victor Michael Rutter who will also line up on the Honda CBR1000 Fireblade at the North West 200 and Isle of Man TT. The team will run a third rider on the roads with Michael Dunlop joining John and Rutter at the NW200 and TT, thus giving them a great chance of success"
