McAdoo Kawasaki Racing’s Conor Cummins stepped up his pace at Thursday evening’s TT practice (4) lapping at almost 129mph. Conrod made further adjustments to the Maxton suspension on the McAdoo ZX-10R Superbike which helped the handling and did two laps at over 128mph, making him second fastest in the Superbike class on the evening. He also got one lap on the McAdoo Superstock ZX-10R Kawasaki and again ended the evening second fastest in this class.
Conor spoke shortly after practice ended “I’m happier with the suspension now on the Superbike. It’s not perfect but we can make some little tweaks and I think we’ll be there. The guys tell me I should have been a lot faster tonight but I lost a load of time on both laps, 8 seconds from the Bungalow to Cronk ny Mona on lap one which would have been 129mph+ (yellow flag), then 4 seconds in the final sector on lap two having to slow for the pits. I also struggled with the low sunlight plus I seemed to get yellow flags everywhere but I suppose race day is when the times count. We went the wrong way with the suspension on the Stocker but again, we know where to go with that now.”
Practice is due to conclude on Friday evening, with race one on Saturday, TT Superbike.
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Poker Stars Superbike TT
1 Ian Hutchinson 1000cc Honda / Padgetts Motorcycles 2 17 23.51 130.165
2 Conor Cummins 1000cc Kawasaki / McAdoo Kawasaki Racing 2 17 34.25 128.838
3 Cameron Donald 1000cc Suzuki / Relentless Suzuki by TAS Racing 2 17 34.27 128.836
4 Keith Amor 1000cc Honda / H M Plant Honda 1 17 35.46 128.691
5 Michael Rutter 1000cc Honda / Batham’s Honda 2 17 44.78 127.564* (also given Stocker time by mistake)
6 Michael Dunlop 1000cc Honda / Street Sweep/Robinson Concrete 2 17 45.35 127.496
7 Ian Lougher 1000cc Kawasaki / Blackhorse Kawasaki 2 18 00.83 125.670
8 John McGuinness 1000cc Honda / HM Plant Honda Racing 2 18 05.64 125.113
9 Ryan Farquhar 1000cc Kawasaki / MSS Colchester Kawasaki 1 18 06.20 125.049
10 Gary Johnson 1000cc Suzuki / AIM Racing 1 18 06.55 125.009
Royal London 360 Superstock TT
1 Michael Dunlop 1000cc Honda / Hunts Motorcycles/Marlow Construction 1 17 48.58 127.111
2 Conor Cummins 1000cc Kawasaki / McAdoo Kawasaki Racing 1 18 07.29 124.924
3 Mark Buckley 1000cc Kawasaki / OTSS Racing 3 18 12.58 124.319
4 Adrian Archibald 1000cc Suzuki / AMA Racing Team 2 18 13.35 124.232
5 Steve Mercer 1000cc Yamaha / G Forces / SMR Road Racing 2 18 14.01 124.156
6 Gary Johnson 1000cc Suzuki / AIM Racing 1 18 20.10 123.468
7 Dan Kneen 1000cc Suzuki / Marks Bloom Racing/West London Suzuki 1 18 32.26 122.119
8 James McBride 1000cc Yamaha / Downview Finance / Pazzo Racing 1 18 32.62 122.080
9 Ian Mackman 1000cc Suzuki / PRF Racing 1 18 34.34 121.891
10 22 William Dunlop 1000cc Suzuki / CD Racing 1 18 34.74 121.847
