Tyco Suzuki’s Guy Martin says his goal at this weekend’s Vauxhall North West 200 is to ‘bang in a few more podiums’ as preparation for the 2014 Isle of Man TT races.

The Lincolnshire rider raced in France at the famous Bol d’Or 24-hour and on the build up to the season and joined team-mate William Dunlop in Spain for official testing with team tyre supplier Metzeler.

“Everyone knows my main goal in a racing season involves the TT in June, but I’ve had plenty of podiums at the North West over the years and the goal is to bang in a few more this week. I always enjoy coming to Northern Ireland to race and along with the Tyco boys I’m sure we will have a good week,” he said.