Tyco BMW’s Guy Martin has given strong assurances that retirement is currently the last thing on his mind and he is fully focused on winning his first Isle of Man TT with the Moneymore team this year.

Martin will ride S1000RRs in the Senior, Superstock and Superbike races, as well as taking in the North West 200 and Ulster Grand Prix, and says that he is thinking about nothing other than that first victory on Mona’s Isle.

“I always give one hundred percent effort, no matter what I’m doing but I’m not going to make any stupid predictions for the year ahead. I’m confident that the Tyco BMW Motorrad bikes will make all the difference this year. It really does look mint,” said Martin, speaking during the team launch at Springhill, a 17th Century National Trust plantation house

“People have been asking questions about the retirement story that was in the press, but all I’m interested in is going to the TT and trying to win on this new bike. I’ll only start to think about what I’m doing after that when I’m on the boat home.”

“I wouldn’t even consider turning up if I wasn’t fully prepared. It’s not about money for me, or waving at the crowd and picking up cheques. Stuff that. I go to the TT to try and win and I believe with the same effort as before, and with these guys behind me, the Tyco BMW will be good enough for the job. I will be well prepared and after that what-will-be will-be.”