British Supersport regular Dan Cooper has already matched his fastest lap time from last year's Isle of Man TT and is feeling positive ahead of tonight's final practice and the opening Superbike race on Saturday.

The West Country rider, who has had a mixed domestic season so far, had to spend time getting used to riding the Centurion Fireblade again but was soon in the groove. He has some mapping issues to sort out on the Supersport Triumph but still went round at 117mph.

"It feels great to be back riding at the TT with Centurion Racing and I absolutely love the place, there's no better place to ride a bike than around the Mountain Course. I've loved it right from when I first came here in 2010 and it's definitely been a case of 'so far, so good' this week. The biggest challenge has been getting used to the big bike again as I haven't ridden it since this time last year," said Cooper.

"It takes a few sessions to get back into riding the 1000 and getting used to the speed as it's a bit of an animal around here compared to the Supersport machine. The lap speeds have been good from the very first session and to lap at 122mph on Wednesday evening was brilliant, I've practically matched my personal best already so it bodes really well for the rest of the fortnight. We've had a few mapping issues with the Triumph but it was a lot better on Wednesday and I was happy enough with a 117mph+ lap. There's more to come but we'll just keep chipping away at what we're doing and continue to make good progress."