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TT 2013: 'Couple of hairy moves' for record-breaker Dunlop

Ballymoney's Michael Dunlop experienced a couple of hairy moments dealing with backmarkers on his way to today's astonishing 131mph Superstock lap record and now doesn't know what to ride in Friday's Senior.

The Ulsterman got to within five seconds of the outright lap record set by team-mate John McGuinness in yesterday's Superbike TT, that on a full factory Honda CBR1000 Fireblade while Dunlop today was on a production bike.

“Aye, I’m having a good run at the moment. Gary kept me on my toes throughout but I really gave it my all on that last lap. Fair play to him, I’ve ridden a Kawasaki round here and know what it’s like running your own team but when someone like Clive Padgett comes up to you after the race and tells you it’s the best lap he’s ever seen, you know you’ve done something special," said Dunlop, speaking to bikesportnews.com.

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“Gary kept me honest and I really had to dig deep on the final lap. I knew I had to push and my balls were on the line for sure but I hit all my apexes and kept it as smooth as possible. There were a couple of hairy moves on a couple of tailenders but apart from that, it was a good, clean lap. Having lapped at that speed on my Superstock bike, I might have to have a think about what bike to use for the Senior."

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