Ballymoney's William Dunlop has signed to ride for Tyco Suzuki and will partner Guy Martin in the Moneymore team's roads squad.

Dunlop will race at the North West 200, Isle of Man TT and Ulster Grand Prix and in addition will also take in a selection of national road races during 2014 including at the Southern 100 in July.

“Now that I have it all signed off I’m pretty excited to be honest. I know how fast the Tyco Suzuki GSX-R600 is having followed Guy Martin this year at the Southern 100 and his results on the Superbike at the Ulster Grand Prix speak for themselves. I never expected to be riding for Hector and Philip this year, but it just shows you what can happen in racing, and now that I am, I can’t wait to get started," said Dunlop.