Davey Todd says his factory Paton was “definitely not” identical to Michael Dunlop’s in ꦜthe Isle of Man TT Supertwin class and suggests it “didn’t want to give away all the secrets”ꦫ.

Michael Dunlop has dominated thꦬe Supertwin class i𒉰n recent years on his Paton, with the Northern Irishman completing a clean sweep in 2025.

He registered his 33rd TT victory in Friওday♒’s Supertwin TT 2, beating Todd by almost 30 secondsᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ and ဣsetting a new lap record of 123.056mph in the process.

Todd raced a Paton with the Padgetts Racing team i📖n the class this year, which he says “was meant to be the same as Michael’s bike” having been purchased from the factory.

But after Supertwin TT 2, he was doubtful of this and critical🐭 of a bike “that wasn’t cracked up to what it was supposed to be”.

“I rode that thing so haﷺrd,” he told TT+ afterwards.

“After the first twin race we were🉐 a✱ll just super disappointed.

“Clive ꦛ[Padgett] bought that Paton from the factory and it was meant to be the same as Michael’s bike, and it’s most definitely ꦇnot.

“I do💮n’t think they wanted 🌠to give away all the secrets. So, Clive has worked his butt off to develop that bike and improve it from the first race, and I pulled my finger out.

“I thought I was riding it hard in the first one, but apparently ❀there’s a lot of corners here you can take flat that I never knew about.

“Grateful to the Padgetts team for giving me this opportunity and spending all that money on a bike that wasn’t cracked⭕ up to what it was supposed to be.

“And they worked𝕴 so hard to improve it. I’m just sup🃏er glad to be able to stick it on the podium.

“I’m stoked with�🧔� P2. Michael on that factory bike, we’ve absolutely no chance of getting there.

“I hung in as b💖est I could. The team did a fantastic pitstop, I’ve got to give it up to them. I’m just excited to hopefully come back stro𓆉nger next year.”

Todd will be aimi✨ng for a secoꩲnd Superbike win on Saturday when the Senior TT finale gets underway, following his Superbike TT victory on Monday.

He was denied a chance to fight for victory 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:in Friday’s Superstock TT 2 due to an issue getting his 8TEN Racing♔ BMW restarte꧒d at the pitstop.

Honda’s Dean Harrison won both races inꩵ the Superstock class this week💫.