TT legend John McGuinness said he is feeling race sharp and his superbike feels 'a million dollars' following the first TT practice session last night.
The 15-times TT winner and outright lap record holder was the fastest man in the practice session - with a time of 122.838mph - and will be back in action tonight.
Opting to leave the line late, McGuinness set off with Honda TT Legends team mate Keith Amor yesterday evening and the duo spent two entire laps circulating in close formation.
McGuinness returned to the pits to jump on the Padgetts Honda superstock bike but only managed a third of a lap when the session was stopped.
He said: "It was a bit greasy out there, dusty and windy in places too, so I just had a bit of a cruise round on the opening lap to see where it was bad and where it wasn't.
"I also had to borrow a back protector off Keith as I couldn't find mine and it was all a bit of a panic!
"It was good to be back out there though and get the first laps out of the way and although it still wasn't great I was able to press on a little bit more second time around.
"It was starting to spit with rain over the mountain though so I just backed off a bit and brought the bike home.
"I then went out on the Padgetts bike before getting the red flag so it was a shame we couldn't get a whole session in, but two laps on the big bike were definitely valuable.
"Having done all the endurance racing I feel really race sharp and the bike's feeling a million dollars so I'm glad we're all up and running now and can look forward to the rest of practice week in a good frame of mind."
McGuinness will be hoping TT 2011 will be more successful than last year's event when he failed to make the podium in any of the races.
The second practice session is scheduled for this evening, with the first solo machines expected out at 6.20pm and the sidecar outfits from about 8pm.
The mountain section of the course will close to the public at 5pm, with the rest of the course closed by 6pm.
Roads will start re-opening no later than 9.30pm, with the mountain section open one hour later.
