Paul Jordan will use this weekend’s Bear Competitions Cookstown 100 to test his Ducati Panigale V2 Supersport machine on the roads for the first time ahead of the North West 200 and Isle of Man TT.

Jordan hasn’t raced at the Co Tyrone meeting since 2022 but will be among the favourites at the Orritor course, where practice and the opening races take place on Friday.

The Magherafelt man has opted to change to the Italian machine after riding a Honda CBR600RR in the past few seasons.

Jackson Racing rider Jordan, who finished fourth in the second Supersport race at the TT last year behind Michael Dunlop, Dean Harrison and Davey Todd, says he plans to focus solely on the Ducati this weekend at Cookstown.

placeholder image — Paul Jordan intends to concentrate on fine-tuning the Jackson Racing Ducati Panigale V2 at the Cookstown 100 this weekend.

“All I’m riding is the V2 and that’s it,” Jordan said.

“We’ll concentrate on that and ride the bike in whatever Open races there are as well as the Supersport race.

“I’m looking forward to Cookstown and it’s been about four or five years since I was last there.

“I’m looking forward to seeing what the Ducati is like on the roads because I haven’t rode it over bumps or jumps, so it will be interesting to see how it goes.”

Jordan competed at the first two rounds of the Ulster Superbike Championship at Kirkistown and Bishopscourt.

He was the aggregate winner of the Davy Morgan Memorial trophy on Saturday at Bishopscourt in Co Down, where he twice finished as the runner-up behind Richard Cooper and Christian Elkin respectively.

The 34-year-old is getting to grips with the V2 and admits he is “still trying to find our feet with it”.

“It’s been dead on but we’re still trying to find our feet with it. I wouldn’t say we’re fully confident with it at the minute, but we’re getting there slowly but surely,” said Jordan

“It’s just down to a lack of track time on it really and we were meant to do the Saturday at Bishopscourt, but it was called off [due to Storm Dave].

“For all the time you get at the Ulster Superbike rounds it’s not a lot of time to set a motorbike up.”

Jordan clinched his maiden NW200 victory in 2025 in the second Supertwin race and finished on the podium at the TT on the Jackson Racing Aprilia RS660. He is set to continue riding the Aprilia again this year as he enters his third season with the English team.