Paul Dedman Performance LTD

Paul started riding School Boy MX from the age of nine, culminating in 14 years of competition which finished winning the Isle of Man Centre Motorcross Championships in 1994 and 1994. In 1995 Paul turned his hand to Road Racing entering the Manx Grand Prix finishing in 5th place in the Senior class starting from a starting number of 103 and finnishing within the top 30 on the road and gaining the fasted last lap of the race at just over 112mph. The following year Paul entered the TT Production race finnishing 17th.

1997 saw Paul finish 8th in his very first full attempt at the TT races in the Junior races on his Kawasaki ZX6R. In 1998 Paul gained the backing of Honda with a CBR600 and a RS250 from Paul Birds Vimto backed race team. The Junior race was the best finish that year with 3rd place making it a 123 for Honda with Micheal Rutter and Ian Simpson 1st and 2nd respectively, the lighweight class on the 250 was great throughout practice being as fast as 2nd upto midweek but it en