Ryan Farquhar in action at the Kells road races

Ryan Farquhar will ride a JMF Millsport 600cc Yamaha at this weekend's Faugheen road races and may ride the machine at next month's Ulster Grand Prix.

The Dungannon rider held talks with JMF team boss James Murray on Thursday and a ride on the team's Superbike at the Dundrod meeting is also a possibility.

The 600 bike is the one which Alistair Seeley rode at the North West 200.

The team are believed to be seeking a rider to race at the international road races and in a British series in 2009.

Yorkshire rider Ian Hutchinson has been strongly linked with the Ballymoney-based team, as has Lincolnshire's Guy Martin, and one of the two may yet be in place to ride for the team at the Grand Prix from 13-16 August.

Farquhar will definitely rider Kenny Harker's Superstock machine at the final international road race of the year in three weeks' time.

The JMF Millsport team enjoyed a successful season with Conor Cummins in 2007 but tragedy struck at this year's Tandragee 100 with the death of their rider, Martin Finnegan.

Seeley enjoyed a successful North West 200 with the team and has also turned out for the Yamaha outfit in the Mondello Masters series, along with Brian McCormack.