The KMR Kawasaki Team's 2012 Isle of Man TT races got off to a disappointing start when both Ryan and Jamie Hamilton were forced to retire from the opening 6-lap Superbike TT race. Ryan was forced out on the third lap after experiencing handling problems from lap one onwards whilst Hamilton, on his TT race debut, had to stop on the fifth lap with suspected fuel pump problems. He took third place in the Superstock TT race. In contention for the win early on, he pushed eventual victor John McGuinness hard but an oil leak slowed him in the closing stages and he had to settle for third. It was his 11th Isle of Man TT podium in total and made up for the problems encountered in both the earlier Supersport race and Saturday's Superbike encounter.