NEWSLETTER
Hi everybody, I hope you have all wintered well. 😄
It’s a long time since I have been in touch with you all but it’s taken a while to finally put everything together.
All our race dates as far as I can tell now seem as certain as they can be & have remained unchanged since we first publicised them at the Stafford show. 😀
All the dates are listed on the attached Earlystocks Supplementary regs which I really urge you all to have a good read through them. To those of you who are new Members to Earlystocks hopefully this will also give you some useful information about our meetings. For those of you who are seasoned members please also take the time to read through them as there are a few amendments in them including details regarding Earlystocks Transponder hire.
ACU Licence restrictions
As I think you are all aware the ACU in their wisdom without any warning whatsoever in November decided to amend their ACU Licence restrictions in respect of all Novice & intermediate Novice Licences holders. 😢
Sadly for Earlystocks this will also affect us as most of our machines come under the Vintage/Classic bikes umbrella which last year a Novice/Int Novice rider could ride a bike of unlimited CC.
To put you in the picture after many emails & phone calls to the ACU over the last 3 months to protest about these changes the ACU proposed back in November which was upto 650cc. It has finally been decided by the ACU that at the age of 17yrs+ Novice riders will now be restricted to upto 750cc pre 1996yr (model) machines.
So at least Earlystocks Novices are still able to ride the VFR750’s, 750 Zephyrs etc.
It has been unfortunate that I have not been able to publicise these Licence changes to you all a lot earlier as I was told by the ACU a few weeks ago what they were changing to but was not allowed to publish them officially.
For those of you wanting to view the 2026 ACU Handbook, this was actually published this weekend. To view this please visit your sport 80 account, go to the Resources section on the left hand column, select this, then you should see a heading of ACU Handbook, under this heading select view Resources, select view resources then scroll down until you eventually see Road Race Standing Regulations & hopefully voila.
If you have any problems & can’t find it please just let me know & I can always email it over to you.
Helmets
I have seen a lot of questions recently in relation to Race helmets. I have clarified the following with the ACU regarding Race helmets. Basically the ACU’s stance on this is that as long as your helmet has a gold sticker with a QR code on it then this is acceptable. The ACU do not put an actual year on the helmet because they know you can buy a helmet brand new but it may have been sitting on a shelf for 3 yrs before you purchase it. However please be aware that some Race clubs when scrutineering won’t accept helmets over a certain age, luckily I don’t think this is any of the clubs that we currently run with.
Preston & District MCC - 3 Sisters Meeting.
PDMCC have very kindly allowed the Earlystockers to have a 1 day membership for our meeting with them at 3 Sisters on 5th July at a cost of £7.50. Also for their events 1 event (2 races) will be £135, 2 events £170.
Tonfanau Meeting.
For those of you looking at attending the Tonfanau meeting on Sun 30th August 26, please be aware that you can camp from pm Fri 28th Aug until 11am on the Bank Holiday Monday, so you can make a fabulous weekend of it. Join us all for the Earlystockers day out where we get a train into Barmouth. The train station is opposite the entrance to the circuit. We have the obligatory seaside Fish & Chips then visit to a pub & return journey on the train.
Sponsors.
Finally I really have to thank our 2026 sponsors the details of all of whom I shall publicise later. These very kind sponsors have allowed us to purchase a set of on the day trophies for each of the BHRC rounds. The aim being that as in previous seasons these should normally be presented to Earlystocks class awards winners in the 2nd race of the Saturday race.
I am aiming to be at the Darley Moor Test Day on Friday 20th March 2026. Please note the official closing date for entries is Midnight 13th March 2026, so please make sure you get your entries in if you can.
Hopefully I’ll see a good number of you at Darley, failing that I’ll see you all at lydden. 😄
I think that’s it for now folks, don't forget if you have any questions please don't hesitate to get in touch.
Regards,
Cass Beardmore Secretary Earlystocks Racing Club.
Knockinaam Wood Cottage,Portpatrick,Stranraer,Dumfries & Galloway,DG9 9AG.
Tel 01776 820827 or 07710998216
About Us - Production Based Classic & Post Classic Machines
About our Club
Earlystocks Racing Club. ( Classic, Post Classic and Modern Classic Racing Motorcycles).
This is a club for those of who remember when bikes were bikes and not all covered in plastic.
Catering basically for road based production machines manufactured pre 1987. Air cooled engines with carburettors, twin rear shocks. Old school technology where spanners count for more than computers.
Monoshock machines also now catered for.
We allow some modifications to make it easier to get better tyres than the old canvas things they used back then.
Tuning the supension and engines to give more power and handle better than they were built to back in the day.
Being one of the cheapest forms of racing it is becoming more popular, especially when compared to the cost of racing a supersports or superbike, where the price of a weekends tyres for a superbike would cover about a 3rd of a seaons racing on and Earlystocker.
The racing on track is just as good but back in the paddock it is more social and everybody will help you if you have a problem.
If you've ever said to yourself "I'd love to have a go at racing" come on and give it a go or come along to some of the tracks and talk to us.
You'll be glad you did.
Like Classic Bikes ?
Want to race on a lower budget without having to purchase a full Race Frame & Tyre Warmers etc, then look no further.
Earlystocks is a Club run by Racers for Racers.
Championship Classes
Four Championship Classes for 2025
500cc Twin shock
Class 1
Class 2
Class 3
