Storm Stacey's Isle of Man TT visit took a sharp turn on Monday when Manx police seized his pickup truck just yards after he got off the ferry. The 23-year-old rider said officers stopped him over wheels that he says were protruding beyond the arches and treated the vehicle as dangerous and not road worthy.

Stacey posted about the seizure on social media as the TT week around him was already being squeezed by weather. On Tuesday, only one of the three races scheduled for the triple-header went ahead, leaving the event short of the full programme fans had expected at the start of the week.

The seizure matters because Stacey had travelled to the island for racing, not paperwork. Last month he announced himself on road circuits by winning at the North West 200 on debut and taking two victories there, a result that has put his name into conversations about where his road-racing career may go next. He is also a regular in BSB, and this TT trip was supposed to be part of that momentum.

Stacey said the wheel issue would usually be handled as an advisory in the UK, with a simple fix, a fine and then a quick departure. Instead, he said, Manx police chose to make it a bigger issue and take the pickup away, leaving him without a vehicle during race week. That is the part that stings: not just the stop, but the decision to seize the truck at the start of a weather-hit TT.

He wrote that he was disappointed but added that there is no such thing as bad publicity, finishing by hoping everyone was having a good TT. What happens after the seizure is still not clear from what he shared. For now, Stacey has the attention, the trip, and the pickup truck all tied to the same moment on the Isle of Man.