- These are the rubber rings that fit round the handlebars on the Norton Girder forks fitted to both International and girder forked Manx models - These type are to fit the larger 1" diameter handlebars. Price is for a pair.  

The same 'insulated' type girder fork headstock was also fitted to other late girder forked models in the 1930's - i.e. Norton ES2, and I think Model 18. These rubbers will fit all models fitted with the type of headstock shown in the accompanying photo.

Note:  I have had these rubber doughnuts specially manufactured for RacingVincent using a high quality dense rubber (and I believe they are of a better quality than those I have seen from other sources) 

- These are the rubber rings that fit round the handlebars on the Norton Girder forks fitted to both International and girder forked Manx models - These type are to fit the 7/8" diameter handlebars. Price is for a pair.

The same 'insulated' type girder fork headstock was also fitted to other late girder forked models in the 1930's - i.e. Norton ES2, and I think Model 18. These rubbers will fit all models fitted with the type of headstock shown in the accompanying photo.

Note:  I have had these rubber doughnuts specially manufactured for RacingVincent using a high quality dense rubber (and I believe they are of a better quality than those I have seen from other sources) 

 

Full set of good quality UK manufactured headrace balls - both top and bottom race - to fit all Norton single frames - 34 balls in all (the correct amount for top and bottom races), plus one spare in case you drop one!, 34 + 1 = 35.

Note: we can also offer complete Headrace Bearing Sets for both - Norton Girder Fork models (Item 0912) and later telescopic fork (pre-Featherbed) models (Item 0913).  These sets include both sets of headraces as well as the ball bearing sets shown here.

However, if your original headraces are not badly worn (and your balls are rusty or pitted) and you do not want the grief of having to completely remove headraces from frame and forks - then replacing your headrace balls with these and re-packing with new grease will probably improve your steering.  

This brake arm is lasercut from an original Norton pattern. It is the standard pattern fitted from the 1930's to the 1950's to most Norton models including Inter and producton Manx as well as OHV and Side Valve models.  This version of brake arm is polished then chromed by a good quality specialist UK plating firm. 

An original Norton Conical racing hub is shown fitted with this type of arm, but it was also used on most 7" and 8" front brake drums, and the lasercut slot in our arms exactly match the Norton brake cam.  The form is as per the original item.  (and note these accept standard brake Clevis Pins - our Item 0357)

We also manufacture the original Norton type Brake Arm U clip that were fitted with this type of brake arm - Item 0336, shown in one of the photographs

Price is each 

(Note: the flash on the camera means the photograph does not show the quality of the chroming as well as they look in person - but the polishing and chroming quality is excellent).  They are sprayed in water repellent Duck Oil to protect them in storage

 

This brake arm is lasercut from an original Norton pattern. It is the standard pattern fitted from the 1930's to the 1950's to most models including Inter and Manx. 

This version is lasercut from non-rusting stainless steel and supplied semi-linished, but not final polished - for those people that prefer stainless steel. 

Some further polishing will be required to give a bright polished finish, but, being stainless they are very durable and will not rust. 

Price is Each

Note we also sell a polished/chrome version - Item 0277B

This brake arm is lasercut from an original Norton pattern. It is the standard pattern fitted from the 1930's to the 1950's to most models including Inter and Manx (The second photograph shows an original Gardendgate Manx conical front hub and brake arm, which was used as the pattern for the lasercut item). 

We also sell a chromed version (0277C) which we would highly recommend - as it already has the labour intensive polishing and chroming carried out - but if you wish to paint or dull nickel an unplated version - this version is in plain steel.

This version is unplated, but lightly linished.  Price is Each

These front brake cable U Clips have been manufactured using an original 'New Old Stock' Norton 1930's/40's U-clip as the pattern (see photos). 

I obtained a batch of 'New Old Stock' items some years ago, which were almost certainly WD16H War Surplus.  The accompanyning photos shows one of these original clips next to our newly manufactured item - the original Norton item has rust on it from storage.  Those clips proved so popular, we soon ran out - so decided to reproduce them. We have had ours lasercut from the original pattern and gauge - and have then made press tooling to form the same U shape as the originals. 

The brake clevis pin holes were puropsely lasercut fractionally undersize so that they could be drilled to the final clevis pin hole diameter once the U-clip had been pressed to shape. 

Once pressed to the correct shape (and checked against an original type Norton brake arm, as shown in the photo), we linish them and then they are satin nickel plated (similar to the original finish).  This plating looks far better and more original than many modern brake cable U clips, which often have a cheap cadmium finish.

Like all brake cable U-Clips - it is expected if purchasing these, that you will have experience of making up brake cables and adhere to all normal safety standards - and as they copy the original Norton pattern, these clips would accept the same type of cable ferrules as original Norton cables of that era.  They accept standard brake arm clevis pins (our Item 0357)

Not as cheap as offshore or generic brake U-Clips, but a lot of effort to reproduce the original Norton type.  Price is per clip

This is the spring that was fitted in the mid/late 1920's up to approximately 1930-31, for those models that were fitted with the large right side mounted rear brake drum (which I believe were supplied by Royal Enfield originally), and then used a one piece crossover shaft attached to the brake pedal - so a left foot brake pedal could be used. See the attached pictures, taken from the 1929 CS1/ES2 Norton Spare Parts List - which show the brake pedal and associated parts for the rear brake mechanism - and shows clearly the spring offered here - Original Part Number 4504.

 

As shown in the catalog - it was standard fitment on the Norton 3 - stay frame up until Norton introduced their own brake drums and mechanism in approximately 1931/32 on the left side of the bike- at which time they changed over to what become the standard brake pedal with return spring mounted on the brake plate.  Therefore the later 3 stay frames with combined rear hub/sprocket should not need this type of spring.

Other models (i.e. OHV and possibly some SV) with two stay rear frame, but also employing the brake hub on the Timing side of the bike, and a crossover shaft/brake pedal will also have employed this spring - and our original Norton pattern shown in the second photograph - which was used as the pattern for replicating this spring came from a 1930/31 Model 18.  There is also a picture of a restored 1930 Model 18, so you can see the type of brake mechanism that fitted this type of spring.

 

The spring fits onto the crossoveer shaft of the brake pedal and loops onto the frame tube, it being fitted on the brake lever side of the crossover shaft.

 

This is now an extremely rare spring to find in its original form and ours are copied directly from an original Norton pattern by our specialist UK spring manufacturer.  Not as cheap as some springs - as setup costs are high for a relatively small batch quantity . . . but hopefully if you have an original with corrosion or broken . .. at least you know this one is correct! 

nd brake pedal.  This spring fits behind the brake pedal and has a loop that acts on the frame tube.  This spring is copied from an original Norton pattern - see listing for more detail.  Price is Each 

Price is each.

We used a genuine original Sturmey Archer (for Norton models) kickstart spring for the pattern for manufacturing these springs - so they are as per originals.

This spring is unusual, in that it is has forward facing tang and loop, which fed through a hole in the kickstart spring cover (see accompanyning photos), and then looped behind the shaft of the kickstart lever.  The length that this tang protruded is important, as other Sturmey Archer gearbox's had a similar spring - but with a shorter length protruding (see also Item 1064).

The length the tang protrudes on this spring is approximately: 44mm

The outer diameter of the spring is approximately: 47.5mm

It is difficult to be definitive about exactly which Sturmey Archer Gearbox's and models this spring was fitted to - but it is certainly of the type that was fitted to the sporting Norton Models from 1927 through to approximately 1932 - as it is listed in the 1927/28 Norton Spare Parts catalog for Walter Moore type CS1 and ES2 models.  At this point the spring was shown as part number 4585.  I cannot be entirely sure - but I believe the gearbox was known as the CRS type gearbox (please email me if you think I have got this wrong!).

It was then shown again in the 1930-31 Spare Parts Catalog, by which time this gearbox was now being fitted to the newly introduced Arthur Carroll type SOHC CS1 engine, as well as the ES2 models.  By this time the part number had changed to 5X44. See accompanyning photos for exerts of both these catalog pictures.

The following year (i.e. 1932) the Sturmey Archer 4 speed gearbox was introduced for the SOHC Mod30/40 models with a different kickstarter spring type (see Item 1066) - but the 3 speed gearbox was still listed for the CS1 models - so although I cannot be sure if the spring design changed, the 1932 3 speed may have continued to use this spring type - and it may have also been used on other models at that point in time (again, please email if you have a 3 speed of 1932-34 design and can confirm this, thx).

This spring may have also been fitted to other manufacturers models fitted with Sturmey Archer 3 speed gearbox's from mid 1920's to early 1930's - if unsure, the important dimensions to check are shown above - the distance the tang protrudes to reach the kickstarter shaft, and the width of the spring (and again - I would be happy to update this listing if anyone knows of other models using it).

 

As a final point - as at time of the writing this listing (Jan 2022) - I am in the process of having a small batch of the spring covers manufactured - as shown in the centre of the photo with the springs and covers together.  These were tin covers (although we may need to machine from solid), with a hole for the forward facing tang to protrude.  Email us on sales@racingvincent.co.uk if you wish to reserve one.

 

This is now an extremely difficult spring to find, and many original gearbox's are likely to be suffering with the original spring worn and tired - this new spring should help revitalise the kickstart lever returning! 

Single row ball bearing used on all Single Cylinder models (pre-full width hubs) on the plain hub side front hub and also on the brake side for pre-featherbed conical (SOHC Manx) front brakes. They are also used on all rigid\plunger\non-conical rear hubs on the non brake drum side. As always, this bearing is a high quality named brand bearing (i.e. not a chinese bearing!)

Twin row ball bearing used on all Single Cylinder models (pre-full width hubs) on the brake hub side of single sided front hubs (although strangely not used on SOHC conical front hubs. They are also used on all rigid\plunger hubs on the brake drum side. As always, this bearing is a high quality named brand bearing - NSK (i.e. not a chinese bearing!). This twin row bearing was always much more expensive than the single row fitted to the other side, and is now getting quite difficult to find - but as at the end of 2012 I have managed to get another batch!