RacingNorton E-Shop - Latest News and Updates:
27/01/26 : Online Order Update and - US Orders/Tariff Update -
- Xmas Illness Update: I am pleased to say that my daughter Steph (who normally processes online orders) is now mostly recovered from her Xmas illness and is now back at work and processing orders. We have almost caught up to our normal position - but just as a reminder we- normally have a 2 -3 weeks backlog on all online orders (as my daughter only works part time Mon-Wed), and we continue to be busy.
US Orders - Further Update Jan 26th 2025 - All US orders are now being considered for additional US Tariffs. This has been reflected by orders under £250 value (which we normally send by Royal Mail) having an additional US tariff imposed on the Royal Mail charge - on top of normal postage rates. In most cases this tariff is an additional £20 - and we will charge that up front, and later refund if the charge is less.
For orders over £250/2kg - we normally send orders to US by FedEx and they have also increased their costs. In addition there may also be other charges applied by the US Customs, once in the US - as always, these charges are the responsibility of the customer to pay - and nothing to do with us.
We will now email customers at the point we get to their order - and confirm they are ok to pay all Royal mail postage/tariff charges before we pick the order.
Apolologies for any inconveniance this causes - but assure you it is nothing to do with us and is causing us much additional effort and cost to adminstrate.
These charges having nothing to do with us - it is due to US Policy changes - therefore if you do not wish to pay these extra charges, we fully understand - but would ask that you dont place the order with us. Hope you understand.
Best regards, Paul. 27/1/26.
25/12/25 : Merry Xmas To All Our Customers and Readers - And Availabilty
Steph and I would like to wish all our customers and readers of this site -
A Very Merry Xmas and a Prosperous and Happy New Year!
And just to let customers who currently have orders in with us, or are just about to place an order:
- We were able to finish processing and post this weeks orders on Xmas Eve (24th Dec)
- Steph (my daughter that does all online orders) contacted all customers with orders
currently in progress, to let them know the status, and if sent out
- Steph will now be off for the next week and we will resume processing orders on Monday the 5th January 2026. Therefore our sales@racingvincent.co.uk email will not be being monitored until then
- I will continue to be doing manufacturing tasks in the background (I dont have much of a Xmas hol myself!), and may occasionally be going into my own email . . . in case any of our regular customers want to ask me any questions or query anything
-If we have not got to your order yet, apologies (current wait is approx 3 weeks), but Steph will amend your order to 'In Progress' as soon as she gets to it in the New Year
- And finally, I am currently working on numerous new or restocked products and will send out a Newsletter as soon as I can, hopefully early January.
Merry Xmas all and Have a Good One!
Paul and Steph
27/11/25 : Back In Stock - SOHC Top/Bottom Bevel Shim Sets Available Again
In the latest Newsletter below I gave an update on our recent Shim type re-stocking . . . but at the time we were still waiting for a couple of the 4 thicknesses of available Top/Bottom bevel castings to come back from the manufacturer.
They have now come in - and all bevel shim sets (i.e. a set of 4 shims, all of a different thickness) are available again. Also, both the crankdshaft and camshaft sets are alos all available again, and item listings have been updated with useful fitting information.
SOHC Lower Bevel Shim Sets: Item 0326B
SOHC Upper Bevel Shim Sets: Item 0327B
05/11/25 : Latest Newsletter - No47 Autumn 2025 - Now Available:
Here is our latest Newsletter - which shows our latest new products and restocks, as well as a reminder on current order times etc.
This Newsletter gives a number of updates on parts back in stock - but also numerous parts still in progress - which I will try and update further on in the next 6 weeks:
Newsletter 47: Autumn 2025: Autumn 2025 Newsletter
Hope there is something there of interest to you!
Best wishes Paul.
09/10/25 : New Item - OHV Upright Gearbox Rockerbox T-Piece
I know this part does not look very exciting - but I am very pleased we are now able to offer it! . . . it is an exact copy of the Nitrile Rubber T-Piece that was fitted to all OHV Norton singles fitted with the 1948 type OHV engine (including 500T models) and the upright Norton type gearbox. This 1948 onwards engine was the first type to have a seperate oil feed to the rockerbox - and the upright gearbox models (i.e. up until 1950-51) used a rubber T-Juntion of exactly the same type as this one, fitted to the oil Return Pipe.
As most original T-pieces have now perished or cracked . . . and they are not to our knowledge available elsewhere - we have decided to have the moulds made from an original 'New Old Stock' original Norton item (which I have had set by for 40 years!).
See the link below to read more about it - and we sell both with and without ferrules:
1948-51 OHV Norton Nitrile Rubber Rocker Feed Pipe Rubber T-Piece:
Best wishes
Paul. 9/10/25
