I am building a cafe racer with a combination fork brace/fender mount/caliper hanger. I need to know tire dimensions/clearances to complete this part of the project, but don't want to actually purchase the tires until the project is closer to completion, so the tires are fresh. (I've been...

any ideas on a good place that has open face helmets that arent too alien like? they all seem too "futury" to me. i just want a good normal round helmet.. by the way has anyone laughed at the mohawk helmet thing that seems to be sweeping across the nation like the plague?

Well I know I am. A three week build - 1962 Norton Manx 30m 500cc. From parts to running, including most of the painting too. Wheels had been built previously! Crank rebuilt and ready to start "fitting". Bottom end together New old stock cylinder vapour blasted and ready to fit, piston...

Hi just registered, I am half way through but this is my first cafe racer so any advice is welcome. Here are some photos to kick things off.

Starting a thread about my -59 Manx. Should never had bought it 3 years ago, if it had not been raced quite successfully by a friend of mine. We used to ride together on our road Nortons, he on an Atlas and I had a Dommi 99. Learnt a lot from him about race lines and how to stay alive on public...