The Bike You Should Have Raced in the 70's | A Bike and a Beer Episode 2 

Been riding for over 50 years and still have never thrown my leg over a Rickman....you lucky dog!

I had a 73 Rickman. Sold it on eBay about seven years ago. Bought it in Quincy. Been sitting for Forty years. Like new and very fast.

Very cool to see the Rickman Montesa. I was a 9th grader living in El Paso in 1973. Dad and I went to a local Triumph BSA Hodaka Rickman shop to look around. The Rickman ISDT Zundapp and Montesa MX were parked right next to what dad bought, the Hodaka 125 Wombat for $640. Man I lusted after that Montesa hard and still have the brochure you showed in your video. Out in the desert I'd see them running around with guys on Huskys and TM400s. Unfortunately though, the Honda Elsinore 250 was introduced in '73 and it changed pretty much everything. In the end I did get into Montesa in the '90s with a '70 and '72 247 and a Rathmell 348 Cota I used in AHRMA trials. Viva Montesa!

I had a 74 VR 250 replica. great handling and powerful but fragile. Switched to Bultaco and then Husqvarna. I should have kept it just because it was so lovely.

I rode this bike back thru the 70’s, and it was the bike all my riding buddies wanted.

Had an older used Rickman Zundapp 125 in the early 80's, pure bliss until the gears inside shattered and I had to pass it on. Never owned anything I loved more!

Sweet Bike, Son! Braaaaaap! Love two Smokin'

New viewer to your videos, good to see a younger person who enjoys the vintage bike scene. I do have a Rickman 125 Zundap in my bike stash which is fun to ride and good looking but not a racer. I definitely have a soft spot for Euro bikes also, Maico, CZ, Husky, fun channel keep up the good work.

Me and older brother had a 71 or 72 Rickman martese 125. Had a head light.stuff.street legal.fastest 125 ever.hill climber to.zundap great motor.first thing we did is cut big ugly muffler off.got load. Great mems.thanks man.

Bill your a legend, it’s Jon 1066 street bikes 😊

Dad had a dealership (Ted Evans MC) in Venice CA and we were a Rickman dealer, the one I loved was with the Triumph 650 motor!!!

I had that same bike in the 70s and had a blast on it!. Bought it new- it had a different pipe on it that was lower down and looked more like an expansion chamber and it had a stinger on the end- may have had to do with WA state regulations for off road, everything else looks the same including the naugahide clutch and break lever shrouds

I raced a 125cc Zundapp Metisse at an MX in Placerville for a dealer in 1970 to test it and give an opinion. Typical, it missed a lot of shifts. I normally raced a 250cc CZ and won often.

Rickman was HUGE in the day ,advertising ALL OVER ENGLAND, mega famous for CHROME MOLY 🇬🇧

I have a 1974 Rickman Montesa 250VR. These are super cool bikes. I used to AHRMA race mine, Viva Team EMP.

Mated the mono-block carbs on the old Greeves. Nothing but trouble. Put a Mikuni on a Greeves Challenger and it starts and runs great without ever loading up.

In 1973 my dad and a buddy of his grafted a Yamaha 250 MX engine in the Rickman frame and voila! A Rickmaha was born. That bike was wicked. They also developed a rudimentary flex bar. For that bike. Just found your channel keep up the good work.

I am surprised that I've not seen one before. We had one of the very few Montesa dealers here in Upper Appalachia (SE Ohio) back in the60s and 70s. The Rickmans I recall from that era had Zundapp engines. That dealer also handled Moto Beta.

I use to ride my mates montesa 250 king scorpion ...great bike My bike was a husky 360wr another great bike This was 1974/75 .. Cheers

I smoked those bikes back in the day with my Ossa Stilleto! lol That said..., I have a 71 Rickman 125 with a Honda SL125 engine stuffed in it. ;-)

That was the bike I awalys wanted you are so lucky

Nice episode of motorcycle history.

I really like the way you presented all the information. Please never add background music while you're talking & riding!

You have a amazing personality!

Hey mate, this series is really cool. Love the Rickman, I’ve got a mate with a few Montessa’s and Bultaco 2 strokes. Love Spanish bikes and will try and track down that beer here in Australia. On a side note if you want to try some Aussie beers for your reviews, check out Coopers Pale Ale or Little Creatures Pale Ale.

The montessa are as rare as the puch frigerio bikes ,pure class

Good video :)

Huhhhhh I ain't seen one of those since the 70 $ damn I seen many bikes like that one hodaka and my first bike when I was in grade school Yamaha 80 racing bike I miss it but that's the way it goes for many vintage bikes....

The Amal carb is spanish because Spanish bikes were required to be sold with all spanish parts back in the day. Amal licensed them to Montessa so they could build them in Spain. Or so the story goes...

i had ISDT version rode it on street all the time

When you said 1973 the volume went up & your voice change. This is the kind of stuff used in light hypnosis.

New to your channel , nice nice nice bike!

get it!

Ride it, but don't crash it!

U made me laugh. Ha

Out of curiosity what was your dollar you were asking? Thanks

I'll crack a coopers beer now

How much?