In the magnificent world of The Frame Game, there are a few legendary marques. Bimota is often the first to spring to mind, along with the requisite Harris and Spondon. But the Rickman brothers – who started out with trails and off road machines before turning to road racing – are surely top of the…
Its not unusual for small motorcycle manufacturers to take existing engines and slotted them into redesigned frames, offering improved performance while keeping reliability. In the last 20 years, Roehr tried this with the HD motor, Fisher tried it with the Hyosung, Bimota did this with their S/D/Y series bikes. And this practice isnt unique to…
Restored And Wanted: 1974 Rickman CR900 It looks like there are some anxious bidders out there in cyberspace waiting for this auction to end. This beautifully restored 1974 Rickman has generated quite a bit of interest and why shouldn’t it? Just look at the pics. I’m generally a latest and greatest sort of guy but…
Yep, did you see how I snuck that in there? I’ve started a new site just for cafe bikes and conversions for sale. I can’t deny that I’m on the bus and love what they represent. But for the most part, we try to only post original or lightly modified machines on both Rare SportBikes…
For Sale: 1974 Honda CB750 Rickman CR The brothers Rickman, famed for their motorcross frames, turned to street bikes as a natural evolution. Using Reynolds 531 manganese-molybdenum steel tubing, the brothers created a kit-bike package not unlike the early Bimotas – prospective buyers simply needed to add key bits from a donor bike (in this…
1980 Kawasaki Rickman CR No sooner does the RSBFS staff find what we believe is a rare bike, when another staff member finds vitually the same bike available only a short time later. Such is the feast or famine environment of rare, collectable sportbikes. Take this Rickman-framed Kawasaki 1000, for example. It was only last…
No Reserve! 1977 Rickman CR Framed KZ1000 This one is going to a new home one way or the other. As usual, with some of the lesser known 70’s sport bikes I had to do a little research to be able to write anything coherent about this bike. What I found was interesting to me. Rickman was…