BRAND NEW NEVER RIDDEN RICKMAN 125 MX ZUNDAP ROCKET 1971

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1971 Rickman Metisse
World Championship Winning Model
Zundapp MX Grand Prix 125CC 2 Stroke
The Last New Rickman 125 Known To Exist
Brand New, Never Ridden Off Road
Less Than 1 Mile Ridden @ Kaplan Cycles Driveway
A Museum Display Piece For 50+ Years
A True Time Capsule
100% Stock and Original Including the Tires
Showroom Clean & Gorgeous
Beautiful & Original Blue Paint & Nickel Plated Frame
This Bike Is New & Runs Amazing
A Rock Solid Quality Classic Investment
Classic Sound from this 5 Speed 125CC Two Stroke
One of the Fastest Vintage 125’s Ever Made
All Original Cycle Parts In Brand New Condition
We Have Just Completed a Full Preservation Service &
Rotisserie Detail on this New Beauty
PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE FOR COMPLETE DETAILS
Compression Tested Perfect
New NGK Spark Plug
New Gear Oil
Carb Dismantled, Cleaned, & Set to Spec
New Fuel Lines
Fuel Tank Rinsed
Fresh VP 94 Non-Ethanol Fuel with Startron Added
Cables and Pivot Points Lubed
Full Nut and Bolt Check Over
Fully Rotisserie Detailed
Cleaned All Cycle Parts
Please call if you have any questions
860-454-7024 M-F 9-5
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[@davidanderson2393]

Years ago in the early 90's I purchased a low hour red Rickman 125 up pipe bike from someone who had rescued it from sitting in a garage. I was vintage racing at the time but didn't want to beat it up on the track, surprising how peppy that Zundap motor runs, still have it tucked away in my bike shed.

[@fubarlife7776]

Tucked away 🤷

[@kennethlamar2150]

Have you got any suzuki rm 400 for salo M

[@davidanderson2393]

@@fubarlife7776 Nice dry storage while I work on other projects, I pull it out every summer and lube it up to make sure everything is free.

[@davidanderson2393]

@@kennethlamar2150 Nope, last Suzuki I had was a 78 RM 125 that went to a friend.

[@FantomWireBrian]

I still have my 74 Rickman Zundapp. I bought it from a guy that raced it MX and was a mechanic. He actually ordered a six day and converted it to an MX. He wanted the 18" rear wheel and bought the expansion chamber exhaust. And did something with the gearing. Years later I ran into him and he wanted to buy it back..I still have it and bought another one. I actually tried to kill that Zundapp on a very hot day . It took it and that day I decided never to sell it. God that motor can rev ❗

[@jrrobinson1672]

My dad bought me a 73 or 74 red Rickman 125 new when I was 13yrs old!! Loved that zundapp,what memories ❤️ and thanks to u guys for this!!! Merry xmas!Xmas!! Love u guys!!!

[@derwinwestfall7329]

Me 2

[@donbrashsux]

Billy’s knowledge is a museum piece

[@stevoreno6266]

Time piece in many ways. Thanks for rolling her outside where the natural light shines and brings it alive . GBA🇺🇸

[@MrVerno1960]

Had the pleasure of riding one of those back in early 1970's. The sound of the Zundap motor was awesome and it would beat all the other 125's of the time. A buddy of mine purchased one new from the local dealer here in Richmond for $795. He crashed it about 3 months later and he just abandoned it. I took it as a summer project at age 13, to fix it and I started riding it again. I wish I would have had the money to buy it from him but alas, he sold it after paying me for all the parts I purchased to fix it. The sound brings back a lot of memories.

[@paulgrogan8032]

I owned a red one brand new in 74, out of the 40 bike I've owned in my life this bike is the one I miss the most. R.I.P. Rickman brothers🙏

[@6AlphaMikeCharlie9]

Don is still alive

[@greenmtnman7714]

It's so nice at age age 61 to still be learning so much about these motorcycles and local history. Thanks and Merry Christmas from Vermont.

[@peglegjim57]

I rode one (a red ‘73) back in the mid 70’s, and I loved that bike! Everyone wanted to trade bikes for a few laps around our local sand pits, and they loved it too! It was at home where ever you pointed it.

[@jhawk1985]

The design and shape of the plastics make this bike look alot newer than it is. This is a really good looking bike ! Thanks for sharing guys

[@Bitterstone3849]

Fiberglass.

[@stevenbecker9302]

I had a 1974 Rickman 125 MX with the high pipe exhaust.My Dad bought two of them the other one was the 125 ISDT version.Not really sure how they tuned the MX version but it was one of the fastest 125cc bikes I’ve ever owned.Back in the day I raced the district 11 enduro circuit rode Pentons and many others in the 125 and 200 cc Class but that Rickman 125 by far was insanely fast…!!!

[@6AlphaMikeCharlie9]

I got a 1971 RICKMAN MONTESA 250 left to me from my father it was such a great bike. The Rickman brothers were way before their time.

[@secondmouse9458]

Bought one used similar to this one but with a headlight, upper mounted front fender, and up pipe, was very hard to shift sometimes and the welds on the gas tank leaked a bit but I loved riding it, it would climb trees with great low end torque and I never saw another one on the trails as long as I had it. Some asshole stole it out of my shed in northern New Jersey one weekend when I was away and I never saw it again. Thanks for bringing back all those great memories of a truly unique bike!

[@Slaxok]

Billy has been a great addition to this channel and museum.

[@philthome1303]

Revisited this episode today. What a treat! 👍 even the cold weather felt good. 🏁😊

[@cyclerider5652]

Beautiful Rickman. I had forgotten what a 125 sounded like with open pipe. Wicked! Loud bikes used to make racing even more exciting. Those Rickman Triumph twins were the coolest bikes around at the time IMO.

[@ericmyers8528]

Wow! What a bike! What a Time Machine moment. Rickman 125. Roadrunner Cycles. Frank Degray. Girling shocks. I was there with my XR75, Bultaco 100, Penton 125. My riding buddy, Mark P from Manchester had this bike and it was awesome. The only thing missing in your video is the smell of castor oil in a 2 stroke. 😄. Thanks for a great memory. NESC #91 back in the day!

[@randallburgess46]

Super nice bike!sounds like my 250 Penton Hare Scrambler or my 360 Husqvarna. I took off the toners and welded stingers on my bikes and tuned them by shortening the stinger about an inch at a time till it ripped like this bike does. Good old days. 📕

[@deepbludude4697]

So Cool! When I worked on Ascension island 1981 one of the NASA dudes had one shipped from the UK in the mid 70s, It was a straight up MXer and the guy could ride! He took very good care of it when they shut down that site the bike disappeared Im not sure where he sent it too he lived in Carlsbad CA.

[@mikeschoolcraft21]

No smoke and awesome sound. Imagine a triple cylinder motor with those specs .

[@DetroitMicroSound]

Zündapp 125!!!! 🤙Looks, sounds, and behaves, just like a 125cc grand prix road racer, from the same time. These old two-strokes wanna RIP in the cold and dry air! Btw, I'm a big Bing fan. I have two smaller bikes, and both have Bings. One 70cc cylinder on a 15mm Bing round bowl, and the other a 70cc cylinder, on a 17mm. Both, piston port 7 port DMP cylinders, from the Netherlands.

[@DetroitMicroSound]

The engines are both single-speed Puch E50 engines. Kromag Puch mopeds. both went from being 30mph bikes, to 45, and 60mph. safer on Metro Detroit roads, where the speed limits go from 25-35mph to 45-55mph. Michigan police don't mess with mopeds that can keep up with traffic, and not stick on the outside of the lane, as long as they have a decent baffle after the chamber, and don't pour smoke. (I use Amsoil Saber in both. Pretty low smoke.) And ya don't ride crazy.

[@briangriffin928]

The first bike you have featured that can do a drive by without doing a drive by! What a sound.

[@BeedropRooko]

Uncle Billy know the history of the old school Euro MX bikes - for sure! A great guy! I love the detail that the left side sidepanel are shaped for overlay exhaust! Great bike, great history and perfect contents from Kaplans!! Merry Christmas!

[@bear1568]

Possibly my fav bike youve displayed. A work of art!

[@abefroman4953]

We had one when I was a kid (with Preston Petty fenders) and wore it out riding in the mountains southeast of San Diego. Amazing bikes.

[@angelosantaniello4113]

Man Kenny I always wanted one of those back in 71!!! Thanks for posting and merry Christmas to you and the family

[@andrewSUN17]

That thing sound so tight! I remember these and the stinger pipes from early 70s when I was just a small boy! Man that sound will never be forgotten.Many of the motocross bikes around that time had similar pipes and it was quite an earful of aural sensations and vibrations straight to your spine and brain! True beauty! Happy Holidaze Ken, Billy, Ken JR, and all the family!!!

[@bettybobzimmerman7450]

Had a tm 250mx, open pipe.Put a steel wool silencer on it.Still was loud

[@electricboatal]

I had a Rickman exactly like this one. It too was very quick for a 125. I raced it for about 6 months and did very well on it. The most important part of the Rick an bikes was how well they handled. I rode mine on flat track and motocross tracks. I even did a desert race with it. The transmission was the weak link with the zundap engine. Mine would miss shifts often. I rebuilt the engine and properly shimmed the gears and it was perfect again. I eventually pulled the Zundap out and stuffed a Yamaha 175 CT 2 Mx engine in it and it was a much better bike. I raced it in the Elsinore Grand Prix in 1970 and did very well until I was hit by a Harley riding biker on the town part of the course. What an idiot he was to be on the course. Your bike is beautiful and I hope someone buys it and appreciates it as it should be. Best Regards Al Hartley

[@philliphamner8353]

A bunch of memories wrapped up in the sound and looks of that Rickman 125, thanks!

[@kevincosta9228]

Back in the mid nineties, the owner of one of these bikes was kind enough to let me take it for a ride. It was a '74 and I'm pretty sure it also had a low pipe. Anyway it was light, responsive and snappy, a first class dancing partner.

[@RobertFairweatherMusic]

Nice time capsule. Awesome share. Thank you.

[@annlefrancois5960]

Growing up in west haven as a kid lived right behind romeo's. Triumph. Laverada motoguzzi rickman bennilli dealer. Oh the memories of these bikes.

[@6ford9]

The sound of 2 stroke angels singing

[@sydneysheppard4979]

I also had a couple hodakas!! Had the dirt squirt..and the combat wombat!!💪🇺🇸

[@Crosshatch1212]

I dreamed about owning one off these .but once I realised was gonna take me couple off year getting it .I thought I’ll get as close as I can do I bhought a xs 650 .sent it to halco tuning for 840 engine congestion ,hydraulic clutch .oil cooled motor .starter motor blanked off .s/s spoked ally flanged rims .and a dr 400 swinging arm .dt 125 fork conversion .then flatrack seat unit .then black n silver square kenny ronberts paint job .oh that was a machine ,and by the time I was finished I cld have bhought a Métise and had change .lol but I wouldn’t change a thing .blue one is gourgous ,peace happy holidays Kaplan n family

[@derekcurtiss3061]

Absolutely priceless, the sound the paint , you can't make that stuff up !

[@CRFLAus]

That's so good! From Australia, Merry Christmas to Ken and everyone at Kaplan Cycles!

[@sydneysheppard4979]

Dudes!!! That's the exact one I had!!! It was the fastest 125 I ever rode!! My neighbor had a red 250..someone told me they made a 250 with an up pipe..never saw one..don't remember much about my neighbors bike..zundap!!! A new one yet!!! Dam..wanna sell it???💪🇺🇸

[@sonnyseabury4051]

Billy is definitely Da Man. Just an all around cool guy, that's a wealth of knowledge...Like an encyclopedia, when it comes to Motorcycles, and a huge great asset to your company. Please tell him hello, and Merry Christmas for me. Gorgeous bike, and the best sounding 2 stroke I've ever heard. Billy's TZ 750 has me in awe. My deceased father would love that bike. Amazing how fast it is, and the beautiful mechanic work, that Yamaha put into that racing bike. I'm quite sure that beautiful bike, would hang with many Sportbikes of today, and blow the doors off of many of them made today. Billy has huge courage and amazing skill to ride that bike the way he does. He is an amazing, highly skilled motorcycle rider, as are You and Jr.

[@6ford9]

So sweet this would be a sick flat track bike.

[@mtthielsen8342]

Out here in western Oregon, what I remember most is seeing them in indoor flat-track races. Never seen one in motocross.

[@tomtheplummer7322]

A guy I used to club road race against in the late 70s had a Rickman frame with a Water Buffalo engine. They guy was “portly”, he never hung off the bike, he just leaned. He was club champion for years on that bike!

[@craigbridge6538]

Impressed how well it runs. Sounds like a beast.

[@bananabrooks3836]

Nothing wrong with a fresh Bing! Graham Noyce worked an apprentiship at Rickman around '74 and he rode one of these in schoolboy scrambling (as it was known in those days).

[@albertschneider5978]

I had 125 isdt zundapp brand new never broke down in the woods 7 years racing great bike wishi had it now

[@albertschneider5978]

Red with chrome tank 😢

[@Bitterstone3849]

That IS the best and loudest sounding 125 2 stroke I've ever heard. 👍🇬🇧

[@tomtheplummer7322]

My Tyran 125 Sachs was pretty loud with the stock open expansion chamber 😏

[@kentwood9821]

(swoon) There was a time I had one of these and my friend had a Penton six-day 125. Best sounding bikes in the woods of Cape Cod at the time!

[@2StrokeSmoke544]

Man this is awesome. Ive never heard of the bike before but its stunning!! Ima guess priming that carb spilt some fuel on the case it looks. What a runner!

[@tonym4432]

Bought a R125SD ( ISDT Replica ) from Westbury Motorcycles , Bristol , England back in Oct 1973 ......... The SD had lights for road use and had a claimed 18 bhp .... the MX version had 22 bhp ....... Used it for green lane use locally .... Speedo was a 150 mph Smiths instrument from a BSA Rocket 3 ( just fitted to make it road legal ) ..... It was quick on the road ( not it`s natural environment ) , about 85 mph ....... The Rickman Bros competed themselves in MX , and also produced frame and chassis kits for road going twins , the Royal Enfield Interceptor probably being the best known .........

[@РоманДыльков]

Первый раз вижу 👀 этот мотоцикл 🏍!!!

[@harleydavidson6851]

Wowww! Wat Sound! Flashbacks Galore! Wat a Time Capsule! Gotta Change My Drawers!!! God Bless.....

[@bio-plasmictoad5311]

Very unique sounding for sure wow.

[@thelastrebelshow1627]

These were some of the bikes when I was a kid. Also Bull Taco.

[@danarussell4246]

Only ever saw a Rickman in Dirt Bike magazine back in the early 70’s.

[@scatpack440]

MOST DEFINITELY the BEST sounding 125 EVER!

[@seanmoore8152]

Merry Christmas from the UK 🇬🇧

[@leskobrandon538]

Had a childhood friend who's dad bought him a new Rickman 125 with a zundapp engine in 1974.. it was interesting to say the least...

[@METALWERX]

My dad also bought that same bike in 74 as well when I was a kid.

[@jackschitt7783]

Holy smokes. I can personally tell from the sound of it even through KZbin that thing's not even close to being broken in. WOW!

[@rasmuswellejus]

Sounds crisp!

[@JoshNY607]

Just wanted to wish you all at Kaplan Cycles a Merry Christmas hope you have a great xmas from a fan named Josh

[@MitzvosGolem1]

as a kid a got two basket cases put one together . Weird ball dogs in transmission but otherwise cool bikes . I wish I kept the Enduro model was red. The 250 used a Montessa motor.

[@brookshillier2398]

Wow! like you said that is the best sounding two stroke I have ever heard. You need to try a exhaust like that on one of your cr500.

[@chrisbutlersmith9970]

I might be able to help you out on the mystery of the trials tyre . Some moto x and enduro events in the UK where run on private land ie farms and woodland and to get it sanctioned by the event organisers they insisted you run a trials tyre on the rear to reduce damage to the woodland and fields etc . Hope this helps and what a fantastic find .

[@majorlee1]

Wow very cool! Sounds sick!

[@tooltime5661]

So frigging crisp, runs perfect!

[@listenupfools731]

That thing is CRISP

[@LEFTY4U]

Awesome… some long gears on that puppy… that should be the sound of Santa pulling up

[@TT-hi1qv]

Amazing bike sounds so nice and crisp look at that cool head!!🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@clarkpitts5393]

Incredible! A++

[@577buttfan]

I just love the way these vintage long tail pipe bikes sound.

[@tomn1026]

AWSOME BIKE !!!

[@joeblow5037]

These, Pentons, and Ossa's were all unobtanium to this SL-125 rider at the time. but I still had fun 🙂

[@borehole8631]

That pipe is so cool.

[@joebrown967]

I’ve never seen a bike like that I’ve seen a lot of two strokes with no expansion chambers but I thought that was how they like you know picked up in power So I’m confused because I just see a long straight pipe does that work good as well?

[@electriceye683]

That sounds amazing from here, what a bike - nice grab.

[@alfaubrom]

There's a old film on utube, called: look at life scrambling 1960s, features the greaves factory and other scramble related stuff good little film. Cheers to all

[@yiannishayabusaofficial]

WOW AWESOME AMAZING FANTASTIC

[@peterbrown8959]

I remember in 1973 one of the tracks in district 2, I think it was Waldon made us run a trials tire on the back because it was technically a scrambles track. Maybe that’s why it has a trials tire on the back?

[@Leatherbark]

My cousin traded his Hodaka Wombat for a 74 model Rickman 125 that had lights and an up-pipe. So much better running than the Hodaka's we had. Seemed it was much higher quality. Seems like after Rickman went out of business, someone in the back of a motorcycle magazine in the early 80's had some 250 Rickman's with the montessa engine for around $800 in the crate................Bob

[@BigTree412]

I had a 1977 xr75 and it had the Enduro Tire in the back and the nobbie in the front and when it came it didn't have a number plate I made my own plate for it man I miss that thing she ran strong people would be mad as hell they be on there KX 125 or there xr100 or whatever and I'm smoking them on a on a 75 with dual shocks dude had it mint lol this was in like 2004 I beat the piss outta it everyday she always started 1 or 2nd kick everytime

[@stephenwilliams926]

My 250 YDS7 had unsilenced pipes like that with K&N's it was loud !

[@alphajam1]

I had a red one same engine brand new. The back finder was slightly different, it kept up with some of 250s of the time. It was a little later model. I know the time was running out on them is because I could only get parts from California. The exhaust pipe went up through the side cover.

[@parkcannon3788]

I had two in Alaska in 1974. Won a lot but the fiberglass was shit and required fixing all the time...including the tank. The gears had to be adjusted constantly. It cornered like it was on rails though and had decent power. That year Honda introduced the Elsinore 125 and Suzuki the RM 125 two years later. This bike was taken off the start line and went into the bin of history.

[@seH2i]

A great example of a first class machine from the two strokeaholic era ~~

[@WilliamLithgowGuitars]

The Rickman brothers arrived at the workshop one morning and who was sitting waiting for them? Steve McQueen wanting chassis for Triumphs i think! They invited him in for a cup of tea of course! Being British that`s what you do!!

[@terrytate6006]

I have that exact same bike in the blue color with the performance downpipe

[@hecwashere610]

I love that color that bike looks super clean kap God bless America 🇺🇸

[@johnberry2877]

My quarter mile bike years ago was a Mach3 500 with baseni pipes that sounded just like that but x 3. My neighbor absolutely hated that bike and threatened to shoot me off it ! Until my old man, A WW2 marine from the 1st div gave him a stern talking too. Yeah back in the day those bikes barked and you could hear them coming for miles.

[@nicholastighe8450]

Wow amazing !

[@mfkliegenschaften5420]

Its correct writing is "Zündapp". It means "Zünder und Apparatebau GmbH" located in Nürnberg. Before WW2, the first super bike, K 800 W, was built ie a 4 cylinder boxer with 791ccm and 22 hp. Regards from Frankfurt.

[@jeffdickson902]

Yer right , that is what a 2 stroke is supposed to sound like. Long live stingers !

[@bobg1219]

Bike sounds NASTY!🤘

[@jplav2952]

It sounds like it's got a crazy Power Band

[@paulkenny7054]

Two stroke heaven👍👍👍

[@joebauer4275]

Very nice

[@johnhemsley2058]

I had a red Rickman enduro here in the uk for many years ,when the Zundapp engine finally died i squeezed a honda xl 250 motorsport engine in the chassis ,that was also great !

[@scottfisher237]

Nice

[@rgregleet2253]

I know a guy when I was young in the 70s that had one and it had two carburetors

[@grantkokich6906]

Reminds me of the Yamaha DT250 two stroke i used to own. The sound of a two stroke. Though this one has a totally unrestricted sound.

[@vetmxlife]

very coool!