January 16, 2023 My Rickman report has finally turned into my BSA report.  After slightly over a year delay from my original plans, my son Eric and I have finally started on the teardown and rebuilding of my 1964 BSA Spitfire Hornet.  This was my first motorcycle, which I bought in 1965.  In a couple […] Read More

March 11, 2022 I have been slowly making some headway on my Rickman.  The two main areas of effort for me, with my disability, were to start the bike myself, and to get it re-registered so DMV wouldn’t suspend my registration.  A third issue, shifting, is still in the works with a temporary fix. The DMV […] Read More

Originally written: 12/5/2021 Blog Publication Date: 8/12/23                                             I wrote this article for publication for a website called “The Return of the Café Racers,” a couple of years ago.   Geoffrey read my story, edited it to his liking and then published it.  I am re-writing it now for this blog in the interest of adding context to the […] Read More

September 27, 2021 Last Saturday morning my son Eric came over and we loaded his 750, 1970 Triumph and the Rickman into the back of his truck and drove down to a parking lot at the intersection of Hwy 35 and 92.  We met Al, Bob, Gabriel, his son and Nancy and we unloaded the […] Read More

September 15, 2021 The good news is that the Rickman is back running again and hopefully the oil leaks are no more.  The engine breather hose now goes into a very cool, baffled catch container before exiting out the rear of the bike as just vapor.  There is a petcock at the bottom of the […] Read More

August 28, 2021 After replacing all the seals and gaskets on the primary (left) side of the engine it was time for another run.  This last Wednesday Mark came over and fired the Rickman on the first kick.  We didn’t leave the enriching lever down this time and I suspect I was flooding the engine […] Read More