In the world of vintage motorcycles, there are rare bikes and then there are rare bikes. Simply breathing the name Rickman just about guarantees that you’re going to speak of the latter, and that is indeed the case here. What you’re looking at is a 1971 Rickman-Enfield Interceptor. It’s just one of 138 ever made in total, and one of only 26 bikes that were exported outside of renowned period chassis specialist Rickman’s home country, England.
To make it even rarer, this specific machine was purchased new in July 1974 at Chariot Cycle in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada by the person who is now selling the bike. That’s right; it’s a one-owner machine. According to them, the bike was stored from approximately October 1980 to October 2022, indoors, in a humidity-controlled environment kept at between 66 to 68 degrees Fahrenheit.
