Registration No: Unregistered
Frame No: 814
Engine No: T100C H56258
CC: 500
MOT: Exempt

• Entered from a private collection
• Offered with a Statement of Search, to establish the date of manufacture of the frame & engine from The Vintage Motor Cycle Club Ltd (VMCC)
• Engine believed to date from 1967
• Dry stored of late and so would benefit from recommissioning

Derek and Don Rickman made off-road, race and road motorcycles using their own frame designs for fifteen years after commencement in 1960. Frame kits were supplied to allow home builders to fit a variety of British motorcycle manufacturers’ power units, as none of the major marques would supply them with complete new engines. Rickman kits were well respected for their excellent fibreglass bodywork and outstanding nickel-plated frames branded ''Metisse'', the translation of which, as applied to a combination of unrelated but harmonious components, appropriately enough is 'Mongrel'. Racer and actor, Steve McQueen, was an enthusiast of the Metisse motorcycles.

Entered from a private collection of motorcycles, this Metisse is offered with a Statement of Search, to establish the date of manufacture of the frame and engine, from The Vintage Motor Cycle Club Ltd (VMCC). The Triumph engine is believed to date from 1967. It has been dry stored of late and so would benefit from recommissioning work before use.