New Member with Rickman MZ

[traderyoda]

The MZ Metisse was built for Lynn Wineland by Rickman New Milton and shipped complete - Lynn apparently didn't care much for the exhaust set-up and mounted the ISDT pipe. I thought it might be equipped with the centerline brake hub, but it's actually equipped with a British Hub Company hub rigged to a Dunlop steel rim and a Goodyear MX tire. I cannot be sure if someone who purchased the bike from Lynn's estate after his death didn't switch out the rear hub. The front hub is a standard Rickman aluminum conical. The BHC rear hub might have been used to suit the right-side chain on the MZ.

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[traderyoda]

This machine was built for one purpose only - to evaluate the viability of the MZ motor for U.S. off-road racing. From what I've learned the machine did exceedingly well, but the lack of availability of the motor in large quantities spelled the end of the experiment. When I get it running it'll be interesting to see just how well it performs.

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