Motorcycles

In 1980, motorcycle enthusiast and award winning rider Adrian Moss thought there must be many more classic bikes out there than those he was currently repairing and rebuilding in his Stroud base. Trading then as 'Adrian Moss Racing', Adrian advertised and sure enough found a few interesting examples to buy and keep him busy refurbishing.

Through such projects, Adrian became a regular customer of the Rickman Motorcycles factory in New Milton and was able to build up a good relationship with Derek and Don Rickman, the famous duo, through their shared love of building motorcycles. The Rickman brothers accepted and respected Adrian's fine workmanship with Rickman bikes and he became generally accepted as the primary supplier of Rickman spares to the public. So it came as no surprise that when Derek and Don were looking to sell their complete stock of parts in the mid- 1980's, it was Adrian who was given first refusal.