I would stay with the silver. BTW, I just saw one for sale on some site I was on for $1,700, but not licensed.

You gotta link to this "site" ?

I would be curious to see the bike.

It was during surfing around. It wasn't as clean as yours. It had a high front fender and looked funky to me.

This the bike the day I bought it



Lived its life in San Diego area...was ridden in a nearby dirt lot when new.....then stored away in a garage till I rescued it about
3 years ago...



Here's the fiberglass

Here's a few more pics of how she arrived...lots of oxidation



The bike hadn't run since about 1979



The motor was free and had spark



I just cleaned up the motor..... changed transmission and clutch oils ...

I got it running then eventually changed ignition and carb that's about it.
It was a very low hours bike...

Its impressive how well the bike cleaned up....looking back at these photos I forgot how bad the bike did look.

Only the headlight ears and bucket I added have new paint. The rest is was just cleaned and hand polished.
The nickel plating on the frame cleanup up pretty well.....it does have some "patina" spots tho.

I take that back..... I did repaint the pipe, head and cylinder.



I am really glad I was able to keep the bike "very original"...
as I always find original "unrestored" bikes to be quite interesting to look at.

Here's a few pics from awhile back...in the process of fitting a downpipe on the bike



The pipe is from a Montesa Cappra which uses the same motor.



The pipe hangs a bit too low so I haven't used it yet...the downpipe project still needs a bit more work




In the above photo I also have a steel gas tank installed that has the later style Rickman graphic.
The bike came with a fiberglass tank that is shown in the previous photos.

I have decided to sell my 1971 Rickman Montesa 250 Cross on Ebay

I hope it goes to a forum member here?

Its a very rare and cool bike that would make a great addition to most anyone's collection 



 
 

It's currently listed on Ebay under other motorcycles starting no reserve bid at $4500.
It California Titled and Plated !