Show us your Maico!

supershaft · 01-25-2013, 05:46 PM

I love the Bul thread. Were are all the Maico's? I don't see that many here. I would love to see more. I use to love them back in the early/mid seventies. Just for their looks if nothing else. Plus the midwest had some experts that could fly on them back then. Not to mention some national and world level pro's!

Scootern29 · 01-25-2013, 07:15 PM

They ran out of primary chains.

stainlesscycle · 01-25-2013, 08:32 PM

i would have a pic, but i just rebuilt the motor and set it in the frame today - 1977 aw400. - it's in average shape - not doing a restore, just doing motor/suspension, etc. then deciding what to do with it.. - i also have a project 1980 250 i might be getting rid of....

dpforth · 01-25-2013, 08:47 PM

I have a 72 MC250 patiently waiting restoration but it's a bit too buried to take a pic of.

Rokoneer · 01-26-2013, 06:44 AM

Does my 2004 Maico qualify, or is it too new for this thread?

supershaft · 01-26-2013, 03:41 PM

I still have hope. I would love to get my hands on a '76 250MX. I think it was a 250MX. Not yet red. Banana swingarm. Crude and rude!

I don't remember how much they typically weighed. I hope they were light since above all else I hate heavy bikes. But please! Don't bring up 'claimed' weights! Let's stick with reality.

305racer · 01-26-2013, 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stainlesscycle

i would have a pic, but i just rebuilt the motor and set it in the frame today - 1977 aw400. - it's in average shape - not doing a restore, just doing motor/suspension, etc. then deciding what to do with it.. - i also have a project 1980 250 i might be getting rid of....

Tell me about this '80 250 project that may need a new home.

stainlesscycle · 01-27-2013, 02:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 305racer

Tell me about this '80 250 project that may need a new home.

welp: missing piston, pipe, kicker, seat, plastics (has tank - currently with late 70's cr250 plastics on it i think). motor turns over. i have not touched it since i got it.

Donzzilla · 01-28-2013, 05:02 AM

I have 2 Maico's on file. The first one is Tony D's last race bike and the actual bike he started his schools with. It's considered to be one of the greatest MX bikes, the '81 490.

The second one is an earlier aluminum tank model. Sorry there's not more of the bike, it's all I had

lamotovita · 01-28-2013, 04:32 PM

I don't have any Maicos anymore. Here's my last one, a 1978 Magnum.

stainlesscycle · 01-29-2013, 11:03 AM

here's my 77 aw400 - motor is done - rode it around a bit to see what it would do. i get to tear back into and work on the clutch (surprise!). then onto some cosmetics...

supershaft · 01-29-2013, 01:30 PM

Yea! I guess they went red in '77?

stainlesscycle · 01-29-2013, 01:57 PM

yep red in 77.

supershaft · 01-29-2013, 03:30 PM

I hope I warned everybody that I don't know much about them having never been around them much. Maybe that explains my love for them?

I do love the looks of them. Especially the pre-red ones. Plus, like I said earlier, I have seen some guys kick ass on them!

meijer's trails · 01-29-2013, 08:56 PM

01-25-2013, 05:46 PM	#1
supershaft ^OP because I can Joined: Sep 2010 Location: San Francisco Bay area Oddometer: 6,056	Show us your Maico! I love the Bul thread. Were are all the Maico's? I don't see that many here. I would love to see more. I use to love them back in the early/mid seventies. Just for their looks if nothing else. Plus the midwest had some experts that could fly on them back then. Not to mention some national and world level pro's!

01-25-2013, 08:32 PM	#3
stainlesscycle Beastly Adventurer Joined: Jun 2008 Location: morgantown, wv Oddometer: 1,639	i would have a pic, but i just rebuilt the motor and set it in the frame today - 1977 aw400. - it's in average shape - not doing a restore, just doing motor/suspension, etc. then deciding what to do with it.. - i also have a project 1980 250 i might be getting rid of.... __________________ current bikes 07 gasgas xc300-94 duc 900ss-86 morini camel (2)-84 IT200-83 IT175-78 guzzi lm1-77 pursang 250-76 morini 3 1/2 strada-76 frankentaco pursang 200-74 frankentaco pursang 200-74 morini 3 1/2 sport-74 mz ts250/0-74 puch 175 (3)-73 can-am 175tnt-71 guzzi frankeneldo-71 ossa Stiletto-70 frankentaco sherpa s(2)-66 morini corsarino(2)-63 morini corsaro + many more

01-25-2013, 08:47 PM	#4
dpforth no inline fours Joined: Oct 2010 Location: Fantasy, I mean Vancouver Island Oddometer: 182	I have a 72 MC250 patiently waiting restoration but it's a bit too buried to take a pic of. __________________ This species has amused itself to death

01-28-2013, 04:32 PM	#10
lamotovita Studly Adventurer Joined: Oct 2007 Location: WA USA Oddometer: 864	I don't have any Maicos anymore. Here's my last one, a 1978 Magnum. __________________ It's not a big motorcycle, just a groovy little motor bike.

01-29-2013, 11:03 AM	#11
stainlesscycle Beastly Adventurer Joined: Jun 2008 Location: morgantown, wv Oddometer: 1,639	here's my 77 aw400 - motor is done - rode it around a bit to see what it would do. i get to tear back into and work on the clutch (surprise!). then onto some cosmetics... __________________ current bikes 07 gasgas xc300-94 duc 900ss-86 morini camel (2)-84 IT200-83 IT175-78 guzzi lm1-77 pursang 250-76 morini 3 1/2 strada-76 frankentaco pursang 200-74 frankentaco pursang 200-74 morini 3 1/2 sport-74 mz ts250/0-74 puch 175 (3)-73 can-am 175tnt-71 guzzi frankeneldo-71 ossa Stiletto-70 frankentaco sherpa s(2)-66 morini corsarino(2)-63 morini corsaro + many more

01-25-2013, 07:15 PM	#2
Scootern29 Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Sep 2012 Location: In the hot, hot, dezert Oddometer: 232	They ran out of primary chains.

01-26-2013, 06:44 AM	#5
Rokoneer Studly Adventurer Joined: Sep 2006 Location: Upstate, You Nork Oddometer: 511	Does my 2004 Maico qualify, or is it too new for this thread?

01-26-2013, 03:41 PM	#6
supershaft ^OP because I can Joined: Sep 2010 Location: San Francisco Bay area Oddometer: 6,056	I still have hope. I would love to get my hands on a '76 250MX. I think it was a 250MX. Not yet red. Banana swingarm. Crude and rude! I don't remember how much they typically weighed. I hope they were light since above all else I hate heavy bikes. But please! Don't bring up 'claimed' weights! Let's stick with reality.

01-28-2013, 05:02 AM	#9
Donzzilla Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Nov 2008 Location: Brackney,PA Oddometer: 371	I have 2 Maico's on file. The first one is Tony D's last race bike and the actual bike he started his schools with. It's considered to be one of the greatest MX bikes, the '81 490. The second one is an earlier aluminum tank model. Sorry there's not more of the bike, it's all I had

01-29-2013, 01:30 PM	#12
supershaft ^OP because I can Joined: Sep 2010 Location: San Francisco Bay area Oddometer: 6,056	Yea! I guess they went red in '77?

01-29-2013, 01:57 PM	#13
stainlesscycle Beastly Adventurer Joined: Jun 2008 Location: morgantown, wv Oddometer: 1,639	yep red in 77. __________________ current bikes 07 gasgas xc300-94 duc 900ss-86 morini camel (2)-84 IT200-83 IT175-78 guzzi lm1-77 pursang 250-76 morini 3 1/2 strada-76 frankentaco pursang 200-74 frankentaco pursang 200-74 morini 3 1/2 sport-74 mz ts250/0-74 puch 175 (3)-73 can-am 175tnt-71 guzzi frankeneldo-71 ossa Stiletto-70 frankentaco sherpa s(2)-66 morini corsarino(2)-63 morini corsaro + many more

01-29-2013, 03:30 PM	#14
supershaft ^OP because I can Joined: Sep 2010 Location: San Francisco Bay area Oddometer: 6,056	I hope I warned everybody that I don't know much about them having never been around them much. Maybe that explains my love for them? I do love the looks of them. Especially the pre-red ones. Plus, like I said earlier, I have seen some guys kick ass on them!

01-29-2013, 08:56 PM	#15
meijer's trails Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Jun 2008 Location: S.E. Michigan Oddometer: 403	out of gas, as usual __________________ Washtenaw Co MI dirt road t.o.r.

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