Maico: Rise and Fall of a Legend (HD)
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Nice vid! Thanks!
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watch me ride a maico you will be supised ;)
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holy fucmoly a damn car with powerband would be fucking fun!
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A g'damn slide show? Man I get tired of these things.
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My Uncle raced for Maico in the 70's. Furman Gray from Alabama.
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@tobyeo Maico 125's were based off of their road-race bike and weren't really geared or engineered for motocross. While I did see one in 1974, ridden by a 30-yr old woman! that achieved quite a few wins in central Virginia, they were expensive and hard to maintain compared to a $800 Suzuki 125, that just happened to have taken the 1973 world mx title at mid- Ohio courtesy of a 18-yr old named Mickey Boone. In this era 100+ riders might show up at a local race just for 125cc class.
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Maico was more than a brand.At a time when I was riding Pentons (mid '70's) the 501's were feared (for at least their roost!)Then the Elsinore Honda came along with Yamaha YZs at $300 less ($1300 vs. 1700 for the European 250cc bikes) With the parts network and after-market companies trying to sell you what the pro Japanese brands were using (usually required if you wanted to be competitive even on a local level) Even high schools had MX teams! I relish that I was able to ride "On Any Sunday."
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I had a 1980 440 maico the best bike i had. Also i had a 420 KTM it could not touch the 440 wish i still had the 440.
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I had a 1980 440 maico the best bike i had. Also i had a 420 KTM it could not touch the 440 whish i still had the 440.
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I wish I would have kept my 1979 380 WR Husqvarna, and my 1988 430 WR Husy as well. The 390 popped a wheelie without even trying. The front wheel would just start climbing toward the sky. The punk who bought the 390 in Aloha, Oregon trashed it.
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Nice to see this hasnt turned in to a slanging match, we will both have our differences and share a common interest, keep up the great work.
Maico did do 125's but very rare, know of two used in 1980, my mate had one and Rob Andrews who i used to beat then.
Ps i have a piccy of a Maico 440 behind me on a KX250A5- No smilies
jhareng 1 year ago
@jhareng Ya, Maico 125s are extremely rare and I think they stopped making them in 1980. They also share nothing in common with the larger bikes, the engine is completely different.
tobyeo 1 year ago