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Title: Marks montesas and a special maico
Post by: Mike52 on August 10, 2011, 07:29:07 pm
http://www.vintagemx.us/cgi-bin/largephoto.cgi?C=Bsw6WQgTdyYmYwRx

Nice
http://www.vintagemx.us/cgi-bin/largephoto.cgi?C=8vNjuF8SzG7fpFbv

Oh man check this
http://www.vintagemx.us/cgi-bin/largephoto.cgi?C=2tDUWhjpzFXMyGBN
Title: Re: Marks montesas and a special maico
Post by: motomaniac on August 10, 2011, 07:36:33 pm
Note the owner of the Maico.

He not doing too well it seems.See below.

Warning political content .Watching may make your head hurt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfwoIUo56QI
Title: Re: Marks montesas and a special maico
Post by: paul on August 10, 2011, 08:48:10 pm
http://ozvmx.com/community/index.php?topic=20162.15
Title: Re: Marks montesas and a special maico
Post by: Mike52 on August 10, 2011, 09:39:45 pm
Ta Paul missed that one  :-[
Title: Re: Marks montesas and a special maico
Post by: Slakewell on August 11, 2011, 12:33:08 pm
I owned one of those little Monty's I sold to to a young bloke around the Musslebrook area he was going to dirt track it.
Title: Re: Marks montesas and a special maico
Post by: mx250 on August 11, 2011, 12:40:41 pm

Oh man check this
http://www.vintagemx.us/cgi-bin/largephoto.cgi?C=2tDUWhjpzFXMyGBN
A '57 Maico Wow!!!! Do you think they'll let me run that in the pre 60's class?
Title: Re: Marks montesas and a special maico
Post by: Slakewell on August 11, 2011, 12:50:42 pm
Lets me put this way if you buy it and enter it at the nats in pre 60 can I watch you push it thou scrutinering   :o
Title: Re: Marks montesas and a special maico
Post by: firko on August 11, 2011, 01:03:47 pm
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'57 Maico Wow!!!! Do you think they'll let me run that in the pre 60's class?
Why not, it looks to be 90% kosher by our rulebook. To my eyes, the only questionable points are the later conical hubs and Mikuni carby. I've got one and a half of these engines so it'd be cool to build one for sure. Finding a Blizzard or Typhoon frame is the hard part as they weren't exactly as common as DT1 Yamahas.  
Title: Re: Marks montesas and a special maico
Post by: paul on August 11, 2011, 02:35:00 pm
i know were theres  a blizzard frame and engine
Title: Re: Marks montesas and a special maico
Post by: Slakewell on August 11, 2011, 02:48:45 pm
As I dont know , are the forks pre 65/60 ?
Title: Re: Marks montesas and a special maico
Post by: firko on August 11, 2011, 02:50:47 pm
So do I but the bloke won't sell it. "I'm gonna do it up one day" he reckons. Is your one available Paul?
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As I dont know , are the forks pre 65/60 ?
Not sure if they're OK for pre 60 Mick but I'm pretty certain they're OK for pre 65. I think the fifties Maicos had leading link forks but perhaps the tele's came out in the late fifties. It's surprising just how much Maico used the same stuff for. My 1982 250 crank is almost a slip in to the fifties cases. Not quite but close. I think the squarie gearbox'll go in and the magnum clutch goes right on once a simple sleeve is made up. I reckon my planned oval barreled Maico/Sprite frame would be a pretty close competitor to a twin pipe CZ or Greeves for the class. I've got other projects to do but it'll be nice to get back into the Maicos again once my little Yamaha diversion has done its course. Let's also not forget the square barrel Maico Metisse which is already partly underway.
Title: Re: Marks montesas and a special maico
Post by: paul on August 11, 2011, 02:58:07 pm
not sure firko. its been sitting for years unused,but i will ask him as soon as i see him. what would one be worth in good nic?
Title: Re: Marks montesas and a special maico
Post by: firko on August 11, 2011, 03:03:21 pm
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what would one be worth in good nic?
Like everything it all depends on how complete it is. You said frame and engine...are the rest of the bits there or is it a 'good nick' basket case? It's one of those things you'd have to see...there's not much of a market for them.
Title: Re: Marks montesas and a special maico
Post by: paul on August 11, 2011, 03:20:47 pm
leave it with me
Title: Re: Marks montesas and a special maico
Post by: Tossa on August 11, 2011, 03:35:19 pm
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1957-Maico-Scrambler-250-Motorcycle-Original-Racing-Ad-/120575563235