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Marque Remarks => Maico => Topic started by: paul on July 14, 2008, 04:47:52 pm
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heres the start of my franken bike ,its comeing along 82 forks and triples thor (maico only) swig arm
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As soon as you get it finished you can start a full resto on that one in the background...hah
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Just joking paul....although you could paint it Stihl orange
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who's going to race ride this maico paul ??? ???
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Do you ride your bikes Paul? I cant remember seeing your bikes at the track.
I cant wait to see you out there on the big bangers.. ;)
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nah not at the moment just like putting them together i leave that to you youngsters
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Hey Paul if you need a test pilot me and Hoony are availiable !!!!.
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I have a bad case of plumbers crack... :-[ :D :D
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Yes i've heard that to he will do absolutely anything for barney banannas.
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Yes i've heard that to he will do absolutely anything for barney banannas.
yeah, funnily enough Hilly i heard the same so it must ne true, apparently 1 packet and he is everybody's !
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i dont think theres enough room for the 79 air box and the 490 engine and carb so i might have to get a alloy box made too suit the space ive got,i dont really want to machine the barrell /inlet shorter to make room .its a tight squeeze ill take it over to stackers and fit it all up and get a pipe made to suit then pull it all down and start from scratch should look ok when finished
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taking shape nicely Paul, you really build nice bikes mate.
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NEW SEAT AND GUARD FRAME WAS MODDED AT REAR THE ENGINE IS NEARLY DONE .SAND BLAST ROD ,BEARINGS , REBORE ,SEALS ,KICK STAT SHAFT(NEW) A COUPLE OFF GEARS WERE REGROUND (SLIGHTLY) ANS A GEAR SELECTOR SHAFT ,SHOULD HAVE IT VERY SOON
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engines done rod bearings seals piston rebore sANd blasted barrell and head new kick start shaft ETC ETC
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this ones for the MAICO haters you know who you are ;D
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THE START
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That turned into a nice thorough bred race horse Paul , well done 8)
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Paul you build a beautifull bike well done :) The 79 Maico is my favorite model Maico :) that tank is a classic shape and instanly recognisable 8)
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spent all day on the pipe yesterday to get it to fit and fitted a few more thinks like brake pedel and rod etc
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which race class is it eligable in (do they have bitsa)
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Evo, Evo and....Evo. The class the bike runs in is decided by the newest major component. In this case it'd be the '81 engine. If it has an '82 engine, I think the bike'd have to go into pre '85 as the engine came from a linkaged bike. Fussy eh? If you had the original '79 400/440 engine in it you'd still have to run Evo as I think the old pre '80 class in Victoria is gone (or am I mistaken?)
I'd love to have a ride on the bike to see if the sweetest Maico frame of them all is improved by the later suspension and more power. It'd be cool to do a comparo between the 490 Frankenbike, '81 490 and '82 490 (and perhaps the '83 500) with a rider who is good enough to get the best from the bikes and intelligent enough to put their thoughts on the differences into words.
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Correct a mondo Mark, pre 80 has gone down here (replaced with Evo) when we affiliated with the darkside at MA and swung in line with them.
Bloody nice Bike Paul !
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Hey Paul bring it down to Wonthaggi for the Viper meet in November and Me and Hoony will run it in for Ya . Looks the Goods .
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kick the bike in the guts today started right up ;D
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Hey Paul bring it down to Wonthaggi for the Viper meet in November and Me and Hoony will run it in for Ya . Looks the Goods .
yeah right on Hilly, i heard they take a lot of laps to run in, heaps more than a Jap bike due to Square Pistons the square head Germans use !
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dont you 2 start, rossco is the man got a couple off things to do foot pegs need sleeves and spings and side covers from the us and a different chain guide this thing sounds oarsommmmmmmme boys
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hey rossco sisters vs sisters
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Cool as mate. What stickers are you going to run on the tank?
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cool work Paul,
i'm curious, where you've mentioned earlier about sandblasting the barrel etc do you then coat them with something? and how well/long does the finish stay that way?
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Vandy, I've been running all of my bikes with bare sandblasted barrels for years and theyre still looking good with no special treatment. I got curious and dug the DT1 from Hell out yesterday and the sandblasted barrel is still as good as the day I built the engine. Considering that the bike has been in my garden shed uncovered for 9 years should answer your question mate.
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Paul, you know the Maier plastic is much nicer quality-and I think Mainly Maico sells it in Australia.
gonna send me a magnum tank to shine up?
Cheers, James
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Somebody just spotted a ute fully loaded with shiny Tanks and Maico engines racing down Sunrisia Highway, towards Victoria. Please do not attemt to approach the middle aged driver , he seems to live on a different planet and will not stop for anyone. :D
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hey im back left last nite at 9.30 and got home a 6.30 im seeing things not bad melb to walters and back again
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Did you get raided underway by the Maico or Montesa Police ?
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how could i some one sent me on a wild goose chase other wise i would off been back earlier ;Dthat senic route turn out awlfull,,bumper to bumper the port adelaide crow s were good blokes
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Never trust the Navman ;D
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you mean direction from a shock doc
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right ross get your money out
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Top Job Again Mate, i love the Red, Black and Gold very classy !
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Dead sexy! :-* :P 8)
Where from and how much for the yellow ovals?
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That's lookin bloody good paul. When do we get to ride it? I wanna compare it to my '81.