OzVMX Forum
Marque Remarks => Maico => Topic started by: ba-02-xr on February 17, 2009, 08:30:50 am
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Did any of these actualy get to OZ. I saw some bits on them in an 86 T&T mag on the weekend. Or were they ment to come but missed the boat.
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1986 GS250 in pieces in my shed
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heres a 86 500 mmmm nice for a maico ;D ;D
they look a bit like the factory honda rc500 :o
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You just have to always remember to use the decompresser when starting those big Maicos , or this could happen ;D :
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what a hoot that pic is, huskyevo....top shot!!! (and not far from the truth i assume).
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That 500 looks awsome. Where is it from oz or us.
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its from the us its a mstar cool bike
bet maico 31 likes it ;D
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It does look a lot like a factory honda rusty, not many of them around. Has anyone here ever ridden one?
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i had an 86 gme 500 , in about 92 for a few years , even 8 years old and ragged around the edges ,was fast , reliable and the only way to ride it was on the power , it was very heavy and very long , and i still miss it ,i sold it to someone in brisbane ,about 11 years ago , due to partner pressure , the rad shrouds were in sheet alum.and one radiator i had made was copper as i couldn,t afford the $2500 for a new one , then parts for it were hard to get and expensive , about $900 for a piston kit
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Speaking of them looking like a Honda. I was reading an old ADB lastnight where they had a shootout with a 85 KTM Husky & Maico 250 MX. They bent the Maico, but aparently Maico even admited they liked the look of the RC Honda fuel tank so they coppied it. Probly a load of s**t but who knows.
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IMS6201
The 500 gme you sold, did it have a Honda front end on it?
If it did, I ended up with it.
Maico 949
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that,s the one , the prev owners bent the brembo,s , i fitted an xr 600 f/e on it , was all i could do at the time , where is it now ?
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(http://i618.photobucket.com/albums/tt261/maico949/maicocity022.jpg)
This is what it ended up looking like.
Raced it for a few years in Brisbane.
Sold it on to someone in Victoria.
Haven't heard any more about it.
Maico 949
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Is that a new Maico in the background.
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That's one hell of a nice bike - wonder where it is now?
Dave Mac
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949,
Did you also have a "84 500 and a motard '01 or there abouts?
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it still has the honda forks i fitted ? i had it road rego.d at one time , it had a bad habit of sucking the throttle valve against the body and sticking if held fully open for too long , i,ve still got a center case gasket here i bought for it and never used , and i often kick my toe on the old kick starter lying on the shed floor , u probably got a few dollars more for it than the $1500 i sold it for , nice bike , thanks for postiong a photo of my old ride
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Hi Evo 550
Yes, I used to have an '84 and it was a '99 set up for motard.
Ims6201
I removed the XR forks and fitted a '84 CR 250 front end to it.
Made a new pipe, had the engine reconditioned, powdercoated the frame, new plastics and had a great time racing it for about 5 years.
Every where I went, people would take pictures and ask "what is it?".
Sorry I sold it on to finance other projects.
I enjoyed reconditioning it. I reckon it was faster than the newer '99 model.
Maico 949
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I bought the '84 from you a few years ago now, It's all grown up now, you wouldn't recognise it.
http://s118.photobucket.com/albums/o82/evo550/?action=view¤t=IMGP1356.jpg
http://s118.photobucket.com/albums/o82/evo550/?action=view¤t=IMGP1355.jpg
http://s118.photobucket.com/albums/o82/evo550/?action=view¤t=IMGP1354.jpg
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The bike looks great. How is the pipe holding up? Wasn't sure how it would hold up when I made it. Hope all the welds have stayed together.
Are you still riding/racing it? Hope to get along to some QVMX rides and catch up with you when my knee gets stronger. Had an op last week.
Still have a '81 490. Wish it had an electric start.
Catch up with you sometime soon.
Maico 949
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949 say hello if u see us at a qvmx day , i,ll have a pair of 84 yamaha,s 911