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Marque Remarks => Maico => Topic started by: Marc.com on August 18, 2009, 06:30:22 pm
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvRb6Z4c4-Y
i think this video pretty much says it all. :D :D
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::)
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Pretty to watch... :D
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Get that dope off that Maico!
I never get why guys on 4 strokes rev the tits out of their bikes. What are they clearing out? It would sit and idle all day. Same with the moderns on the limiter at the start line.....dadadadadadadada, dadadadadadadada ::)
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One of two things could have happened: the guy on the Maico was just giving the rider on the farm bike a false sense of security before it was roosted out the back of the Maico like a rabbit, or we couldn't see the flock of sheep up the track which needed herding. They don't look too bad in Canola yellow.
Cheers,
K
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I have on more than one occasion holeshot a field of Open Evo bikes on my HL500, including one memorable day when I got them all, including Roy Gay. Forgetting the rest of the race and my progress to my proper place at the back of the pack, I can say this:
The HL gets what power it has to the ground very well and it would often be there first just because it is so easy to launch. However, after that the big 2-strokes eat it alive. I have opened it up out of big sweeper while right next to a 490 Maico and I was pulled by about 3 bike lengths in the first couple of seconds.
So the rest of that race in the clip would probably see the HL get beat, is my guess. Depends on the track and the rider too of course.
Here's proof that I actually did win the occasional start!
(http://www.ozvmx.com/images/forum/hl-1st.jpg)
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hay brad
get a ride on a speedway bike and see what 4 strokes can do.tt500 can be made to go very fast i know i have one in a light slider frame.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baUCmhpzLI8&feature=related
wow 490 is almost as much fun to start.... when you U Tube Maico 490 all you get is instructions on gear box rebuilds, is there something I don't know....well actually I do ;).
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Get that dope off that Maico!
I never get why guys on 4 strokes rev the tits out of their bikes. What are they clearing out? It would sit and idle all day. Same with the moderns on the limiter at the start line.....dadadadadadadada, dadadadadadadada ::)
my thoughts exactly..
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You guys down under have no understanding how this youtube clip can do irreperable damage in my country. We have our own local fourstroke fundi's that would relish at seeing this.
If Hitler was alive and well today, he would have had the Miaco "driver" shot dead on two consecutive days (just in case he did not die on the first shooting) based on the disgrace he inflicted on the GERMAN Ayrian technology.
I am truly embarassed
Crabman
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I am truly embarassed
Crabman
Hey Crabman if you want real embarrassment I was at VMX last weekend and a guy was using his blown up 490 wheels on his Honda. ;D
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JESUS MARC ARE YOU STILL HURTING ABOUT THE GMC 500 WITH NOOOOOOOOOOO HISTORY EVER
SORRY THEY DO HAVE A HISTORY WITH AUSTRALIA POST PAC AND SEND
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JESUS MARC ARE YOU STILL HURTING ABOUT THE GMC 500 WITH NOOOOOOOOOOO HISTORY EVER
No Im good Paul ......... there is enough history in the shed as it is, plus as a Maico owner you will know....... a lot depends on what kind of history.
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BUILD AS MANY AS YOU LIKE :P
mate having a bike with a readily available gearbox is not a bad thing.
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http://ozvmx.com/community/index.php?topic=10239.0
last nights score, I am still smiling this morning mate
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YEAH SAW THAT! GOOD SCORE 8)
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JESUS MARC ARE YOU STILL HURTING ABOUT THE GMC 500 WITH NOOOOOOOOOOO HISTORY EVER
That's not true at all Paul, by the time I finish my frames they all have a Looooooooong history. ::)
(Had to get that in before somebody else did) ;D
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:D
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Oh? sounds like your smitten with love :o
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2008 World Twin Shock Championship at Pontralis.
1980 500 American Champion Chuck Sun (63) wins Over 50's Twin Shock World Championship at Pontralis on one of our special reed valve Maicos.
(http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo263/ozmaico/CS_at_Pontrilas.jpg)
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Herbert Schmitz, Wolfgang Schrade, Pete Mathia, Neil Hudson and Fritz Kobele featured in result order at the Aichwald International Twin Shock event 2004. All Maico mounted.
(http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo263/ozmaico/gall_11.jpg)
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Rocket Rex Staten at Nantwich England.
(http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo263/ozmaico/gall_12.jpg)
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Canada Heights 2003 World Championships
Left to Right: Dennis Slythe,Wolfgang Schrade,Brad Lackey (All Maico)
Also in pic Vic Allan and Darren Hudson.
(http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo263/ozmaico/gall_02.jpg)
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Herbert Schmitz
Hawkstone Twin Shock World Championships 2002
Ex Factory Maico rider, GP winner and German Champion.
(http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo263/ozmaico/gall_05.jpg)
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bringing the past to the present marc ;D
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1970's GP star Adolf Weil is still winning GP's in his 40's.
(http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo263/ozmaico/AdolfW.jpg)
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history marc ;D
http://www.encyclopedia.com/video/7JIZ8WzM7w4-rare-maico-photos.aspx
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That's not true at all Paul, by the time I finish my frames they all have a Looooooooong history. ::)
(Had to get that in before somebody else did) ;D
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Too true given the Geoff welding it and me building it. you could paint the Sisteine Chapel faster.
Hey I heard you had to take the age of a Maico and multiply it by seven to get its age in human years ;D ;D ;D
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:o was that a frame i saw on its way to post office from gmc 500 hq
(http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo263/ozmaico/GoogleEarth_Image-2.jpg)
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:o was that a frame i saw on its way to post office
(http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo263/ozmaico/GoogleEarth_Image-2.jpg)
:D :D. Why the hell did you ever sell that HL Paul?.....
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money ross ;D
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That's some good history research Paul, here's some more.
The following is a list of all the world championships that Maico won
;D ;D
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(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a393/gmcloa/GMC-RD-track-1.jpg)
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Doesnt steve stackable winning the 1975 super cross title in the 500 class count as a world championship??????????
maico stu
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thats a good idea geoff play golf and stop giveing people like mark the wrong idea .btw shouldn.t that be the gmc 500 swing arm ;D on the golf course ,now your doing it as well ::) the real hallman would be turning over in his grave if he was dead
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What about 1972 , 1973 trans ama ake and adolf
thats a world championship right there
maico stu
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the real hallman would be turning over in his grave if he was dead
:D :D :D :D ;D ;D :D :D :D :D
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shouldn.t that be the gmc 500 swing arm ;D on the golf course
I don't see anyone complaining that the Big Banana is not a real banana.
Maybe they should call it the Big Replica Banana as someone might think it's the real thing ;D
And Stu,
What about the C grade race on joe blogs farm out the back of Timbuktu, that's got to be a world championship right there too ;D
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HERE IS A REAL FACT
2009 dirt track pre 1975 championship 250cc
honda xl250 first by a long way
maico 2nd
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Wow I am heading for the big swingarm next holidays
So lets get this straight then, the REAL HLs are the productionised NVT ones or the Protec ones or the one in Bengts garage.
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ignorance is no excuse
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hl beats maico = smoke and mirrors!! Mark i passed your mk3 metisse yesterday on junior picketts 50cc.....lol
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hl beats maico = smoke and mirrors!! Mark i passed your mk3 metisse yesterday on junior picketts 50cc.....lol
Its waiting for Pickett senior to get it moving ;D
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here marc fx heres what youve all ways wanted
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/twinshock-yamaha-hl-xt-norton_W0QQitemZ330376416931QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Motorcycles?hash=item4cebf80ea3
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Ah. So that's what a real HL looks like. I think most of these replica's are getting further and further away from that. Oh well...... ::)
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Ah. So that's what a real HL looks like. I think most of these replica's are getting further and further away from that. Oh well...... ::)
How so ???
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Gee I don't know. Enough billet aluminium to build space shuttles, the mandatory ohlin fully adjustable shocks, 14 inch's of suspension, rims that would make a hooker blush. You know. All the stuff that they had on them in 1978.
To be fair though, guys do the same thing with their Maico's :-\
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Gee I don't know. Enough billet aluminium to build space shuttles, the mandatory ohlin fully adjustable shocks, 14 inch's of suspension, rims that would make a hooker blush. You know. All the stuff that they had on them in 1978.
To be fair though, guys do the same thing with their Maico's :-\
And Kawasaki's... ;)
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your right no original HLs had gold rims and billet anything .... BTW the Fox Forx on my bike came off original HL. ...hell I am getting confused on what I am allowed to fit to my bike. ;)
(http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg71/marcFX_photo/15492103-32669-large.jpg)
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What tank do guys use for HL replicas?
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What tank do guys use for HL replicas?
yz 125 C or X
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the tanks not the challenge, finding a decent seat is harder.
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the tanks not the challenge, finding a decent seat is harder.
can't remember who but someone in the US has started making plastic seatbases now.