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Offline Suzukal

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83 Maico
« on: July 21, 2008, 06:56:32 pm »
From one rusty frame & a box of crappy parts to ....... to taaddaahhh !!!!

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Re: 83 Maico
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2008, 07:09:37 pm »
Very nice! Ya gotta be happy with that!!
"Whadaya mean it's too loud?! It's a f*ckin' race bike!! That pipe makes it go louder - and look faster!!"

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Re: 83 Maico
« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2008, 06:26:42 pm »
This is maicostu's 83 Spider. It started off as a jigsaw puzzle. Everything turned up in a box & was either seized, rusted or buggered. One of the axle clamps had snapped off the fork leg & the other one had already been welded. Pigmy machined up the new axle clamps ( & a lot of other stuff ) for that factory look.  Excellent job !!
A bit of bead blasting here, water blasting there, powder coat this and zinc plate some of what was left and it slowly came together.
It only needs a pipe & muffler , a whole lotta fuel and then ...yahoo !!