Maico Sidecar.

[090]

3 Wheels aren't really my thing but this thing is cool as!

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[090]

Had to put third photo here (too big) (to bad i never have that problem  )

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[paul]

theres some good stuff on that site brad  hey

[Hoony]

the wheelbase on that is is huge, is it a grasstracker or an MXer? i bet its a grunty forker

whats the links guys

[paul]

hoony it in here but it in a forign   langwich   lol
http://www.maicomas.net/
scroll down the left side in there  some were

[Tim754]

Oh how double sweet it is,,, two angry Maicos........SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Wombat]

Thanks for the link; anyone into Maicos should scroll through the photos on this French site.
I'll try to upload a couple of the lairy looking ones.

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[YSS]

Those Maicos where made very quickly after we released the double 2 x YZ 250 Engine in 89 .
Because the YZ pokes out to the left it could only be used in left hand sidecars and the Maicos where better for the German and Dutch right hand sidecars. (because the poke out to the right)But when the FIM droped the CC from 1000 to 750 cc  all the advantages from those engines where gone . I did bring one back to Australia . It sounds sweet ( like a very big Banjee)  and they go OK .After all , it was alot of R+D for nothing .(Thank you FIM, now you inreased the limit again to 1000) We always joked about selling the the connector castings as Memorial Ashtrays.LOL

[paul]

walter have you got a twin engine maico side car

[YSS]

I did have until last year , and then sold it to Europe.  I will send you a pic of it

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[paul]

i take it would be rare , walter how many were produced  that  a good one for a maico collector

[YSS]

They only made 200 of those engines.  about 80 of them went into car cross  and 120 into sidecars.
There are only 12 still alive today.
But I also have the water cooled version , they made 50 of and there are 7 ,I still know are alive and preserved.

[paul]

what would some thing like that be worth  walter/and which one are you takeing to cd5 

[YSS]

Well ,hard to say , but the watercooled I would not let it go .
But because it is watercooled 85 , I can not bring it to CD , you cant have a rule for solos and another for sidecars. But I will bring my 112 Decibel 1000 Wasp and the Metisse .

[Wombat]

YSS, perhaps your water cooled '85 Maico could remain on the trailer at CD5.
Picture it bathed in a low lux uplight as a suitable back drop for the evenings gathered drinking crowd.
A rare water cooled Maico would attract the sort of awe usually associated with Michelangelos 'David'... or the Kevlar girls!