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Offline firko

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Re: MAICO Pre-60 Alloy Oval Barrel Blizzard Project.
« Reply #180 on: August 30, 2013, 09:27:38 am »
I love the groovy party shirt worn by the Maico rider (Fritz Betzelbacher??). Not an energy drink logo in sight ;D
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« Reply #181 on: August 30, 2013, 09:48:57 am »


Yeah he was in the gruuv alright. Trendsetter.

looks like hes been out partying all night :D ;D :o  :o
Sorry girls, suns up, the gates are about to drop at the track, got to go :-* :-* see yah's
 

Any how we will all know who it is in two weeks time::)

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« Reply #182 on: August 30, 2013, 09:59:15 am »
Quote from: firko on August 30, 2013, 09:27:38 am
I love the groovy party shirt worn by the Maico rider (Fritz Betzelbacher??). Not an energy drink logo in sight ;D

Yep I do not get the current idea of actually paying extra money for riding or casual gear for the privilege of wearing an advertisement on your body. Monster this, Repsol that, Red Bull something else what th…………. It is a bit like wearing your under pants 150mm above your daks what is that about


Oops thread hijack ::)
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Re: MAICO Pre-60 Alloy Oval Barrel Blizzard Project.
« Reply #183 on: August 30, 2013, 10:04:48 am »
And a baseball cap with the eye protecting sun peak facing backwards ::)

And wearing UFC and Tap Out crap, with out ever been in a ring or on a mat.

I have enjoyed every Harley I have ridden,
     but the bad boy eyes on the back of the mid life crisis harley jacket ::) ::) ::) FFS

Yeap, you don't have to have it in your hand to be tugging away on it ::)



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« Reply #184 on: August 30, 2013, 10:24:45 am »
Based on Fritz's groovy shirt, I reckon he would have cruised the Paaffingen, West Germany night club precinct during his nights off driving his Maico sports car. The chicks would have sacrificed their virtue for a ride with Fritz in his exotic teutonic two tone roadster 8).
                                                                                                       
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« Reply #185 on: August 30, 2013, 11:53:54 am »
Quote from: firko on August 30, 2013, 10:24:45 am
                                                                                                     

That is awesome  8)
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« Reply #186 on: August 30, 2013, 01:22:02 pm »
It looks like a 4 cylinda gogomobile  :o
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« Reply #187 on: August 30, 2013, 02:27:55 pm »
                                                                     
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Re: MAICO Pre-60 Alloy Oval Barrel Blizzard Project.
« Reply #188 on: August 31, 2013, 11:40:01 pm »
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Some pics of my '56 Blizzard frame.  It appears to be straight, some corrosion visible, probably quite a bit hidden.
When I find a front end I'll get serious with this project.
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Re: MAICO Pre-60 Alloy Oval Barrel Blizzard Project.
« Reply #189 on: September 02, 2013, 12:45:22 pm »
That's the first pics you have posted?
you sorted it, good work Kurt.

For any given period the 175, 200, 250 and 277 Blizzard frames are the same. The only difference being brackets, gussets etc for varying applications of either road, Gs, scrambles, military etc.

Yours is a road Bike frame, probably why it is still straight, looks OK from a distance. Which of course makes it a good starting point.

If it were mine, I would gusset and brace it in several areas if it is to survive the trauma of scrambles or motocross.
Areas where they commonly fail under duress. I will get some pics up in a couple of weeks of where I know they fail.

Keep an eye out at your local scrap dealer for a trashed shipping container, and see if he will cut you a couple of the GOOD square feet out of it for gusseting and bracing stock.

 
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« Reply #190 on: September 02, 2013, 07:27:58 pm »
I will certainly be strengthening the frame, just a question of where and how.
Any suggestions will be most welcome.
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« Reply #191 on: September 02, 2013, 09:00:08 pm »
No worries,

I will show you what I have learnt and Identified so far, mainly from slowly to translate German Magazines.

I will do some pics up on where they are known to crack and bend.

But I need to vacate this site and ebay for a couple of weeks first

Hopefully I will be a bit more organized by then and have a barrel of Monkeys of my back as well.

PS; all those cheap new India Royal Enfield front forks on ebay look the go. They are close to the right length.
I wonder who on here could tell us which are the right pre-60 legal ones?





 
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« Reply #192 on: October 09, 2013, 02:32:56 pm »
This Blizzard has an allloy barrel as well ;D
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Re: MAICO Pre-60 Alloy Oval Barrel Blizzard Project.
« Reply #193 on: November 07, 2013, 02:59:28 pm »
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Re: MAICO Pre-60 Alloy Oval Barrel Blizzard Project.
« Reply #194 on: November 20, 2013, 12:46:35 pm »
2013 sucks, but things are improving now, touch wood.

I have a lot of German magazines and a few Blizzard brochures now.
One interesting thing is that at one time or other during the fifties, the Blizzard range had just about every rim size combination imaginable.

Lots of evidence that the Alloy Altenburger rims were indeed OEM fitment on the light weight deluxe models,
  such as the small capacity Super Sport range.
This is on the way


It is an original OEM fifties wheel.
An Alloy 19" Altenburger rim factory laced to the smaller diameter Wide hub.
It completes a matching set 19/18" factory alloys.


 
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