Pre-65,,,Eligible MAICO s

[Mick D]

As the title says
Search away then Dave.

[firko]

Dave, you've got a perfectly good pre 65 and pre 60 250 racer in the Adler.....why not race it before you go changing direction again. Lots of luck finding a pre 65 legal Maico without going to Germany or Austria.

[Mick D]

Dave, you've got a perfectly good pre 65 and pre 60 250 racer in the Adler.....why not race it before you go changing direction again. Lots of luck finding a pre 65 legal Maico without going to Germany or Austria.

Or Mick's place.

[Mick D]

In 1962 Maico released the second version of its dedicated Motocrosser frames, the X2.

The bike pictured below is an X2 framed 1963 model


The following 1962 X2 framed bike is reputed to be the very mount belonging to the late Jim mcCabe.

[firko]

The following 1962 X2 framed bike is reputed to be the very mount belonging to the late Jim mcCabe. 

If that's the bike Mick it'd be a pretty trick engine, maybe even a bigun'.....326cc.

[Mick D]

Now why does that sort of talk always make me grin .

Hey Firko, I thought a friend of yours put up a test of the 62 model in the pre-60 thread, But I cant seem to find it now

[albrid-3]

People say to me not to race the Adler mark.

[Mick D]

People say to me not to race the Adler mark.

[firko]

Hey Firko, I thought a friend of yours put up a test of the 62 model in the pre-60 thread, But I cant seem to find it now Huh

It's still there Mick...VMX60's post.
http://66.84.0.143/~ahrmanwc/1962_Maico_Scrambler_Tests.PDF

People say to me not to race the Adler mark

Well tell 'em they're idiots, that Adler is just the ticket for pre 60 Dave. It might take a bit of sorting but it'll be worth the effort.

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[Mick D]

Powder coating remorse

I'm suffering from a bout of it right now Mick, I hate the stuff. Are you going to have the Oval Maico ready for CRC mate?

Yes Firko, I have had a major change of mind about powder coat on everything.

Uuuumm, shortest explanation about my CRC pre65 Maico project,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
 The Facts-
    I have Been stuck behind the eight-ball for a spell.
    Been very sick for five weeks, lost 8.5 kilos. 
    The 360 alloy oval I bought from the US, is actually a very rare early MD360SS Roady with title.

    If you Google for days, you find the odd X3 MC360 here and there,

    but no MD360SS roadies, mine is the tenth one made. I did "dry July" and kept it up. With a clear mind now I just cannot bring myself to carve up its rare originality and I love riding on the road.
    So I have decided not to cut off the roady brackets etc,,instead I have put a Squarie 400 engine in to it, with quad-leader, etc. It will soon become road regoed for a daily rider.
    So, I am waiting for another X3 MC frame for the Oval 360 engine.

    So in the meantime, I was actually thinking last night,
    Plan,
          Online tracking says that this 1959 frame I bought from Germany is now in Oz somewhere on the way to my place?


http://www.ebay.de/itm/181178171474?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

This 59 frame should knock on the door in the next day or two.
   I have nearly everything I need to bolt together a legal pre-65 "Hack" If the frame is as good as it looks looks in the Ebay listing. Obviusly it wont be as good as the real X3 thing, but it is OK to crawl before one walks, an I would love to line up and be counted for one of those exclusive tee-shirts
Fingers crossed.