Obscure trials bike

[Canam370]

 I owned a '91 Aprilia Climber 240 for a couple of seasons. Water cooled rotary disc Rotax. Great bike and probably one of the prettiest bikes I've owned. Another one I wish I'd kept 

[TooFastTim]

Fart and you miss it!

Aprillia: very prominant in trials mid 80's to mid 90's. Won a world championship ('89, Tommy Ahvala). Originally used Hiro motors and moved to Rotax. This set the tone for their future (I think they still use Rotax).

SVM, SWM rebardged. Came out of SWMs demise. Didn't last long.

KTMs: interesting one. Came very close to production in the late 70's and walked away from it. Development rider was Walther Luft. Had they have gone into production they would have benefitted enermously from the spanish trinitys demise.

Husqvarna: Also a factory bike. They too lost interest.

BMW! Well Douglas were players in the pre war trials scene.

[tony27]

I should make it easier for everyone.
Here are the pics

A Hodaka.


That Hodaka isn't, it's actually a KT250 fitted with a Hodaka 250 motor. It was built a few years ago by a guy in the states.
I'll see if I can find the link to it's build

[firko]

My old Maico has inherited the alloy Wassell trials tank (thanks Alison and Steve) that I had earlier tried on my Hindall DT1. It looked all wrong on that bike but looks right at home on the Maico. With all of that shiny aluminium I guess it's time I tidied up the old Maico to match.

[Mike52]

My old Maico has inherited the alloy Wassell trials tank (thanks Alison and Steve) that I had earlier tried on my Hindall DT1. It looked all wrong on that bike but looks right at home on the Maico. With all of that shiny aluminium I guess it's time I tidied up the old Maico to match.

Nice tank Firko , badge might be a problem tho
Seriously , what's the Maico go like ?
Did they get it right ?

[frostype400]

The Maico looks good Firko that tank suits it very well now you just need a bit of fuel hose to fire it up.

I like the works kickstart hose too.

[firko]

Seriously, what's the Maico go like ? Did they get it right ?

The Maico performs surprisingly well Mike. Nobody who's ever ridden it can believe it started life as a '73 Maico 250 Motocrosser. I got the bike in 'barn find' condition from Les Richters a few years ago and have just tidied it up and ridden the thing. The bloke who built it was a genius who has modified the engine to become a well behaved plonker. The bikes been fitted with a reed valve, 28mm Mikuni, totally hand made trials style gear ratios, a lower primary drive, and a bunch of other stuff. The frame is barely recognisable as starting life as an MXer as shown in the comparison photo with a stock MX frame. The bike was built in the Tamworth area in the mid 70's but I've never been able to locate its builder. If anyone knows anything about the bike or its creator I'd be glad to hear from you. (fuel line already done.thanks Michael)