86 Maico

[ba-02-xr]

Did any of these actualy get to OZ. I saw some bits on them in an 86 T&T mag on the weekend. Or were they ment to come but missed the boat.

[RIBBO]

1986 GS250 in pieces in my shed

[holeshot buddy]

heres a 86 500 mmmm nice for a maico

they look a bit like the factory honda rc500

[Husky500evo]

You just have to always remember to use the decompresser when starting those big Maicos , or this could happen  :

[Gerard De Ruyter (Twistandshout)]

what a hoot that pic is, huskyevo....top shot!!!  (and not far from the truth i assume).

[ba-02-xr]

That 500 looks awsome. Where is it from oz or us.

[holeshot buddy]

its from the us its a mstar cool bike
bet maico 31 likes it

[Maico31]

It does look a lot like a factory honda rusty, not many of them around. Has anyone here ever ridden one?

[lms6201]

i had an 86 gme 500 , in about 92 for a few years , even 8 years old and ragged around the edges ,was fast , reliable and the only way to ride it was on the power , it was very heavy and very long , and i still miss it ,i sold it to someone in brisbane ,about 11 years ago , due to partner pressure , the rad shrouds were in sheet alum.and one radiator i had made was copper as i couldn,t afford the $2500 for a new one , then parts for it were hard to get and expensive , about $900  for a piston kit

[ba-02-xr]

Speaking of them looking like a Honda. I was reading an old ADB lastnight where they had a shootout with a 85 KTM Husky & Maico 250 MX. They bent the Maico, but aparently Maico even admited they liked the look of the RC Honda fuel tank so they coppied it. Probly a load of s**t but who knows.

[maico949]

IMS6201
The 500 gme you sold, did it have a Honda front end on it?
If it did, I ended up with it.
Maico 949

[lms6201]

that,s the one , the prev owners bent the brembo,s , i fitted an xr 600 f/e on it , was all i could do at the time , where is it now ?

[maico949]

This is what it ended up looking like.
Raced it for a few years in Brisbane.
Sold it on to someone in Victoria.
Haven't heard any more about it.
Maico 949

[ba-02-xr]

Is that a new Maico in the background.

[maicomc490t]

That's one hell of a nice bike - wonder where it is now?

Dave Mac