Maicos - The Rare Years

[SachsGS]

Rick Lago at Motocentre in Yaklma, WA. You never what he has in stock and he knows a lot of Maico enthusiests as well.

[opfermanmotors]

This is what a 1994 320 Looks like.



The 1995 should look the same, it's one of the Blue Maicos Merkle built.

[opfermanmotors]

Better yet, this is a full Enduro 320

[maicoman009]

Better yet, this is a full Enduro 320

I've always liked those blue Maicos.Do you know if they had a cromoly frame @ that time?

[SachsGS]

I would be curious to know what Maicos don't have chrome moly/high tensile steel frames?
I sure like those 320's.

[opfermanmotors]

Yes, they had chromoly frames.  I have the 1995 Brochure here.

[maicoman009]

I would be curious to know what Maicos don't have chrome moly/high tensile steel frames?
I sure like those 320's.

I recall in a Maico Int. ad,I think on this site that the new 2010's & 2011's are now made out of chromoly steel?  

[maicoman009]

I know ever since I've liked the German marque ever since 12yrs. old that they have always advertised chromoly frames......

[opfermanmotors]

Merkle actually produced 4 stroke Maicos, but he used a Rotax motor, so technically not really a Maico.

Back in 1965 Maico advertised this Maico:




For frame it just says "Double Tube".

[maicoman009]

Merkle actually produced 4 stroke Maicos, but he used a Rotax motor, so technically not really a Maico.

Back in 1965 Maico advertised this Maico:




For frame it just says "Double Tube".

At least it's a 2-stroke..

[opfermanmotors]

Woo

[maicoman009]

That's scary & a bit ugly Opferman........      

[SachsGS]

I saw one of those Maico/Rotaxs for sale on the German Ebay site. Notice the steel swingarm - the two strokes had aluminum.

[opfermanmotors]

Looks like a Husqvarna swingarm from 1981

[opfermanmotors]

Truthfully speaking, I get annoyed when companies BUY a motor from another company, put it in their bike and call that bike their label.  What did they do then? Nothing.  That bike is just a Rotax, it's not a Maico.  

EDIT: Note I am only referring to companies that just buy a stock motor from another company, some companies do work with other companies on design and that's a different story.  But to go to buy a pretty much off the shelf motor, like a rotax, is what I am talking about.  Like if I bought a Zabel or Maico engine from Koestler and put it on a frame and called it an OpfermanMotors bike.