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Offline opfermanmotors

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Re: Maico 700
« Reply #15 on: November 03, 2010, 09:59:51 AM »
38mm Keihin Air Striker, the new maicos come with them so you might be able to get jetting settings. 



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Re: Maico 700
« Reply #16 on: November 03, 2010, 11:16:58 AM »
Are there actually Maicos being built?
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Re: Maico 700
« Reply #17 on: November 03, 2010, 11:59:14 AM »
Quote from: burn1986 on November 03, 2010, 11:16:58 AM
Are there actually Maicos being built?

So the rumor goes. :-X
I did see a yeti once.........
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Re: Maico 700
« Reply #18 on: November 03, 2010, 07:06:39 PM »
There are actually 3 companies building various categories of Maicos in the U.K., Maico International - modern Maicos, Wulfsport - 1981 Maicos (Evolution class), MaicoOnly - 1983 Maicos converted to twinshock (Evolution class) and Koestler in Germany - modern Maicos.

Your 700 is a Koestler Maico.

There are also Maico badged Chinese pitbikes for entry level riders (TMKIWI take note). ;D

Here in western Canada we have the odd Sasquatch running around.  ::)
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Re: Maico 700
« Reply #19 on: November 03, 2010, 09:27:23 PM »
Quote from: SachsGS on November 03, 2010, 07:06:39 PM

There are also Maico badged Chinese pitbikes for entry level riders (TMKIWI take note). ;D

Here in western Canada we have the odd Sasquatch running around.  ::)

Just taking the piss SachsGS.
I for one would like to see a video of the new one's going round a track.
Getting a bit tired of all the hype and not getting any info except pictures & press releases.
Surely a euro mag can do a test on an actual bike ?
Like foreplay, a man can only be stand so much before he wants the real thing.
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Re: Maico 700
« Reply #20 on: November 04, 2010, 02:37:02 AM »
Hi, looks like bing in Germany may actually send me a jetting chart, we'll wait and see...
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Offline GlennC

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Re: Maico 700
« Reply #21 on: November 04, 2010, 05:59:32 PM »
Nice to see all of this Maico knowledge being put to use.
Good job helping a brother out!
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Re: Maico 700
« Reply #22 on: November 06, 2010, 09:51:06 AM »
Quote from: GlennC on November 04, 2010, 05:59:32 PM
Nice to see all of this Maico knowledge being put to use.
Good job helping a brother out!

And this brother is grateful, all i can say is thanks to SacksGs, managed to find a couple specs from a chap in germany based on his info, this chap had a jetting chart. i put the new jetts in and my g*d this bike is strong, i could not believe the difference. Also thanks to Vincent from Maico intl, even though im new to the brand and just got my first 700cc, again even though i bought it second hand from someone else and not his place. Ive had nothing but help help help, which to me would mean great after sales service if you got a new one from Maico Intl. relax all i dont get paid to say this sh*t... LOL :P :P
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Re: Maico 700
« Reply #23 on: November 06, 2010, 02:28:12 PM »
Now, the next step for you is to find some turkey with a CRF450, a friend with a video camera, and then show the world what a roll-on drag-race with The Beast looks like!
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Is this Maico a 440 or only a 400?  Well in all the confusion, I forgot myself.
But considering this is a 1978 Magnum, the best-handling bike in the world, you have to ask yourself one question.
Do you feel lucky, punk?

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Re: Maico 700
« Reply #24 on: November 06, 2010, 02:58:32 PM »
Quote from: JETZcorp on November 06, 2010, 02:28:12 PM
Now, the next step for you is to find some turkey with a CRF450, a friend with a video camera, and then show the world what a roll-on drag-race with The Beast looks like!

you gonna love this!!!

my back up bike is a 2010 crf450x, but no one keen on a race, although i can say, when stuck on a hill the X has the magic button, i wish i didnt always have to really boot the 700cc.  >:D
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Offline opfermanmotors

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Re: Maico 700
« Reply #25 on: November 06, 2010, 03:56:24 PM »
So you're your own turkey :P

You use the compression release?
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Re: Maico 700
« Reply #26 on: November 06, 2010, 05:28:22 PM »
I imagine all the compression release would do is make the bike less like kick-starting a Porsche, and more like kick-starting a Volkswagen.  It's still not something you want to do on the side of a cliff.  Just the size of the hardware involved demands big power to get things in motion!

Bullshit aside, though, the compression release is a great tool.  I was really impressed with how easy it was to kick over a 490 Maico with that little lever pulled in.  They say that with the old 760, if you didn't use the compression release, a full-grown man could stand on the starter and it just wouldn't stroke.  Go ahead, hop around up there, it's just not going to happen.  Now that's balls.  :)
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Is this Maico a 440 or only a 400?  Well in all the confusion, I forgot myself.
But considering this is a 1978 Magnum, the best-handling bike in the world, you have to ask yourself one question.
Do you feel lucky, punk?

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Re: Maico 700
« Reply #27 on: November 06, 2010, 06:04:21 PM »
When you're on a hill you just point the front end down hill, pull in the compression release and roll on down the hill.
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Re: Maico 700
« Reply #28 on: November 06, 2010, 07:15:04 PM »
Glad you got that 700 running well.

Riffraff is right, the bigbore Maicos bumpstart quite easily when you use the compression release.

Now some video footage of that beast on singletrack (with audio) would be nice. :D
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Re: Maico 700
« Reply #29 on: November 06, 2010, 07:23:30 PM »
Singletrack, hell!  Then we'll just see a bike cruising through a singletrack trail like every other, except the sound will just the the sound of an idle.  No throttle needed.  While that would be quite entertaining, I think it'd be best if we got to hear all those horses pushing their muscles to the limit on some open country.  Of course, a bit of everything is best.  8)
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Is this Maico a 440 or only a 400?  Well in all the confusion, I forgot myself.
But considering this is a 1978 Magnum, the best-handling bike in the world, you have to ask yourself one question.
Do you feel lucky, punk?
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