Bioflex, perfectly put!
The Tillamook posting, unless I missed something, is just another example of what I'm saying - words from the producer, no pics.
As I said, I'm one of the people Very Interested in actually buying a new, modern Maico.
But word only press releases don't cut it. I want to see if what is being written about, actually exists. And then have an unbiased opinion from someone other than their own riders. TMX is still weekly? Get this / these new versions out and about.
I'd take a 380/400/440 Maico, in a modern frame. But I'd prefer a modern version of a 2t with those sorts of capacities - 400 preferably. I know how Maicos handle, I've owned , ridden and raced them and whilst good, it isn't that legendary to me ( I await the cries of heresy). Bloody Hell, the linkage / leverage ratio on the 86s was outdated even then , and I've seen bugger all change in the linkage right through to the 2010 model. It's the twin shock bikes that made the Maico legend.
John - if you talk to Maico International all the time, please let them know that blokes who want to know about their bikes, who will buy them , IF they are good enough and all that they are claiming, want to have more than regular 'PR' type blurbs. It's a reasonable request, and I doubt that anything they show will cause other companies to steal their ideas. If they have innovative new products, that will, at the least, finally get 2ts out of this fase lock they are in, they Will succeed, as there are many riders just waiting for a genuine, modern 2t.
I'd love to see them get a modern 2t out before the other factories, like KTM.
I wish Maico International well, they obviously have / are putting their hearts and souls, not to mention their money, into something they love, but it's time to start to show what they are writing about.
