I'd wager that the new Maicos would probably beat anything made to date with the same displacement. That the 250, for instance, could probably beat even the KTM 250 SX on the dyno or track. It is very frustrating, however, not to be able to see what they can in fact do and how they actually do compare to other 2strokes. Tests on TMs and GAs Gas 2strokes are rare, but they can be found. Tests on any of the new Maicos, I've never seen. Just announcements that they're coming. I've no doubt in my mind that these are excellent machines, probably among the best made, but who would buy one if they won't let at least one model out to be tested? If the bikes are as good as they appear to be, making one just to let magazines test it, even if they never got anything for the bike, or never got it back, seems to me, would be the best advertising they could get. The magazines all claim the KTM 250 SX s the most powerful stock 250 ever built. I've seen somewhere where Maico claimed theirs would beat it on the dyno. Come on Maico, I believe you, but let a magazine compare your 250 to the KTM head to head? What have you got to lose? Even if you're not ready yet for full production, just prepare one 250 to let magazines test, on the dyno, track, and against the other 250 2strokes out there. If it does as well as I think, you'll have people lining up to buy your bikes. What do I know, though.
