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Offline JohnN

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Photos from the old Maico Factory on MXA
« on: March 15, 2010, 04:54:15 AM »
Here is a chance for some of you to see some photos of the old factory in Germany from "back in the day."

http://motocrossactionmag.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=news&mod=News&mid=9A02E3B96F2A415ABC72CB5F516B4C10&tier=3&nid=3EE47CD077D146A3A3134348EB30FF0E
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Re: Photos from the old Maico Factory on MXA
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2010, 10:41:49 AM »
Here is a chance for some of you to see some photos of the old factory in Germany from "back in the day."

http://motocrossactionmag.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=news&mod=News&mid=9A02E3B96F2A415ABC72CB5F516B4C10&tier=3&nid=3EE47CD077D146A3A3134348EB30FF0E

haha I was about to post that, looks like this site got a plug (sort of) in MXA :)

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Re: Photos from the old Maico Factory on MXA
« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2010, 10:55:32 AM »
MXA did plug this site, through Vince at Maico International... it makes a difference in how many people see this site when links are on other sites!!

Thank you MXA!!  ;D
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Re: Photos from the old Maico Factory on MXA
« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2010, 11:13:12 AM »
MXA did plug this site, through Vince at Maico International... it makes a difference in how many people see this site when links are on other sites!!

Thank you MXA!!  ;D

Haha yeah, I saw towards the bottom they actually included a link (Below his shout out to TwoStroke :))

You should be getting hit with quite a few people clicking that link :)

As a side note, I saw them riding a Husa 300 2 stroke this weekend @ Glen Helen (an MXA guy) in the REM open class (not sure which one, I was just riding through the wash and decided to watch a bit).

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Re: Photos from the old Maico Factory on MXA
« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2010, 07:01:21 PM »
 Back when I was in high school in the late 70's MXA did an article on the Maico factory, and one of the photos that sticks out in my memory is a photo of a soda machine but it was filled with BEER and they said they could drink beer on the job! I still miss my 1979 Maico 250.
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Re: Photos from the old Maico Factory on MXA
« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2010, 05:17:17 PM »
Ah, Germany.

Here's a bunch of cool old Maico pictures, including some good shots of the factory.  Who knows where Toby gets all these things.

Rare Maico Photos


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