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Offline opfermanmotors

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Honda Maico Holy Cow!
« on: April 01, 2010, 05:39:47 PM »
American Honda Acquires Small German Factory
March 30, 2010
American Honda formally announces the recent acquisition of Koestler-Maico Motorcycles, a small motorcycle factory in Germany.   Koestler-Maico is owned and operated by Axel Koestler since 1999 and produces fifty motorcycles yearly.  The company produces enduro, motocross and supermoto machinery out of their factory in Leverkusen, Germany.   The brand has a long heritige in Germany which dates back to the 1930s.  The original company Maicowerk AG filed for bankruptcy in the 1980s.  American Honda is tight lipped on how the acquisition will affect future motorcycle production of Koestler-Maico.

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Re: Honda Maico Holy Cow!
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2010, 06:36:21 PM »
YEAH RIGHT! :P We are the first of April
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Re: Honda Maico Holy Cow!
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2010, 06:39:07 PM »
Crap!! I didn't think of that until after I sent an e-mail to the Maico distributor!!

You got me!! :'(
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Re: Honda Maico Holy Cow!
« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2010, 06:50:36 PM »
Looks like it's time to take up golf!
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Re: Honda Maico Holy Cow!
« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2010, 09:00:22 PM »
God DAMMIT Opferman.  I thought the fake news report about Boeing cancelling the 787 (to be replaced by a new version of the 767, the "Miserliner") was scary, but that was just terrifying.  I was ready to put on a leather jacket, a bandanna, and a few hundred pounds of explosives, and storm the Honda headquarters Jihad-style.

John, really quick, make a very official-looking article and post it on the homepage!!!
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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: Honda Maico Holy Cow!
« Reply #5 on: April 01, 2010, 09:49:56 PM »
Haha, well, April Fools?
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Re: Honda Maico Holy Cow!
« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2010, 10:26:51 PM »
Shut up, you're evil.
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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: Honda Maico Holy Cow!
« Reply #7 on: April 02, 2010, 12:42:37 AM »
Quote from: opfermanmotors on April 01, 2010, 09:49:56 PM
Haha, well, April Fools?
Haha that's classic. well done
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Re: Honda Maico Holy Cow!
« Reply #8 on: April 02, 2010, 06:45:10 AM »
I made the mistake of reading this while drinking my morning coffee....  yep you got it..  I laughed so hard coffee went spwing all over my computer....   :o ;D

thanks guys....  now I need to clean my computer...
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