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Offline 2smoker

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Ron Lechien with a 2dope on his ass!
« on: March 31, 2010, 10:00:44 PM »
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Re: Ron Lechien with a 2dope on his ass!
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2010, 05:23:50 PM »
The biggest thing that annoys me about TWMX is that little thumbnail on the right-hand side that says "Browse User Images" and has a 490 Maico with a model standing in front of it.  I click on the link but I can't find the picture!

Anyway, this guy mentions a rotary-valve bike a few times.  Of course, I'm a huge believer in rotary-valve two-strokes because I've seen what it did to the old Kawasakis.  The Green-Streaks and BigHorns were utterly not of this world, but I didn't know anyone played with it in the '80s on their works bikes.  Any info on this?
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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: Ron Lechien with a 2dope on his ass!
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2010, 05:39:23 PM »
The Puch works bikes had rotary vaves in the 1980's... I think it was Harry Everts (Stefan's dad) that raced it, I believe that the bike was raced at the USGP at Unadilla...

Although all of the above is from memory...  :P :P

Found this photo on the internet...



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Re: Ron Lechien with a 2dope on his ass!
« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2010, 09:11:05 PM »
Well yeah, there were a few off-brands that rocked the rotaries for some time (no offense to anyone who lives in some part of the world where Puch isn't an off-brand... if such a place exists) including Can-Am.  But it seems to me that Dogger was talking about, like, a late-80s Yamaha or something that had it.
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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: Ron Lechien with a 2dope on his ass!
« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2010, 02:47:52 AM »
Yes,Harry Everts did race the Puch.That bike was actually a twin carb.Piston port and rotary valve.I know a person that owns one of them.
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Re: Ron Lechien with a 2dope on his ass!
« Reply #5 on: April 02, 2010, 03:56:32 AM »
Jetz,
Might be something here on the rotary yamaha, If not it's a great site anyway, bikes from an era when factory riders got to ride real individual fatory bikes.
http://www.mxworksbike.com/bikes%20a.htm
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Re: Ron Lechien with a 2dope on his ass!
« Reply #6 on: April 02, 2010, 04:44:40 PM »
Ran out of time? Were you on Monster Garage? :)
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Re: Ron Lechien with a 2dope on his ass!
« Reply #7 on: April 02, 2010, 06:28:51 PM »
Somehow that comment got posted on the wrong message!
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Re: Ron Lechien with a 2dope on his ass!
« Reply #8 on: April 03, 2010, 01:19:18 AM »
You can hit the "remove" button on the upper-right-hand side of the post, can't you?  It appears on all of my posts, anyway.  Right next to the "modify" button and "quote" button.
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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: Ron Lechien with a 2dope on his ass!
« Reply #9 on: April 04, 2010, 12:33:31 PM »
Harry Everts was 1975 250 World champion on that bike. It was claimed to put out almost 50 HP with grunt like an open bike by using both the rotary valve and piston port.  That is one bike I would love to be able to try out. They were actually for sale back around 1976 or so but there were only about 100 made. Cost was over US$3000 back in 76, probably in the $12,000 range using todays dollars. They were the exact bike that took Harry E. to his championship.
    The Puch that was ridden at Unadilla USGP in 79 or 80 had a Rotax(Can-Am) single carb motor and was ridden by Heinz Kinigadner before he went to Yamaha and KTM. I had photos somewhere of those aqua green Puchs he rode that day.
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