This is the first time I've heard this saying. In the mid 90's I owned a late 80's Maico that I made into a Sumo. That same bike still runs to this day!!! Not mine now though. I am just about to order a Maico 700 SM. Its Sunday here but I cant wait for them to open. Cool vids man keep it up Thanks
There is a video on youtube, the 685 is used in the ATK Intimidator 700 model. It's not in the Maico frame but it's the same motor, it's not maxed out or anything but there are 2 videos of it. Search on 700 ATK and you should find them.
Clews Competition Motorcycles was found in 1971 out of BSA's competition department. In fact, CCM produced machines branded as CanAm in the early 80s for sale in north america. In 1981 Armstrong bought a majority share of CCM and CCM-Armstrong was born and used Rotax engines (Austrian made engines used by many different manufactures, even Can Am), In the 80s they produced many road race and motorcross compeition bikes. They sold back to CCM in 1987. CCM still exists as does rotax.
that would be sweet to walk into to that factory if it was still around and see ppl dressed in 80's clothing building the old maico bikes...man i need a time machine
Very true! I fully intend for my children to grow up riding Maico. I'll obviously have to wait on that one a while since I'm still just 17, but it will happen some day.
In the US, ATK buys the 685 engine from Maico and uses it in their 700cc Intimidator model. You can go to atkusa website to purchase it without having to import a maico, of coruse it will say ATK on it and not Maico but it's the same engine.
Maico my day...my old 490 used to vapourize a metzler in about two motos and a plug for every 45 minutes of ride time. cheap! when you consider how much fun it was.
Maico has produced a bike every year. 1983 the original company bankrupt. The description on the video has a timeline of ownership since its changed hands several times since 1983, but every year a bike has been produced.
I visited the Maico factory in 82. They thought I was a factory rider coming to test a bike. I should have taken them up on the offer (would have had my 15 minutes of fame).
Those 4 stroke prototypes are mostly home made, there are several of them even with primative water cooling. Maico bottom end with home made 4 stroke top end. Maico did have a prototype 4 stroke in 86.
Yeah! there it is! 86' 500 my dad used to have one still have the video of him riding it back in the day...need to get it on dvd before it disintegrates haha
that almost makes you wanna cry at the end when it is showing all the pics of the old factory it really sucks knowing that the best bikes are in our past and now everything is going digital,fuel injected, and pollution controlled!
I found an article scanned online that reviewed the new Maicos against KTM 4 strokes. The article was jadded towards 4 strokes, you can find it on mywesite under magainzes called stone temple pilots
Amazing photos the coy up to 81 pre the nephew agenda and take over, really was amazing sad to see such a great coy let down by so many factors out of they’re control, esp the people that worked they’re, the pride skill and engineering is amazing big of motorcycle history probably never repeated.
Hi, sorry if this info is already in the content somewhere but can u tell me where the original Maico factory is? Have a trip to Germany coming up and i'd love to try to get a look at it........ if its still standing I guess!
+Ryan Taylor If you want to visit the current Maico shop, it is in Leverkusen, Germany. If you want to visit the original factory, part of it is a mall now but some of the buildings are still there, it is in pfaffingen
still sucks the original factory had to close, maico was so far ahead of there time, to me the 81 490 mega 2 is best motocrosser to ever be produced. id love to buy a new 09 250, only way ill ever get rid of my ktm is to buy a MAICO!
I found an article scanned online that reviewed the new Maicos against KTM 4 strokes. The article was jadded towards 4 strokes, you can find it on mywesite under magainzes called stone temple pilots
