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.
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.
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
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 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
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.
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.
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
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.
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).
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
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!
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.
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
Never say goodbye to Maico. Maico will live on as long as there is a motocross battle to be fought.
Thanks, at the risk of chancing having my mancard revoked I would have to say It put a little tear in my eye. Nice job!
In 95 my grandpa E. Demmer owner of rodem bought the company. Its is amazing to see these pictures thank you for this👍
Cool, do you have any other pictures or videos or anything you can share with me?
Thank you for these great old photos. I have a 1980 mc440 a great bike.
Bruce Phillips Glad you enjoyed it. Nice, got to keep the old ones going!
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.
First class video and a cracking backin track aswell...
Love looking at my mint 1978 maico 250 every time I go in my garage
Awesome video, keep up the good work.
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.
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
nice. i like this typhoon 1956. it was my 1st motorcycle. years ahead.
Had to change the audio from "Photograph" by Nickelback to something from the Audio Swap library due to copyright claim.
I have a Maico 685 2t from 2004, tuned by Ebos so now it haves around 80 hp.
It is impossible to kick-start tho :/
What song is this?
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.
have seen a lot of these bikes in the seventies/eighties here in the Netherlands its great
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
Originally this video had Nickelback - Photograph, but was DMCA so used the audioswap
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.
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.
how come the 1994 shrouds look like the 94 rm/kx shrouds
Truly awesome
Hy! Where did you get that fotos.I am intresting some site with Honda fotos,all models they make,or something like that !Thanks!
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
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.
What year maico stoped the production??
this is a sweet video
See my two other videos, "Maico Returns in 2009" and "Maico rise and fall of a legend"
Maico 685 2-Stroke supermoto video NOW! I wanna see, i wanna hear, i wanna see it work so bad :( 200km/h on gravel rumours but no videos anywhere 5/5!
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).
great pics m8 maicos rule for ever love them
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
Thank you!
that it but its a mx 125cc 1969 at 1.45 min
I have see Maico motocross at "mottaccio del balmone" MAGGIORA (Italy)
ill check it out, but i can definetly say ill never own another 4 stroke after my XR200
cybermotorcycle,com/gallery/armstrong/
The Armstrong MT was for the brittish military. The MX was the motocross.
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!
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.
why u allways writing jadded?
Thanks! :p
'81! '81! '81! '81! '81! '81! '81! '81! '81!
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!
@MotoScootBill I bet it could have given a TT500 a run for its money on the hillclimbs.
they tried yellow, red and blue. forgot to try green.
Aki Johnson, 500cc maico
The number you're looking for is 490.
:-)
Maico in MX GP need returns!
Mitica
they are tanks....
pmay222 yet many esp the 80s models are way lighter than today’s 450s tanks I think not.
hey awesome video. it is fucking stupid that they tore down the old maico factory for a stupid shoping mall
They are brittish bikes
Thats so stupid why would you tare it down!
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