Maico Only S1 250 Twinshocker

In this short picture slideshow we take a look at a bike I captured back in 2010 and this is a machine that was built by "Maico Only" when they were based here in the UK and this is Calum Sangster's S1 250 Twinshocker.

[@ianmangham4570]

I always love to look at the maico bottom end ,so neat and compact looking 👌

[@ronkay1573]

Great looking bike. Maico 81-83 were my favorites.

[@ianmangham4570]

👍Stunning machine

[@henriput854]

Thanks Chris , good video of this German bike , was a top machine in the eighties nice to see this golden memories , super your fan Henri put Belgium 🇧🇪 cheers Chris 👍

[@johnlobbestael626]

What an awesome bike!

[@scottmitchell5110]

I built one with my Spyder 490. Love it!!!

[@derryjones1029]

Beast looks cracking

[@FSTFORMULA93]

I have one of these, got it back in 2012 from Macio Only. Never even put fuel in it. Use to sit in my man cave, now it sits in storage

[@HDBee]

Nice bike,
Why did the motor seize?
Did it have an air leak or was the carb jetted to lean?
I have an 83 490 Spider that I bought from a friend in 84. After he raced it for a year and worked all the bugs out, Great Bike

[@monticlassictv]

Don’t know the exact reason for the motor locking up but I’m sure because the conditions were heavy and muddy the carb was jetted to lean with too a small main jet for the conditions. But it was a long drawn out affair for Calum to get the bike repaired by M.O and I’m sure he sold the bike soon after.

[@HDBee]

The other thing I forgot to mention is the low end bearing.
I don’t know about the 250 but the 490 likes a 20 to 1 pre-mix.
I tried running the bike on Bel-Ray at 50 to 1 and seized the low end bearing riding in the desert.
Great program,
Brings back a lot of memories riding, racing and wrenching back in the 70s and 80s in So-Cal.