Registration No: Unregistered
Frame No: Not visible
MOT: Exempt

• Last of the big capacity twin-shock motocrossers
• Brutal 47hp piston ported two-stroke engine
• Presented in authentic unrestored condition

Maico was famed for its off-road bikes with its motocross and enduro models proving to be very successful in both European and American competition throughout the 1970s. Whilst lacking the financial backing that companies like Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, and Kawasaki could provide, riders such as Adolf Weil, Åke Jonsson and Willy Bauer proved to be serious challengers to the Japanese factories and achieved numerous top-three finishes in the Motocross World Championships. Replicas of the Works bikes were offered to the general public and in the early 1980s the 250 and 490 models were considered to be the best twin-shock bikes available, and in subsequent years described by American publication 'Motocross Action' as 'the greatest open-class motocross bikes of all time.'

For more information, please contact:
Ian Cunningham
ian.cunningham@handh.co.uk
07415871189