http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/MAICOMOTORCYCLES/ Maico Off-Road Motorcycles and Registry Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:07:11 GMT EJ http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/MAICOMOTORCYCLES/message/27020 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/MAICOMOTORCYCLES/message/27020 I 3rd that motion! Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:13:34 GMT Rick McDowell http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/MAICOMOTORCYCLES/message/27019 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/MAICOMOTORCYCLES/message/27019 Alex, Your chassis number is not B89625, it is 889625 making it a 1973 Maico 400. The "B" is actually an "8" I think. Your U405086 engine number would Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:45:14 GMT kwiatkowski_alex http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/MAICOMOTORCYCLES/message/27018 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/MAICOMOTORCYCLES/message/27018 Thanks for your reply Travis. I've got the following serial numbers (either physically on the bike or written down by hand in the Haynes manual from the Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:00:04 GMT Travis Agle http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/MAICOMOTORCYCLES/message/27017 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/MAICOMOTORCYCLES/message/27017 Alex, A couple of items of note about your bike: It appears to have a laydown conversion frame, meaning it is likely a '73 or earlier frame that had the shock Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:08:24 GMT kwiatkowski_alex http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/MAICOMOTORCYCLES/message/27016 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/MAICOMOTORCYCLES/message/27016 A few weeks back I posted a question about the Maico MC400. I've now got my hands on the bike, and restoration will start once another project is finished. As Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:23:36 GMT Greg Rodgers http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/MAICOMOTORCYCLES/message/27015 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/MAICOMOTORCYCLES/message/27015 Mike, Extremely well put. This that you discuss is just a small part of a spectrum of reasons to support the aforementioned ticket. ... a ... some ... As ... Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:37:27 GMT Steve Clark http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/MAICOMOTORCYCLES/message/27014 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/MAICOMOTORCYCLES/message/27014 Think how much faster they would have been if painted black.... or pink! To: MAICOMOTORCYCLES@...: tokarev@...: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:57:36 GMT Jim McCabe http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/MAICOMOTORCYCLES/message/27013 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/MAICOMOTORCYCLES/message/27013 This has been a debated matter for many years, and I still have race cylinders and heads from the 50's early 60's when I was certain it was really the thing. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:14:42 GMT Mike Domanchich http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/MAICOMOTORCYCLES/message/27012 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/MAICOMOTORCYCLES/message/27012 I am looking to definitely ID a model of Magura Throttle: It is the one with the big knob on the top that opens the trap door, not the 312 stock OEM Maico, and Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:59:41 GMT Mike Domanchich http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/MAICOMOTORCYCLES/message/27011 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/MAICOMOTORCYCLES/message/27011 Last weekend, our fearless moderator and I were discussing our rekindled interest in the Election. Several months ago we both saw a post HERE about Gov. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:19:29 GMT Peggy Keller http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/MAICOMOTORCYCLES/message/27010 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/MAICOMOTORCYCLES/message/27010 I guess Honda had some secret formula red paint - Because those damm red Honda air cooled works bikes of the late 70's hauled ass and looked cool at the same Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:03:55 GMT Peggy Keller http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/MAICOMOTORCYCLES/message/27009 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/MAICOMOTORCYCLES/message/27009 I guess Honda had some secret formula red paint - Because those damm red Honda air cooled works bikes of the late 70's hauled ass and looked cool at the same Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:17:18 GMT Mike Domanchich http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/MAICOMOTORCYCLES/message/27008 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/MAICOMOTORCYCLES/message/27008 Black is better - I remember the SUPER HUNKY running a test in an issue in the early 80's regarding this subject, and black (properly applied) was the winner. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:07:46 GMT Bret http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/MAICOMOTORCYCLES/message/27007 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/MAICOMOTORCYCLES/message/27007 It's all about emissivity. Painted is better. Here is why. Emissivity is a modifying factor used in single color thermometry to achieve a correct temperature Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:30:54 GMT Toby Opferman http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/MAICOMOTORCYCLES/message/27006 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/MAICOMOTORCYCLES/message/27006 So, I'm sure you have all heard the "Don't wear a black shirt outside on a hot day" because black absorbs more light. Since the color an object emits is the