Got Victor special?
A neighbor I never rode dirt with raced a Maico in the early '70s. He siliconed the bejeebers out of nuts & bolts to keep them from vibrating loose before I'd ever heard of the stuff.
Matt stopped by the other day and we got around to comparing whose Suzi TM-400 had a narrower powerband and handled worse. Suspension travel was the common 6" front and 4" rear. We both had earlier orange vs yellow models, so no contest there. :laughing:
btw, I had re-padded my seat, lengthened front damper rods 1", added a 2 1/2 lb flywheel (shoulda used the 4 lb option) replaced the rear shocks with Cerianis borrowed from one of the Honda CLs. I was ready for trails with a new tank (silver poly, shaped like a Maico's) and new hex grips. Grip glue didn't hold (my bad) and when doing a wheelie the right one slipped off.
Front wheel was turned just enough when the throttle shut down. The bike dropped onto two wheels and I got tossed. The bike flipped and wrapped itself around a light pole. Frame and swingarm were bent to heqq, clutch cover shattered and fingers stripped from the basket. Had I hit the pole too, I might never have been able to ride again.
I would point out the oil stain on the wooden pole to folks for nearly a decade before it faded. It was about waist high to knee high.