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According to Super Hunky (Rick Sieman) , Ake never won another big race after signing with Yamaha. Guess the Maico magic was gone.
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Spartacus wrote:
Derailed from winning the GP overall when the spark plug backed out of his radial Maico.
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Crap, I totally forgot about that. Who won that year? Wolsink? My old school memory is drawing a blank...:blink: And, it was definitely a radial and...
Crap, I totally forgot about that. Who won that year? Wolsink? My old school memory is drawing a blank...Blink

And, it was definitely a radial and not a square barrel Maico.
DeCoster won the overall by 4 points.
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But Ake did whip Roger's ass in that Trans AMA series...Wink
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True-true...Crazy thing about that race is after that plug backed out in the first moto, he still managed a 10th place finish, and then came back to win the second moto. Roger D. went 1-2 for the day...It was Ake's championship to lose, and yeah, I guess that's exactly what happened...Damn Maicos!Wink Love them damn things -- and I can't get enough of themCool

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Big Lenny 5/18/2014 8:42pm
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Me and a buddy went and picked this up from Carlos Serrano a few years ago...





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Me and a buddy went and picked this up from Carlos Serrano a few years ago... [URL=http://s438.photobucket.com/user/gangreen08/media/DSC00011.jpg.html][IMG]http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq105/gangreen08/DSC00011.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s438.photobucket.com/user/gangreen08/media/DSC00012.jpg.html][IMG]http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq105/gangreen08/DSC00012.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s438.photobucket.com/user/gangreen08/media/DSC00020.jpg.html][IMG]http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq105/gangreen08/DSC00020.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
Me and a buddy went and picked this up from Carlos Serrano a few years ago...





Dayumn...Nice find!...I think I mentioned this before, but the 490 is the next and last gotta have Maicos on my list. You obviously can't go wrong with a Maico from Carlos.
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He had a shop full too...Wink
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Fudge thats a cool bike. What year is that bike?
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Fudge thats a cool bike. What year is that bike?
I believe it's an '82..We drove to AZ to pick it up, brought it home and he never even rode it, sold it later...Dry
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[IMG]http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd299/davistld01/FECAEADF-FA25-4E4A-9375-60B9A06C363C_zpswaqkhl0r.jpg[/IMG] Damn, Ake was cool! Torsten Hallman flip-down visor, Carrera goggles, Jofa mouthguard, Hallman GP leathers, Hallman chest protector, Hallman GP gloves & (I think) Hallman...


Damn, Ake was cool! Torsten Hallman flip-down visor, Carrera goggles, Jofa mouthguard, Hallman GP leathers, Hallman chest protector, Hallman GP gloves & (I think) Hallman boots. Swedish moto-hip back in the day. Ake Johnsson was a badass.

Didn't he win a USGP @ Carlsbad one year on his Maico?
What happened to motocross? Those guys back in the day just looked tough!
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What happened to motocross? Those guys back in the day just looked tough!
They were tough, 40 +2 on those bikes was a mans job.

Im still not sure about those boots, I wore Hallmans and those looks like something else, the buckle is throwing me on the pair in picture.
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Racer92 5/19/2014 5:32am
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"Me and a buddy went and picked this up from Carlos Serrano a few years ago..."

Sweet pictures Lenny, Howard (BigMaico) has been kind enough to let me ride some of his superb bikes at Rio.



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Big Lenny wrote:
Me and a buddy went and picked this up from Carlos Serrano a few years ago... [URL=http://s438.photobucket.com/user/gangreen08/media/DSC00011.jpg.html][IMG]http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq105/gangreen08/DSC00011.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s438.photobucket.com/user/gangreen08/media/DSC00012.jpg.html][IMG]http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq105/gangreen08/DSC00012.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s438.photobucket.com/user/gangreen08/media/DSC00020.jpg.html][IMG]http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq105/gangreen08/DSC00020.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
Me and a buddy went and picked this up from Carlos Serrano a few years ago...





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Dayumn...Nice find!...I think I mentioned this before, but the 490 is the next and last gotta have Maicos on my list. You obviously can't go wrong...
Dayumn...Nice find!...I think I mentioned this before, but the 490 is the next and last gotta have Maicos on my list. You obviously can't go wrong with a Maico from Carlos.
I have a first born child and a right testicle I'll trade you for that bike!
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JordanB wrote:
Fudge thats a cool bike. What year is that bike?
Big Lenny wrote:
I believe it's an '82..We drove to AZ to pick it up, brought it home and he never even rode it, sold it later...Dry
82 had linkage.
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He had a shop full too...Wink
Lenny, it's not every day that I drool over a bike that was built before I was born...but that thing is awesome
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JordanB wrote:
Fudge thats a cool bike. What year is that bike?
Big Lenny wrote:
I believe it's an '82..We drove to AZ to pick it up, brought it home and he never even rode it, sold it later...Dry
newmann wrote:
82 had linkage.
I just checked, it's an '81..sorry...Blush
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He had a shop full too...Wink
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Lenny, it's not every day that I drool over a bike that was built before I was born...but that thing is awesome
Yeah he started it, at the shop and that was it he never rode it...

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[b]"Me and a buddy went and picked this up from Carlos Serrano a few years ago..."[/b] Sweet pictures Lenny, Howard (BigMaico) has been kind enough to...
"Me and a buddy went and picked this up from Carlos Serrano a few years ago..."

Sweet pictures Lenny, Howard (BigMaico) has been kind enough to let me ride some of his superb bikes at Rio.



Bobby that's a nice one too, how was it?...
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Racer92 5/19/2014 6:48am
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Bobby that's a nice one too, how was it?...
I only rode the first one (#69) and it is sweet. Definitely takes some getting used to drum brakes, no powervalve and such coming off a modern bike, but after a few laps you see why Magoo was a such a badass on these things. They WILL go fast if you are man enough to go for it. Dont wanna totally hijack your thread - the Yamaha in your first picture, is that a '75 250 ?
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Remember Super Hunky's 760?....Shocked

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I only rode the first one (#69) and it is sweet. Definitely takes some getting used to drum brakes, no powervalve and such coming off a...
I only rode the first one (#69) and it is sweet. Definitely takes some getting used to drum brakes, no powervalve and such coming off a modern bike, but after a few laps you see why Magoo was a such a badass on these things. They WILL go fast if you are man enough to go for it. Dont wanna totally hijack your thread - the Yamaha in your first picture, is that a '75 250 ?
I'm not sure, remember those work's bike back then looked nothing like the showroom bikes, but I think '75 was the first year of the monoshock...
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Capone wrote:
What happened to motocross? Those guys back in the day just looked tough!
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They were tough, 40 +2 on those bikes was a mans job. Im still not sure about those boots, I wore Hallmans and those looks like...
They were tough, 40 +2 on those bikes was a mans job.

Im still not sure about those boots, I wore Hallmans and those looks like something else, the buckle is throwing me on the pair in picture.
DeCoster & some others wore those boots early on...and it looks like a Hallman badge on them, but just guessing. They are definately not Alpinestars though. I thought I was the shit in my blue/yellow Hallman GP leathers back then (did NOT have my name on the side)...but always wanted a pair of the black ones with the red/yellow stripe and the "ABH" logo on them like DeCoster wore. I never could find a pair. Must have been custom. That whole Euro "look" was the coolest thing ever to me.
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Big Lenny 5/19/2014 7:24am
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I had a pair of DeCoster signature pants that were made of nylon and leather that were pretty nice back then around the late '70's blue/yellow Suzuki...Anything Hallman back then were the "Tits"...
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DeCoster & some others wore those boots early on...and it looks like a Hallman badge on them, but just guessing. They are definately not Alpinestars though...
DeCoster & some others wore those boots early on...and it looks like a Hallman badge on them, but just guessing. They are definately not Alpinestars though. I thought I was the shit in my blue/yellow Hallman GP leathers back then (did NOT have my name on the side)...but always wanted a pair of the black ones with the red/yellow stripe and the "ABH" logo on them like DeCoster wore. I never could find a pair. Must have been custom. That whole Euro "look" was the coolest thing ever to me.
Gotcha. Those buckles just are more old school than the Hallmans I had:



I had Malcolm Smith 'Gold Medal' leathers in those days, colors to match my Electro (yellow/red). My Gold Belt just blended right in with the leathers. To this day I have never seen a pair of those leathers like I had long ago.

Love this thread. Smile
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Wasn't the Monoshock first pitched to Suzuki?..


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DeCoster & some others wore those boots early on...and it looks like a Hallman badge on them, but just guessing. They are definately not Alpinestars though...
DeCoster & some others wore those boots early on...and it looks like a Hallman badge on them, but just guessing. They are definately not Alpinestars though. I thought I was the shit in my blue/yellow Hallman GP leathers back then (did NOT have my name on the side)...but always wanted a pair of the black ones with the red/yellow stripe and the "ABH" logo on them like DeCoster wore. I never could find a pair. Must have been custom. That whole Euro "look" was the coolest thing ever to me.
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Gotcha. Those buckles just are more old school than the Hallmans I had: [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2014/05/19/54241/s1200_Hallman_Boots.jpg[/img] I had Malcolm Smith 'Gold Medal' leathers in those days, colors to...
Gotcha. Those buckles just are more old school than the Hallmans I had:



I had Malcolm Smith 'Gold Medal' leathers in those days, colors to match my Electro (yellow/red). My Gold Belt just blended right in with the leathers. To this day I have never seen a pair of those leathers like I had long ago.

Love this thread. Smile
Those boots, along with the Hi-Point boots that were so popular were all made by Alpinestar for the various companies that marketed them. Those Hallman boots had the same metal "rock plate" that the Hi-Points did, but it was covered by a leather piece.
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Racer92 5/19/2014 9:16am
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Those boots, along with the Hi-Point boots that were so popular were all made by Alpinestar for the various companies that marketed them. Those Hallman boots...
Those boots, along with the Hi-Point boots that were so popular were all made by Alpinestar for the various companies that marketed them. Those Hallman boots had the same metal "rock plate" that the Hi-Points did, but it was covered by a leather piece.
I did not know that!

Also never saw that picture of a Zook with a DeCarbon swingarm. Shocked

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I did not know that!

Also never saw that picture of a Zook with a DeCarbon swingarm. Shocked

Learn something new everyday.
CZ had a version too...



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Big Lenny wrote:
Remember Super Hunky's 760?....:ohmy: [img]http://articles.superhunky.com/images/articles/52/maico2-s.jpg[/img]
Remember Super Hunky's 760?....Shocked

Yeah, I think Barry Higgins owns that bike. Would love to ride that bike -- just one time. I catch a lot of crap for racing Maicos in the AHRMA scene, but nothing, no one, will ever dissuade me from owing, riding, and racing them. Been hooked on them since I was 11 years old..

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