Don't know what the owner is going to sell it for, it sounds like he is accepting offers/bids. The bike is in Livermore, CA. Fritz ... Initiative now. It's...
Greetings, I just picked up a 1980 MC-250 T which I am hoping is a diamond in the rough. I spent the morning cleaning it up, cleaning the carb, making sure...
Congrats on your Maico and welcome to the darkside. Your kicker is jamming against the gear-" tip to tip" as described by Lynn at Rage to me a few years...
My 82 250 piston is finally ready to go, barrel is bored, etc. Since the ring broke into a a few parts, I am wondering if I need to open the case and clean it...
My recommendation is yes, you should split the cases to verify that no broken ring parts are stuck in the lower end where rod and/or main bearing damage could...
in the big picture, the bike is twenty five years old. unless you have owned it since new and have all the maintainance/repair records and if the top end is...
The circa '81 250 reed valve engine is a 2 year only design, that being 1981 and 1982. 1980 and before are piston port engines, 1983 and later have the newer...
Was the top end worn out-or did it suffer a siezure? I mean it seems unlikley that an 82 250 Maico was raced much after 84-or trail ridden much after that....
Please forgive, this isnt Maico related but a very nice and rare piece i thought maybe some of you might be interested in. Its a very clean, not quite fully...
Thanks for the replies. The piston did not seize, the ring just busted and into a number of tiny pieces. Some were embedded into the head, and one dug into...
Currently I have no owned bikes, I am one of those missing in action guys for the last 26 years. Former expert racer in 1980, got married, sold the bikes, had...
Thanks, We used to race what we had support for. Even though I had to order parts from California to Alaska for my Husky, Maico's were known as too much of an...
Is there a consensus, on the best method for rejuvinating the engine cases and clyinder fins.. i.e. Bead or Sand blasting or ? Should I be specifiying a...
I'm in the process of rebuilding a 400 radial and just finished bead blasting the cases and cylinder fins. I don't know what grit the glass beads are but I...
Glass beads are NOT recommended from cleaning cases and cylinders. Seems those pesky beads get in everywhere and are darn need impossible to remove. Walnut...
Bryan, I haven't tried sand but was told by a Maico guru to NEVER use sand. Stick with Fritz's parts tank, glass beads, parts tank method. I'm at the same...
Bryan, On the subject of blasting the cases clean I would have to reiterate the "don't use sand" statement. My reason for mentioning this is due to health...
Super Info, thanks so very much! I believe the Walnut shells.... I tumble rifle brass in a walnut shell media. I dont have any home equipment, was going to...
Of all the blasing media walnut shells are the safest to use health wise an smell a whole lot better than anything else. Off the subject we use crushed and...
KLR rust remover and a bristle brush will get most anything off of metal. A blast w/a power washer and then air from a compressor. Works well on my SB cases...
The Aluminum parts I am guessing, look they way they do, because of oxidation. I do have some oven cleaner, use it on Saw blades :) No doubt, if I find a place...
Bryan- just get it really clean -scrub with a tubular brush-use the wheel cleaner made for uncoated cast wheels-then Paint it black with Dupli Color black semi...
Last time I had a cylinder walnut media blasted they only charged $10. That was at Orange County Sand Blasting in Orange, CA. Did it while I waited, too....
Here's one i'll bet nobodys heard of...MILK, yes, once the parts are degreased try coating the parts with milk using a brush and a pan. Let set for a few hours...
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