Originally Posted by
dddd
Maico was the name of a West German manufacturer of considerable esteem in the motorcycle racing world, and produced good numbers of utilitarian motorcycles as well, so may have also had moped and/or bicycle production facilities.
+1, considerable esteem is an understatement to say the least, no finer example of brute force ever existed imho. Somewhere in the mid 70's a neighbor of a good friend had a brand new 501, lit it up and proceeded to do a burnoff on the asphalt street, it left a trench in the asphalt through three gears, never seen that before or since on or off the dragstrip for 4 decades. One of the coolest things I have ever seen.
Heavy, overpowered, very ill handling and absolutely deadly in the right hands.
I did some research a few years ago when I bought a Maico fender emblem from Rivelo bike shop when they opened, it was for a bicycle but also came on mopeds as I recall, didn't save search or pics.
