This is part of the 2026 Bullpen Cycles Daytona Bike Week Collection!
Please Note: the seller has recently undergone foot surgery and is unable to kick this bike over. Here is a video from a few weeks ago:
HISTORY OF MODEL
This example is VIN: B1078.
There is no odometer, true mileage is unknown.
“This bike came to me from the second owner, a longtime friend of mine who asked me to sell it. I’ve known the owner for decades and also this bike since he got it, which we believe was around 2012, maybe earlier. Prior to his purchase, it was said to have undergone service at Deim’s Cycle Shop in Kinzers, Pennsylvania. Harlan Diem was well known for his work with Maico and Hodaka. It’s believed that Deim’s put rings in it. My friend raced it one time at Sleepy Hollow MX Park, put new tires on it, drained the fluids and parked it in his house with his collection of dirt bikes. I brought it to Florida. I flushed and bled the brakes, added coolant and oil, fresh fuel and first started it. See video.”
Maintenance:
“The tank decals peeled off, so I had new decals made. We are attempting to locate service receipts from 2012 or earlier. It starts very hard cold but is said to start easy once fully warm.”
Modifications:
“I don’t know these models well enough to be certain, but I understand that it’s basically a stock bike. Maico filed for bankruptcy in the mid-80s but soldiered on for a spell under the Mstar name. Sometime thereafter, the company was sold to Lorenz Merkle. Engine internals were changed giving it a true 500 (499cc) displacement, direct drive primary, and other changes. The bikes went from factory red to blue, to signify the new design changes. They were only blue a few years. The company was sold again, going to the Netherlands before back to Germany. Again, I don’t know these models well enough to identify modifications and year over year changes.”
It is riding on Dunlop tires with date codes of 2207 and 2008.
Cosmetic Blemishes: please see the album in the “Photos” tab for all known cosmetic blemishes. Here is a selection:
“Paint is thin in places, there’s a bubble in the plastic over the muffler, other issues commensurate with its age.”
Currently located in Edgewater, Florida, this Maico is offered on a Bill of Sale only. Have any questions about this listing? Let us know in the “Comments” tab!
