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Offline Mr Nick

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Things you find in your garage...
« on: August 31, 2018, 21:30:07 »
I was going through some stuff I picked up when I cleared my dad's place and came across this:


Pages are like this:


Professional typesetting as you can see! It's complete: the covers have come adrift from the staples & it's a bit grubby, but it's still fascinating to read after all the years.

I think we had the 440 for a year before the 490 turned up, then I generally used the 440 & my older brother had the 490: I was about 14 at the time & 50 Maico HP was not to be sneezed at...
Seems pearl asbo orange is faster after all....

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Offline wurzel

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Re: Things you find in your garage...
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2018, 22:00:43 »
Fascinating!
  Those maico big bores were serious bikes, I would love one now.