How do I value a Maicoletta Scooter?

[Orcade-Ian]

Lovely bit of history there Ted and great pics,
Leeds/West Riding of White Rose (God's own) Country plate you've mentioned on the CB 77.

Ian

[Laverda Dave]

Were you off to work in the first photo Ted. No armoured clothing in those days!
The Honda looks lovely, bet you wish you still had it.

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

TBH as a student I could not afford a Belstaff or proper riding gear back in the day. I was at the local Tech now Derby University. My winter gloves were a huge pair of brown gauntlets that my Dad gave me I suspect they were ex-AA or RAC.

The jacket was a short Gortex type a sort of bubble finish - never had a Parka with or without a Union Jack. I had some old blue waterproof trousers with bib & shoulder straps for wet weather. It was only an eight mile each way journey - the colder it was the slower I went to avoid the wind chill factor.

Oddly enough out of the two it's the Maico I hanker for most - VRM no longer listed on DVLA - it is now a 60 or so year old scooter.

I belive it was Jo Kagan later Barron Kagan under Harold Wison who was often photographed in his beige Gortex coat made by Kagans Company.

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

A bike has come up for sale a restored Maico but how on  earth do I work out it's  actual value when there are so few on the market?
It's up for offers over £4,000 looks very tidy in the photo - that said it's not popular on the used market like the 400 for example. Fewer nostalgic owners too as there were not many in the UK.

Now sold temptation removed thank goodness - until I see another!

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

Lovely bit of history there Ted and great pics,
Leeds/West Riding of White Rose (God's own) Country plate you've mentioned on the CB 77.

Ian

Correct Ian it was first registered in Leeds/Bradford area iirc.

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

Just a bit of an update my hunger for a Maicoletta 250 Scooter has subsided until I see some at Stafford Show next month. I suspect that they are difficult to find spares for with only a handful of folk who know how to keep them going so I want common sense to prevail. I do not think they sold in big numbers in the UK.

Early this morning I remembered that I briefly replaced the Maico with a Viscount Prior.
It was an awful replacement but dirt cheap I think it was £35 for a Viscount Prior 200 - very tidy bodywork in Blue with less than 20k miles on the clock. I believe they were previously made under a different brand but ran into legal problems over the name. https://cybermotorcycle.com/euro/brands/prior.htm

It rode as though the seat had a massage system built into it - the engine vibration was so strong at anywhere above 50 mph it sent your bum numb. I sold it within a few weeks of ownership making a small gain in the process. Attached photo is from the Web.
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