Maico Motorcycles was established by the Maisch brothers in 1926 in Germany.
But is was after World War 2 that production became serious as sales boomed.
Maico made a brief foray into the automobile business with their own line of microcars in the late 1950s.
Maico have also made Go kart engines.
The Maicowerk AG company closed in the 1983.
A Dutch company took control of the assets.
There is a small amount of Maicos being produced in Holland.
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