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[QUOTE="dirt bike dave, post: 21442, member: 18302"] As far as I can tell, the only former Maico factory riders to collect world titles on Japanese bikes were Graham Noyce (Honda 500) and Neil Hudson (Yamaha 250). The Dutch dentist never managed to get one, unfortunately. Regarding Ake Jonsson, 1971 and the unscrewed plug, this is a quote from "The World of Motorcycles, an Illustrated Encylopedia", published by Orbis Publishing, London, 1979 (great set of books, BTW). "All eyes were on the two leading contenders as the first race got under way but on the first lap Jonsson slowed down and eventually stopped. The reserve spark plug on his machine had unscrewed causing a complete lack of compression." With a plug added, Jonsson stormed from a lap down to get 10th in the moto. Despite Jonsson's winning the second moto, DeCoster won his first world 500 championship. The same text reports that prior to sweeping both motos at the '71 MXdN, Jonsson was observed tightening his spark plugs [img]http://dirtrider.net/ubb2/smile.gif[/img] Further research does show that Bauer did get 2nd in the 1973 500cc and Weil got second in the 1973 250cc. Couldn't find any reference to problems that knocked them out of first. [This message has been edited by dirt bike dave (edited 01-20-2001).] [/QUOTE]
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