2023 MAICO 700 DYNO PROOF 40% MORE TOURQUE THAN CRF450; THE WORLDS FASTEST PRODUCTION 2 STROKE 

Can't get enough of this stuff! Ken, You really make us feel as if we are a part of this whole adventure. It's a lot of effort on your part, but I truly appreciate it.

KEN KAPLAN KEEPING 2 STROKES ALIVE. THIS IS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.🤟🤟🤝

I love the dyno videos guys. Love the jetting talk and the sniffer is the ultimate tool for tuning bikes. I wish I could bring in my 300 and have Wiz/manic mechanic tune mine to perfection.

In 2-stroke snowmobiles they often have a engine output of 80 hp at per cylinder and 400cc. Thats incredible numbers as it also have good durability and fuel economy. It would be a interesting project to convert a snowmobile cylinder to a mx engine. Imagine 80 hp on a dirtbike without any extra weight.

great work guys, just found this place about a month ago....used to ride a yammy it 175 back in the 80s street legal and it was a blast....been thinking about getting another bike lately, and this channel has really ruint me now for good ! lol im 58 years young and am looking for another set of dirt wheels f or sure...thanks again for the joy you guys are spreading!

The world going electric and KAPLAN builds 2 stroke MONSTERS

Torque is where it's all at. 250's will give a 500 a good drag race but when it comes to a long loose monster hill climb, that same 250 would grind to a stop while the 500 is pulling 3rd gear to the top. That's where this 700 would really shine. 💯

Appreciate all the work you guys did to show us how much power this beast makes👍

Thanks for doing this series, Ken, on a bike most will never get to see in person. This is great and your enthusiasm is just the ticket! I think we were all rooting this bike on for a higher number however the torque output is shear foundation crumbling in itself. As Carroll Shelby once said, “Horsepower sells cars, torque wins races.” I hope you continue your content on this bike as it is getting a lot interest around and you are giving us an in depth / real world look into a bike that is super intriguing and you cannot find much about. It sounds like it is de-tuned. A suggestion would be to do a future series on bumping up the HP up and unleashing its full potential. Putting a bigger carb on would be very interesting to see, do the porting you talked about. Don't know anything about that muffler but maybe something more opened up. See about getting that HP number up to what the current crank output is. Either way, keep up the great content on a seriously cool bike!! ;-)

I myself am a long time enthusiast of European open class bikes long before I could even afford them. The largest displacement I ever owned was a two-stroke 550 KTM but the numbers that this thing produced doesn’t surprise me at all . I am rather shocked 😱when he said a Bing carburetor would actually make it run better. Which back in the day that’s what came stock on a Maico

Truly impressed thanks for all the efforts you and your team put into bringing real life technology to our viewing pleasure the action shot’s the noise the fact that I feel I’m right there with the whole experience!! Fantastic love it!

Even better to see the numbers compared side by side! Like I said, these engines have so much more to give! People don't realize once you go above 250cc's in a 2 stroke, you run into problems from a mechanical engineering perspective. 500's have to overcome a lot of problems, and lord only know how hard it is to engineer a 700cc single with a piston that has the size and inertia of a paint can, has to be reliable, and not shake itself to bits! Why am I telling you, you already know all this stuff Hoss. In all seriousness the fact you're at 60rwhp, and almost 50tq on all stock/factory form is insane!! I can only imagine what you'd get with some jug work, and a better carb. Also I love JSV Pipes and especially the one you got on, but just a head ups though. The biggest power killer on these bikes when you hop them up is the pipes/expansion chamber not being big enough. While these are sport quad guys--->Dr. Q The Quadzilla King, and FTZ with their 250r Expansion Chambers are some of the great 2 stroke pipe examples I can think of when it comes to making huge/functional Expansion Chambers for Big Bores. Keep it coming guys, Looking forward to what ya'll have in store next!

Way to go Ken, great video and bike. And that old part of the building is so beautiful.

I love this channel Ken is the man don’t stop ever doing these videos brother!

I had turned on the notification bell just for this. Amazing stuff. Much love from Brazil!

Yeah...I figured around 70 hp to the crank and that's with it jetted and timed perfectly and a pipe...they say 75 from factory...there is no way ....it's probably about 63 or so factory pipe and all...yes it's still a beast...there is no doubt it has the torque and hp..but they are never what they rate them at...great video and awesome content...keep them coming...you guys have one of the best jobs in the world...keep on keeping on....

I love this bike ken, but I think I love watching you love that bike just as much!! I love the enthusiasm you have man, thanks for making these videos and teaching us about the legendary maico 700!!

Grew up with a Maico 490. What a wicked beast. Can't imagine a 700...

Thanks for taking the time to share these little gems. Real torque monster.👍👍👍

Sounds great, you can hear its perfectly tuned👍

The Wizard really is a great Dyno tech. He makes no bs claims just provides the sauce and the meat.....and cooks it up and serves it for our dining pleasure. And damn. That thing has torque like a diesel freight train lol. Amazing. And. Imagine what kinda power we could tune that 700 to make? One would wonder how rideable it would be in a high state of tune lol....but something tells me Sr will make sure we find out in the future. Pull out the stops Ken. Build it up.....let's see what she can do!!

Heck yeah finally a torque out put, thank you.

Awesome sir , bloody brilliant . Can smell the 2 stroke exhaust from here 👍 . 2 stroke magic .

Was wondering why it took awhile but great to know you wanted to tune it perfectly and it takes a little time, but you guys wanted accurate data, Awesome 👌

A four stroke piston travels much further down the bore before the pressure is bled off by the valve opening, while a two stroke doesn't even make it half way down before the exhaust port opens. That's why you can lug most 4 strokes and not 2 strokes, they need to be on the pipe. Big bore 2 strokes can be lugged but generally they don't like to rev very high, which explains the tall gearing.

Finally we get some numbers! Love it and the comparisons!

Awesome! Glad it's sorted out now, sounds crisp there!

Very cool! I called it, low 60hp at the wheel and close to 50 ft/lbs of torque is nothing to shake a stick at! Good work guys! Really looking forward to the BRC 500 build!

41mm???? That thing is breathing through a STRAW!!! I run 42mm lectrons on my 250's, and ran 48mm lectrons on my 500's, with airbox filter holes in both. That bike could use at the very least, a 48-50mm Lectron, and definitely some airbox modifications. I'd be willing to bet with those simple changes, you'll be at 70hp and 55-58 ft lbs easily. That engine has allot of rotating mass, so doesn't need/like the RPM's of the smaller engines. But the bottom end grunt has to be phenomenal, even in such a docile state of tune....

Wow that would be a lot of fun on the ice or flat tracking I can’t imagine holding on to that for 25+ minutes on a motocross track

did you figured out what "HeWa" means in the meantime? In case Toby hasn't already told you the story. "HeWa" stands for the famous Maico tuner "HErmann WAlgenbach". The porting of the engines is due to him.

Hands down the best motorcycle video on you tube

the intro got me rolling on the floor laughing. awaken the 2stroke monster!! and then u whip it i am dieing

DUDE SR in Guinness World record book on a 130 mph Maico! Do it !!!

Those dyno pulls look like so much fun just hammering gears nasty bike man

That is so cool Ken! right on!

I remember ad in Cycle World covering Maico 501 saying " If you can handle the power and price you ll never look up a competitors tail pipe."

That is awesome. I would like to see you race it against a few of your 500’s on the track. I wish that I had a Wizard near me right now. Just changed my cv carb on my Harley to a mikuni hsr42 and it’s blowing flames out the exhaust at idle. I’m sure he could point me in the right direction. Congrats on getting her straightened out. Looking forward to seeing the ride video 👍

Crank only has to go around once in a stroker for the power stroke, in a four banger it has to go around twice, so the 2 popper has a more uniform/linear torque delivery

What a bad ass bike!! Great job guys!!

I noticed at about 1:06 the manic mechanic held his foot up a bit longer than I thought you should when shifting. Is there any reason for that? Does it make sure the gear shifts a bit more secure? I always thought you should make the shift as fast as possible without holding anything

Could you ad a o2 sensor to the exhaust and convert it to EFI? Or can you not do that on 2 strokes?

Awesome stuff ken, would love to see a ktm 380 on the dyno for comparison, a 550 would be great to get on there too. love the videos guys

That's awsome buddy...looks like your having some fun....God bless you guys..

Fantastic Job 👍🏽 guys. I think the world record is as good as yours if you put your team on it.

Jeff and Wiz. The Kobe and Shaq of offroad tuning. HOLLA!

Ken ure a beaut,u sure know how to rip on these big bores,loving it!💪💪🔥🔥🔥👊

Shows how amazing a CR500 is!!!! 200cc extra....all that engine inertia making it struggle in corners......low revving motor.......all for an extra 5 ft-lb torque and 7 HP. CR 500 will smoke that around the track, too! But......it's a cool bike guys!

Huge torque for a two stroke !

Nice!! I guessed 63hp, not too far off. Great job wizard tuning 👍

Excellent video and information!!!

Two stroke for life. Riding two’s from day one. Blew up multiple new fours and got tired of the cost and time fixing them. AMA and epa screwed racers

Been waiting for this video

What are the service intervals on this tbing? 😊

It's going to get real interesting to see how it responds to modfications. Once the air gets flowing that's when we're going to see the big numbers.💯

Great stuff!! Its on its back wheel Even before you touch the throttle it seems like. Torqh machine!

Absolutely Awesome bike, congratulations guys.

That's nuts! It might be interesting to weigh all the bikes and figure out power-to-weight ratios, then compare those numbers to some other bikes, like a heavier but more powerful road bikes or something. Power to weight ratio must be pretty crazy on that 700. Could to torque to weight ratios too. Would be interesting! Awesome vids ✌

Super interesting great job yall

Love the bike, I'm surprised someone hasn't done a fuel injection conversion on it.

That thing is a monster ❤wizard has tuned that just right sounds like it is sitting on the back wheel at 1000 rpm mental

Would love to see you dyno some classic bikes sometime, your dyno videos are my favorite

If you compare the Maico 700 to the husky 701 (I know the husky’s a road bike) but it is also a dirtbike the husky way out preforms it with the same displacement which is a much more obvious comparison than a 450 which has much less displacement which is obviously going to have less torque.

Hahahaha your clips are awasome 2strokeking keep it gowing men greeds from holland

Thanks for another great and enjoyable video, Ken. I always look forward to new daily videos. That bike must be an untamable monster to ride. It most certainly will Riiiiiiip Your House Off The Foundation! 😂😂

The ultimate 2 smoker! Such a animal ken 👌

Any updates are you gonna port it do engine work for the channel?

That bike is sick♤ Kapmerica!

Gee Ken You have a great team the People there cheers Mick Australia.

The power 2stroke engine.. nice bike 👍👍

So I was close on horsepower (only off by 2hp) but about 7lbs off on torque. I overestimated the torque figure. But what caught my eye was how the power curve was waaay different than expected. Where the CR500 was tapering off, the Maico 700 was actually starting to make more power than the 500, and kept making more until 7700rpms. The power carrying further up top is what shocked me. It mimics a KX500 power curve, which also signs off just around 8000rpms. Either way, super cool. Totally unexpected.

I'd be very interested to see what an 83 Sand Spider does on the dyno. Toby Opferman's Sand Spider is the most powerful dirt bike I've ridden personally, and it made my 79 440 Maico feel like a DT-1.

Yep! We knew that tiny carb was like a throttle restrict or on kids mini bikes. But that Torgueeeee! That motor needs ported ! And a 44mm carb. Then boom 70hp.

You've gotta love those CC's

That is pretty impressive but I Still wouldn't trade my XR650R though 😀

Oh mama! Hope they make a quad too!

Hmm, any aircooled 1982 Maico Alpha 1/490 built in Germany by Otto Maisch had about 45hp. So 40 years and 210cc later we are at 60hp? Otto, you are still and always will be THE MAN...

Port it ,carb it, big bore? Higher compression?

Hey Ken are you related to ""Krazy Kaplans""? They sell stuff for every season but mostly fireworks here 10 miles south of chicago in Northwest Indiana.. Huge chain for stores.. Man make some more videos of this bike please.. Nobody else on you tube has one 🤣 we love watching this thing move.. One day you should have A gathering calling all old school muscle bikes to the "" Krazy Kaplan Kompound"" have us all wear shirts with our you tube account icon pic lol

I love dirt bikes, I ride a 2023 road glide special. I would buy this bike, thanks for your videos.

Area under the curve is most important when comparing the Dyno graphs. The maico makes 60 whp at the rev limiter where the bike probably won't get to all that often.

Does lecton make a carb for this bike?

I must have one of these.

🔥just a monster guyz, heck ya new 700 goals.. set new 2 stoke record, send it sr🔥👊🔥🏍⚙️🔨

Cool, but I miss those old coffin tanks.

I'm pretty sure my house just came off the foundation the hair on back of my neck stands up when the horn is sounded two strokes never die

Hi Ken, can you dyno the suzuki lc500 motor that's in their LT500 quad.

Hey Ken what is the weight of this bike the way it sits??

Neat! Just noticed the drive is on the right and the kickstart is on the left. Wonder how many times someone lifted their right leg to start it, lol.

Kaplan is the king

Mild port job shaved cylinder head and put a stroker crank in it? I have a ported banshee 4 mil stroker Crank that puts out 88 horsepower on race gas and that's a twin cylinder 350 I can only imagine 700 would do with some machine work.. that is still excellent for stock.. awesome videos though I love watching these and I'm glad to finally see the numbers

Wish those charts were in RPMs instead of MPH, but awesome video and cool results!

So awesome to see ypu guys have fun with this beast ktm köstler is 60 km from where i live but in Germanys the 700 are very rare because the price and the way bigger problem we can buy it but because the new emissions regulation we cant registered it for street/enduro riding this is so sad 😢

Great bikes great show but were can I get one in Canada .

From your metric using Canadian friend, 108 km/h is 67mph

I wish we could have one of those big beach races like in Europe and watch the Maico 700 go

I need one of those 💥👀🔥🤯😱

You lucky sob wow! Wow! Wow! That's a lifetime bike 💘

Very impressed, lets see it race the 1200 Sporster and the CR 500!

Release the beast! I was off by 5 hp. In reference to the main jet, I always tell my wife, "bigger is not better"! LMAO.