How He MODERNIZED this Maico 490! 

1978 and 79 Maico Chassis turned better than anything on the market and were also super stable in the rough!

father of the year award

Indian Dunes...just 1 of many examples highlighting California's corrupt collaboration of cohort's implementing stringent rules and regulation to "keep the public safe" while ensuring (can be confused with insurance) the big money investors pay their dues to our elected officials and keep the "wheel bearings" of that tyrantical hub of stopping power well greased!

i would love to see some pics if you can

The 79 certainly turned better and was ultra stable in the rough. The 81 chassis was, from a geometry standpoint, designed for the GP courses and didn't perform to its potential on tight or hard packed tracks.

The 1981 Maico Mega 2 400 is completely underated and under valued in the shadow of the mighty 490. The 400's power development is akin to a super torquey 250 with a low speed grunt that could make a trials bike blush in embarrassment. You will rarely pull a hole shot but if the track is muddy, tight or hard pack it shines! The best quality of the 400 is it's compliant nature in the hands of mere mortals with an average to good skill set or an aged skeletal structure and fast twitch muscle fibers that don't twitch so quickly anymore... LoL 🤣

that is herbert schmitz usa ride .he would go over in the winter and race over there

The 1981 Maico Mega 400 was a completely underrated machine as it runs like a super tourqey 250 and is far more competitive in the mud, hard pack and a tight track. It is also far more compliant to mere mortals with an average skill set.

yes thanks i bring it over to the states bill helps me out in the uk too .they are a great family

What an amazing video... I found it by accident. I remember Alan Bott at Cuerdon Park back in the early 80s...he was on a KX 250 back then (a twin shock if I remember correctly!!)

EY Up Botty you are now famous !!! 😜

yes that would of been 79 amca meerting i got 3rd that day @@nigelshepherd8248

ha waker for ever young sir@@kwaker450f

hi james where are you from

I live in Maryland just south of Baltimore,no shops out here for Maicos or any vintage bikes

can you send me pic of carb plus intake ok

whats pos

piece of stinky😂😂

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only when cold but beleave me the piston colour says its perfect plus the best part is its even running castrol oil too

no they dont but i cant remember being checked in the uk now a days.

Well I do not think Grant would be too happy with the front brake cable becoming disconnected during a race@@pembertontyres3164 , just saying!

they are like a good lady they need love and attention and then they will give you the best ride of your life lol

Maico Breako didn't start until the '82 models came out. The parts responsible were exploding rear hubs (poor quality castings), transmission gears that broke off teeth (newly contracted heat treatment facility), Corte & Cosso shocks that broke their shafts (a poor quality shock to begin with but misalignment of the upper shock mount in the company's frame fixture set it all up for failure anyway.) 1981 was the last good year then Maico went into a downward spiral aggravated by the Maisch brothers increasing hatred of one another and all of the backstabbing...another thing that didn't help their reputation was when Hans Maisch, then a 250 factory racer jumped the gate at Grand Prix and won the last moto, his trophy and championship results were supposed to be taken away by the FIM and given to Jim Pomeroy on the Bultaco who actually won the race fair and square (without jumping the gate.) Hans left early with the trophy and never returned it to Jim even after the FIM repeatedly requested he do so 😠

yes you are died right sir it was such a shame but that why i race the 81 bike the top of the the best then it went all down hill.