Racing a two-stroke 1981 Maico 490 twin-shock in the world's biggest Vets MX - the Farleigh VMXDN
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 พ.ย. 2021
- What's it like to represent your country in the world's biggest Vets Motocross festival when you've never finished a race on a twin-shock before?
Former British two-stroke champ Dave Willet takes us on his journey from rookie Vets MXDN racer to the podium, racing around the historic Farleigh Castle track in England.
And check out something very few will ever experience - a whole on-board lap as Dave takes the holeshot and leads the race on a bike that rolled off the production line when he was just a one-year-old! - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
Maico was king of the big bore two strokes back in the day it seems. That maico490 is sweet looking especially with those black wheels
You're correct, had two of them and I could do tricks on the Maico that could not be done on "modern" bikes
Air cooled motocross the best of two stroke simplicity the most fun and exiting times of all brands no matter what country these are the best of Germany an elite brand of bikes
Great seeing you out on the track, the 490 is a fun bike to ride, nice broad power band with decent handling and feel. I sold my 490 a few years ago prior to retiring but still get to see it race on a few times a year here on the northwest coast of the US. Vintage racing keeps the hearts beating in the older boys who still can throw a leg over a fun older machine. Half the fun is seeking out and building the old stuff to compete again on track, cheers to you on riding a good race at Farleigh.
That was just great you taking us old guys around Farleigh Castle because the last time I was down there was when Dave Thorpe was world Champion & having a go was just a dream to me until I did 85 - 92 in my mid 30s until the body said now is the time to just dream about being a world champion.. Hope you keep enjoying & stay safe as you get older..
Hawkstone festival of legends is a great event like this Dave Williet!! Also the national twinshock championship is mint 👌
Not taking anything away from the four stroke guys, but if you've never ridden a 2 stroke and experienced the explosion that happens between your legs everytime you pull the loud handle.....watching it is one thing, feeling it is another.
I bought a new 1976 KX250 , and as I waited for delivery, I watched the tech that had assembled it and set it up, test ride it out behind the shop on a dirt strip.....the front wheel would touch the ground ONLY after he backed off the throttle.....you could get in trouble very quickly thanks to a suspension that could just barely hang on......I told my main trail racing guy back in the day I'd never sell that motorcycle, and I haven't. Still fires right up, and will still scare the Jesus out of you!
My 77 maico was yellow too ,came like that. It was a great bike , fast and handled
Maico is one of the best of European motocross up there with the best vmx
That bike was really nice ! The competition at that race is ridiculous ! It looked like the suspension was working perfect for that sharp bumpy chattery track. You did 👍 . If Kurt Nichol was in the race , you are not going to beat that 57 year old beast. He rides here in Southern California ever week and wins the Vet Championship.
It’s a very competitive class for sure. Kurt is a legend and he’s still fast as feck
Awesome video!!
Look at that engine, that brings back memories.
You still got it brother thank God looked like you had a heck of a good time
You're a monster!
I remember it was around the mid-1980's and I was at Washougal Washington, USA at the National motocross races. It was the year that Mark Barnett, ( taking first in the 125cc class). Maico had their factory rider ("Danny Clover" perhaps?) Regardless he was making Macio look bad because he was trailing in the race, so as an attempt to catch up he was table topping the down hill portion of the track literally landing on the flat part of the track after each down hill segment, and braking the frame on both factory bikes that they had brought thus making Macio DF for both races.
Washougal is a tuff track with its hill sections and clay in the dirt, great place for many years and still today for motocross events, hope it can hang on for years to come.
I remember the time Marty Smith smoked the open class on a 125 Elsinore back in the 70's....yeah, I'm that old, and the open class MX bikes were really on-off converted for racing.....but man, that took stainless steel cojones....RIP Marty
I was the proud owner of a 1976 Elsinore 125 works bike. That I bought new in the crate from a dealer in Napa California where I lived for 8mos back in 1986-1987 for $700.00 buck's every dollar I'd saved, on the condition that I assembled it at there shop, under the owner's supervision, after school on my day's off from work and raced in vintage races, in the dinosaur class. It was WAY more bike than the regular cr125 Elsinore. Different suspension, swingarm, pipe, carb, porting, and compression ratio. Unfortunately I was forced to leave it when we moved back to Wyoming....from Wyoming USA 🇺🇸 🤠
Maico's are beautiful
Awesome clip.
Yes mate nice to see you having fun with a little chip as in give it a go .You won me with this
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Great video, this was always my dream to race there
Remembering Ake Jonnson.
Good man Dave 👍
Good sentiment, top bloke.
Nice bike
Dave a Moto legend and great rider smile 😁☺️ it's the only racing I like now Evo 2stroke or classic twinshock racing forever for me guys roll on 🦊 hills 23 yippie 😁😁😁☺️🙂😃
Maico's always railed on the corners, I remember how far I could lean them in the corners.
Going back to these times is going forward because it is the best of times when men were men and these bikes brand new in the shop is a good investment no matter what brand they are all good fun from any there is a lot of Air cooled motocross bikes that are fun bikes
looks like you enjoyed yourself thats wat its about i d love to race my yz 250 from 1998 wr o well to old now 55 struggle with a shopping trolly left hand kick start wtf mr jhones world champ he knew how to ride if you need any advice hahaha loved the vid made me feel alive again next time try flat out put more effort in ffs all the best dave the clubman
Billy Mac's insta was quality smack talk prior to this event 😂
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Man this is like heaven, I have a 81 maico 490 but it just stopped running and I can’t get it running anymore,it’s got a new top end and I’m thinking ignition went bad I still have the stock moto plat, what do you recommend putting in
My wife said she wound be dead before I ever get a moto bike again yep it would kill me to 😂👍being 69 isn’t the time to do it.
uh....those were called "forward mounted laid down" shocks, they were a MASSIVE improvement over the older setups but you younger guys have NO idea how good we have it today with the mono shock setups, cuzz that old stuff sucked.
And the frame's felt like a noodle 🍜 in the whoops...lol and if you came up short on a double you WERE going over the bars...from Wyoming USA 🇺🇸 🤠
Outstanding video. It could have been 2 hours long and still be too short 👍
Agreed
Had a 82 maco 250 💪😂😂
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I bought a new 1982 Maico 490 alpha e ( decent bike)
Brappp
Don't Road Race the corner's so much, ( road race type line ) use the burms. ( outside line through the corner , like a bobsled ) When you're going really fast in the dirt you can't turn unless you have a burm or something to turn off of.
farleigh castle ? where's the humongous hill ?
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Your very good at excuses m8, less talking more go for it, not a bad effort from our team, need bigger balls next time.
Were you in the team @matty? Didn't see you in the line up. How come they passed you up? You sound like the quickest guy out there m8.
what does vet mean, veteran of armed services?
old hand
@@gimmieliberty6514 thanks
canceled after a few seconds. i just can't stand videos with music unless it's a music video
You missed out, if you enjoy Maicos, and motocross racing. The music lasted all of 30 sec., the rest was a documentary.
Yellow. Wtf.
I remember them in the early 70s, when they were yellow, not orange.
bottom line...the only thing that will beet a 2-stroke..HONESTLY..is ..yup another 2-stroke!!!
Honda pretty much stolen everything from macio and ran them out
Just not quick enough. Lol.