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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2025
- A selection of photo's and video's covering the rebuild of my 1980 MC440 Maico. Completely restored by myself except for cylinder boring, crank pressing and wheel lacing. Built from a good rolling chassis and the ashes of eBay. Motor has GS transmission, Motoplat ignition, new rod, all new bearings/seals and is on its 2nd oversize piston. Front brake drum has new cast iron liner fitted, machined for 0.008" interference fit. Starts 4 or 5th kick with choke and decomp when cold even if its been months, once its warm one kick is enough. Just got to get it dirty now.
che mostro! queste si che erano moto, quelle di ora non si possono guardare!
Rode a couple of those ,greak bikes,a little swifter shifter in the gearbox, helped a ton with the notchy shifting.handled great,pulled like John deere tractors. Jumped extremely well,turned,soso,tall bike! That,is a work of art,hoping one day to find one to restore myself.great job on that one
Looks gorgeous even with the old twin shocks,lovely beast )) so good to see these old bikes still around
Favorite video on youtube.. Im restoring on myself right now.
Thanks man, be sure to put up a video when your done. There can never be enough Maico vids on TH-cam✊
Wow! Beautiful. Got roosted by one at Hangtown when i was 12.. coolest thing ever lol... hurt like hell too lol. He rode by me doing a wheelie crossup with long hair flowing from his helmet.. so late 70s 80... and so freakin cool! At the time that was the baddest bike around.
Quality Germanic BEAST, those internals looked pretty darn awesome. 🙏💪
One of my best friends had the same bike in the early 80s it was a very fast & gorgeous bike. Only problem he couldn't find parts in those pre Internet days.
You think that's bad .I had one from new and couldn't find neutral
what a pretty nice work, congratulation !!!!
Great job, makes me wish I still had me Maico 400.
I was 15 riding my Yamaha TY175 around the local sandpit where I lived and the two blokes where running in there brand new440 Maico and after a while they stopped so I pulled up to talk to them and look at there bikes. They where running them in for the weekend Irish championship and using Putoline oil. Superb bikes, they asked how often I would ride as I new where to go and I explained I would strap a Gallon GTX Castrol can with petrol mix 20-1 and ride until near empty three times a week and go home. Little did I know I would race for 25 years Ireland Wales England and some races in Belgium. I could never get over the size off the rear hub on the Maico but alas never raced one only Yamaha Honda Kawasaki and KTM but always loved the 440 Maico.
1980 440 was the 1st new bike I ever owned
Oh dear the beast is alive
Nice Job man....hello from Germany!!!!
Hi mate, thanks
absolutely stunning mate.my mate had one of these back in the day.wot a beast
Thank mate,
Beautiful piece of mx history... raced with a couple of the beasts in Nebraska City a couple of years ago...not sure how they ended up in the evolution class (I think they combined classes)
Great job super
That bike ROCKS!!!! Priod!!!
Outstanding!!!!!!
Legend on Wheels 💪🏻💪🏻
This was my first MX bike. Good job
Awesome restore man!!!
a work of art truly..
Really sweet! Great rebuild!
Great job,not so keen on the fins cut look I’d prefer the original ( but it’s not my bike😀)I had one years ago👍🏻
My dad had a 440 like that hauled ass so loud knocked a brick off the house from racing out the gate
I saw at 19 80th a racing Action with Maico 440 that other machine like ( yamaha , Honda , zündapp ) wasnt abel to do it ...I neuer foget this scene.. 😍💣maico lover 💘💘👌👍✌
nice bike considering the 1980 was a mess this restoration will be 100 times better than a factory 1980..1981 it was all sorted.
god i love you air fins
Lovely
masterpiece
He'll of a job on that list beauty of a beast
its beauty
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I would be proud!
Mine was$3600 new in 1980, had no prob with 465s,490s, or 500s third gear on an up hill was all you could do to hold on. Had to tap front brake so I could roll off the throttle.Yeah, it was"lightly fettled". :-)
...and you were talking about starting,if you store it more than 3 days between starting,drain the gas,carb too. Pain but first kick starts worth it,just soak the cases with gas like alway.... oh you got a Mikuni,nevermind.
Thats great, im doing one my self at the moment👍 hopefully is as nice as yours!! What is the name of that great song??
Cool, make sure you post video of your work. There can never be enough Maicos on TH-cam. Song is Danzig’s Devils Plaything.
It must be motorcrossed period .Pictures are to look at the maico 440 490 etc. are ready for vintage mx .Yes Yes Yes.
Why did you cut the Cylinder Fins Back ?
I actually bought the cylinder like that, I believe it was a Wheelsmith ‘mod’ back in the day not that I’m saying this is a genuine Wheelsmith cylinder. I think it was only for looks not function.
my thighs hug the gas tank!
Wow, great job on the restoration!! I just picked up a 1981 440 that I would like to restore. Apparently they only produced a few before they switched over to the 490. I am struggling to find restoration parts. Any suggestions on where to find parts and services would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for sharing the video
Hi there, thanks for the comments. That's a rare bike you've got there, you'll have to post a video when your done! I'm from Australia and I have sourced most of my parts from US eBay (for both new & second hand bits and pieces), Andre Horvath in Austria (Enduro Klassiker), and when VMX Unlimited was local to my area, I got the rims/spokes and all the plastics including tank from them. MXM UK for the decals but I recently got some replacements and the quality was terrible, I'm not sure if they have changed their printing process or what but they are very grainy and substandard. I have not used VMX Unlimited since it was sold and moved to Victoria, nor have I used Maico at Chippy's (Queensland) but have heard anecdotal reports that both can be quite slack responding to emails and sales enquiries generally. Most of work was done by myself except for crank rebuild and rebore of cylinder both done by an old local guy that I trust, when it comes to these bikes your local bike shop will have no idea what there looking at and just tell you everything is worn beyond repair and 'just get a new one', which is not possible in most cases. Just a word on paint vs powdercoat, I decided to paint mine with a solid 2k acrylic rather than powdercoat mainly because I could do it and cost wise it was slightly cheaper. The finish off the gun with modern 2k paint is exceptional but if you intend to ride the bike often or race it, if I had my time over, I would powdercoat just for the durability factor. I have raced the bike for a season and the paint on the frame rails under the motor and where your boots rub takes a beating but if its going to be a garage queen (my started that way) then 2k all the way!
Thank you for the information I really appreciate your help. I do plan to race it so powdercoating may be my best option. I will definitely post video when I get it completed. thx
IF you are stil looking for Maico parts Wulfsport in the uk have most things .
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Vor Neid erblassen ist ein schreckliches Gefühl. Des Teufels neue Flamme. (The devils new flame).
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