Our Mega Star 490 Maico built by Racebase. The chassis is based on the Maico 490 Mega 2 1981 but use's the newer 83-on spider style engine. www.info@racebase.co.uk
I remember my little 76 250 Maico, silver frame white plastics polished alloy tank,with yellow and black decals ,I loved that bike ,it's handling made it punch well above it's weight but of course this brute is in a different league .You would have to be a very special rider to use it's full potential to the max ,and I'm afraid I am not one of them .
Thanks for the action video of a really cool nostalgic bike. Like to see one of it being ridden in a sand pit, with some woop-dee-doos and jumps. Have fun with it, and thanks again for posting.
My roommate owned a Honda/Maico dealership in the 1970's and we rode/raced all the Maico's. The 490 was just too brutal to hold on to for very long on a track, but you owned the hole shot. The 400's and 250's were sweet and the best handling bike in the middle 70's. We headed over to Tubingen West Germany to see how they were built. When you bought a new Maico, you got a 'works' bike, there was no other special race bikes for the sponsored pro's. We rode cz's in the late 60's early 70's but the Maico front forks were much better. Dreamed of these bikes while in the jungle of Vietnam.
That was said in the issue of 1983 Dirt Rider Magazine with the big bore 2 stroke shoot out. It was the best shootout I ever saw to date. There were like 9 bikes pitted against one another.
Are they i had a 1980 YZ400 when i was a kid 16 yrs old and i raced against a Maico 490 they were fast but the Suspension on the Macios were way too bouncy
@@sekacity3425 Dude don't get upset it's just that you were going so slow I though for a minute you were dropping cow manure on your new peanut seedlings
@paulpischke7446 😆 Ego...what would you have to back up the no knowledge part, I'm genuinely interested? It's a tagline that seems to attract the odd petty comment, nothing more.
The watercooled CR500 is superior but it's got at least 4 years development on the 81 Maico 490, for it's time the Maico is superior. The 84 air cooled CR500 is inferior to the 81 Maico.
I would rather own a 490 Maico than any mass produced Honda 500 just for the fact that it is an epic vintage work of art that was beloved in the motocross community . The Honda was great ... But the Maico was a rare breed that goes deeper and further in the imagination . It was truly a great bike .
That sounds so good. I bet that could be heard for miles the echo makes it sound even more amazing!
What a quality built well cared for machine ! Looks an runs like the day it was made
Gut wrenching brute power...bloody fabulous!.
I can almost smell the Castrol R Bean oil!
I started running 927 in my yard equipment. Oooh that smell...
Memories of bean oil smell at the speedway races
I raced MX in the 70s, man the smell!
I remember my little 76 250 Maico, silver frame white plastics polished alloy tank,with yellow and black decals ,I loved that bike ,it's handling made it punch well above it's weight but of course this brute is in a different league .You would have to be a very special rider to use it's full potential to the max ,and I'm afraid I am not one of them .
I had a 1977 Maico AW 250. Your right about the handling👍
Nothing sounds as good as the 70’s big bore bikes !!
we used to say you want to go plant some corn, when we road in fields with my 74 250 maico! back in the day that maico schooled everything....!!!
That's one way to dig furrows for the taters! 😄
Killer Maico , nice riding shorts !
Loved my Maico. Miss it
...fresly out of hell...what a great bike you have there.
Holy shit for the love of God that maico is plowing that field
Thanks for the action video of a really cool nostalgic bike. Like to see one of it being ridden in a sand pit, with some woop-dee-doos and jumps. Have fun with it, and thanks again for posting.
My roommate owned a Honda/Maico dealership in the 1970's and we rode/raced all the Maico's. The 490 was just too brutal to hold on to for very long on a track, but you owned the hole shot. The 400's and 250's were sweet and the best handling bike in the middle 70's. We headed over to Tubingen West Germany to see how they were built. When you bought a new Maico, you got a 'works' bike, there was no other special race bikes for the sponsored pro's. We rode cz's in the late 60's early 70's but the Maico front forks were much better. Dreamed of these bikes while in the jungle of Vietnam.
Awesome, 2 Strokes 4 Ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank You Thats IT The 490 YES YES Miss My Bike So Much
I miss my old maico breako
Best Mx bike ever built
Deadly!
There was that yellow thing that went by and loudly screamed "wheeeee"....I can't say what that was it just went by and disappeared screaming.... ;-)
Hard to beat those two strokes!
A 490 is more than enough power I can't even imagine riding a Maico 700
Wow awesome thing
Great sound
Beautifuly plowed fields by Maico..better than john deere
love it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it runs good as hell
Flat out😂 flat change every gear. That's flat out!
I miss that noise
What a beast!!❤❤❤
Nice backyard! Bike = Wicked Pisser!
Oh yeah what a fuckin noise....what a fantastic bike
Herrlich :-)
my kinda riding gear! 👍
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I had a '75 yamaha 400 mx, God if i only knew at age 20 what i know now
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you have to watch Geoff ride one for real!!!
Geoff?
There’s a stockbroker with his country retreat who probably hates you.
The hell on wheels
Mine did 96 mph with standard gearing.
Plowing the north 40! lol
That was said in the issue of 1983 Dirt Rider Magazine with the big bore 2 stroke shoot out. It was the best shootout I ever saw to date. There were like 9 bikes pitted against one another.
Very nice but not once flat out
0:48 Eargasm
Was that an old lady standing there or a ghost
Come on… ride that thing like you stole it !
That bike is throwing up dirt 20 ft behind it
Fly
Never went flat out did he hit 5th gear
It's a figure of speech 🤔. That'll be a no as it's a four speed box
Are they i had a 1980 YZ400 when i was a kid 16 yrs old and i raced against a Maico 490 they were fast but the Suspension on the Macios were way too bouncy
What gear?
Nothing but fodder for my 1987 CR500R
And yet both bikes are much capable and better than you. And in the Maico's favor, much much more attractive and sought after.
@@sekacity3425 Dude don't get upset it's just that you were going so slow I though for a minute you were dropping cow manure on your new peanut seedlings
Farmer. B tamping
It's funny. It sounds like it's about to die any second. It's sounds slow and lame. But it's fast.
that's not flatout
Ego no knowledge
@paulpischke7446 😆 Ego...what would you have to back up the no knowledge part, I'm genuinely interested? It's a tagline that seems to attract the odd petty comment, nothing more.
Pansy....Get it WFO top gear!!! 😒
I love this video however hearing this and seeing this is easy proof that the CR500 is far superior. Super sweet bike though!
The watercooled CR500 is superior but it's got at least 4 years development on the 81 Maico 490, for it's time the Maico is superior. The 84 air cooled CR500 is inferior to the 81 Maico.
I would rather own a 490 Maico than any mass produced Honda 500 just for the fact that it is an epic vintage work of art that was beloved in the motocross community . The Honda was great ... But the Maico was a rare breed that goes deeper and further in the imagination . It was truly a great bike .
Honda studied the maico.the cr is almost a carbon copy of the maico motor
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