1981 MAICO 490 Mega 2 Vintage Classic Twinshock Motocross 2 Stroke two Stroke

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Жыл бұрын

DHSuperbikes are pleased to be able to present a once in a lifetime opportunity to purchase a real Collectors Bike. 1981 Maico 490 Mega2 which has been Nut and Bolted from the Ground up. I hope the pics speak for them self. Complete with a Mega2 stand. Classic twin Shock. She will be recommissioned prior to sale and happy to run up for a genuine buyer
Looks to never had fuel in since Restoration.
Time Capsule Piece 😍😍😍
‪@dhsuperbikes‬

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@ronkay1573 Жыл бұрын

That’s a beauty and sounds great. Thanks for the video.

@carlberardinelli6575 Жыл бұрын

Arguably one of the best motocross machines ever made!

@DickDebonaire Жыл бұрын

I agree except for the "Arguably" part. If you replace that with "Unquestionably" I'm along for the ride

@wheelieking3976 9 ай бұрын

I used to race one. Lol

@djc7039 Ай бұрын

1980 440 was my first new bike

@sammylacks4937 Жыл бұрын

Us older guys never can get enough hearing the growl of a big bore motocrosser. A real motocross bike. I can almost smell that smell oww oha that smell. Lol. Oh. Thanks for that trip down memory lane.

@williamfabiano543 Жыл бұрын

All I can say is it's beautiful. Someone is getting a very rare classic. Nice Big Bore

@humanbeing1675 Жыл бұрын

Greatest of all..

@Birky_41 10 ай бұрын

Taking that first 25 seconds to start is EXACTLY how these are from cold & why I have a roller starter now to save the shafts and kickstarts. Easier when warm though. Walking past that RS250 at 0:48 too which I also own along with my 2 x Mega 2 490s and a 440. Long live the 2 stroke!

@gordonnelson336 8 ай бұрын

Looking for a roller starter myself. What do you recommend and where did you get yours? Thanks

@kevintackett7564 4 ай бұрын

Maico MX 490 often considered the best twin shock chassis configuration ever produced for an air cooled model. 1983-84 Husqvarna CR WR OR chasis may have eclipsed it could be argued. Often considered the greatest, most influential MX'er ever produced. The 1974 Honda CR125 Elsinore was probably far more so. The 1981 490, as an overall package available in that year, was ultra competitive until about 84-85. How the 98 Yamaha YZ400F ever was voted a notch better than the Maico is beyond me!!

@johnwadsworth4916 Жыл бұрын

That is work of art

@douglaswright5689 Жыл бұрын

I remember these as a kid and teen. Awesome bikes . Your oil mix is off.

@earllynch2627 Жыл бұрын

My favorite smoker

@grassyknollblues Жыл бұрын

The greatest machine

@mikelberruezo4479 Жыл бұрын

Preciosa moto y sonido celestial!

@keithpeterson6108 Жыл бұрын

What a beauty! I'd love to have one of those for the stable.

@boerplaas388 Жыл бұрын

I had one in South Africa and it was the best bike ever.

@craigwilliamson1452 Жыл бұрын

The sound of that..

@andreastorani832 Жыл бұрын

Number One from Italy!W Maico!

@zeez4178 Жыл бұрын

Yes it's the sound by us that gives town councillors strokes

@zorannovakovic9800 Жыл бұрын

Iconic Maico 490 '81! Great bike, thanks for video!

@karitadias4327 Жыл бұрын

tt t te lo que se ha hecho un hueco para que no se puede hacer nada, desde illll te quiero que sepas que se puede ver ggtggvv

@karitadias4327 Жыл бұрын

jçpokppoopik o

@travismaniagigglebush247 Жыл бұрын

Wow to see it running is like seeing a unicorn fly

@lutzboller9554 Жыл бұрын

One of the best.

@mrkroeger Жыл бұрын

I had the exact model with a 250 top end...loved it

@TS50ER Жыл бұрын

Those camper vans @3:47 look really nice.

@cecilwilson5442 Жыл бұрын

No one has ever replicated the torque curve that bike has awesome,,as an apprentice I bought a 490 off the bosses son ,, for £500 pounds in about 1985'6 ,,as the cr500 Honda was the big thing,,,be bit more expensive now ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️ from northern Ireland

@TrailRat700xc Жыл бұрын

Making the shop smell wonderful 👍

@alfredoluisbaute1579 Жыл бұрын

Una maravilla de máquina....

@makikaka7659 Жыл бұрын

beautiful look, beautiful sound 🫠

@eojkev Жыл бұрын

Should have a MX boot 🥾 for that bike

@billsavage1466 11 ай бұрын

I raced one probably the best bike I ever had, almost always 1st or 2nd to the first turn✌️

@georgea6403 Жыл бұрын

Wow. Music to my ears. Ahhhh

@ato137528 Жыл бұрын

It’s beautiful.

@Weegus Жыл бұрын

Got a nice bike there👍

@nadirgennari2962 Жыл бұрын

❤

@adamscott9725 Жыл бұрын

I've seen a sprocket and rotor in one (sprotor) but I've never seen a drum and sprocket (drumet ???). Minus the left leg kick, it looks fun definitely clean.

@herbertmayerle6704 Жыл бұрын

I have the same in very good condition with Öhlins than an Enduro. Greetings from southwestgermany

@andrebourgois586 Жыл бұрын

mon rêve !

@nancysmith9487 Жыл бұрын

Sweet van, bikes awesome...

@judgetk8327 7 ай бұрын

Looks great buddy and I wish I had it.

@bobhannah9944 Жыл бұрын

Great work!

@joeroganreviewexperience9964 Жыл бұрын

Gorgeous

@zeez4178 Жыл бұрын

Close shave there backing it out !

@travismaniagigglebush247 Жыл бұрын

Ultimate bike

@carlosriosmunoz2328 Жыл бұрын

Qué sonido tan maravilloso, para mí la más chula de su Época 💥💥💥 la avía en color Azul si no mal recuerdo???

@rrickyx Жыл бұрын

La prima moto 500 che ho guidato❤️ avevo 16 anni e sventolavo attaccato al manubrio, 🤣😂🤣😂 quella volta non sono riuscito a fare il secondo giro di pista, avambracci forfait.. non me lo dimenticherò mai.. 😂🤣😂🤣

@josephharrison4993 Жыл бұрын

Bet she still is a beast 💪

@renedreier9903 Жыл бұрын

Feine Maschine!😉👍🏻

@marcobenassi7743 Жыл бұрын

Bellissimo moto mitica

@brunotrabucchi8251 Жыл бұрын

Molto bella

@Kevin-wd2is 7 ай бұрын

The big bore bikes from Japan had kickstarter on the right side after breaking your leg trying to start your bike you buy a Maico just for that reason

@bartbullock9742 Жыл бұрын

You need to show the poster of Danny Magoo Chandler on the invisible maico!!!!

@gorn9161 Жыл бұрын

😍

@alfredubels8517 Жыл бұрын

Nice

@jamespolucha8790 Жыл бұрын

I have one of these and can’t sell it , never had a bike like this just fits like a glove and handles perfectly, my moto plat ignition went out and I’m thinking of PVL

@kextrz Жыл бұрын

For a very long time I wondered why some of those big bores had a left kick, while 90 percent of the population is right handed (or right feeted in those particular cases). Since those monsters didn't have a side stand, I guess the best way to start them was NOT sitting on the bike. Can someone shine some light on this topic?

@adamscott9725 8 ай бұрын

I believe Big Bore 2 stroke with left kick starters was built for sidecar racing. I could be wrong, but I believe that's the reason.

@judgetk8327 7 ай бұрын

My brother and I ran a souped up Pursang and he had 490. When it was damp out and it could be hard to start if theTDC was set up to rip it was easier to do a push jump on and bang your ass on it to get it to kick over. Not only that but when they put the trani together it was cheaper to have it on the left. There were just more pros than cons on the subject and we lived in that day so you hear stuff then that you don't hear now. Basically it came down to weight and easier to start by a push. It would have taken a lot of machine work to put the kick on the right. Like I said. It all came down to cheap and lighter. Ride safe boys.

@elcapitano1972 Жыл бұрын

😍🤤🎨🦈

@mxracer158 Жыл бұрын

Would love to own one

@teterouge1472 Жыл бұрын

Graham noyce... 🙂

@Win-lr4ix Жыл бұрын

That bike was screaming ride me.

@Jake-ty4bs Жыл бұрын

back in the day we used to call those maico brake,os from what i remember not very reliable, but still a good looking bike

@chriscatarcio2983 Жыл бұрын

Not everyone should own a MAICO.

@Jake-ty4bs Жыл бұрын

@@chriscatarcio2983 that's why i never bought one

@mrkroeger Жыл бұрын

Not this year. More like "no brako Maico". Always started right up and never skipped a beat. NOTHING ever broke. Excellent Desert and off road Gran Prix bike. Great on a track too. Loved it

@joequillun7790 10 ай бұрын

@@mrkroeger I heard the same thing. the 81 was unstoppable.

@zennbubba 7 ай бұрын

I raced a 440 M back in the day.... I had my race buddy just hook on to me with a tow strap and pull me off to get started for the first start of the day after that it would bust off one or two kicks but not that first cold one ohhhh hell no.

@joehudson3072 Жыл бұрын

Could have bought 81 or 82 roughly 35 years ago for next to nothing it was a very rough one of my many buy regrets

@stevemchale6363 Жыл бұрын

GORGEOUS. THERE IS TOO MUCH OIL IN YOU'RE MIXTURE. ARE YOU DOING THAT ON PURPOSE FOR A REASON?

@joequillun7790 10 ай бұрын

Was wondering the same thing Steve.

@5635randy Жыл бұрын

Hated starting that bike kept it one year sold it cause of starting

@danafarmer6876 Жыл бұрын

I am currently rebuilding one of those. I have all the new plastic, but do you guys have any leads for me on all the needed decals ? Thanks.

@rideshareog Жыл бұрын

Ring ding ding! Call that bike The Phlebotomist. She can drain the blood out of you quick!

@jukkakukkonen477 2 ай бұрын

. Monster,keep awai..or it kil you.

@franco6390 Жыл бұрын

😂🎉😂Unico 😅

@joeldawson442 Жыл бұрын

Back then we had a bunch of guys that lived down the street and we had spoil banks behind us that we had carved out a half mile course. 2 of their friends went and bought a brand new 490 brought it the same day out to ride. They started kicking on it and eventually it broke one leg a piece backfiring on them. Wish I knew what happened to it.

@DickDebonaire Жыл бұрын

This video had me wishing I would have bought one back in the day. But after you're comment about broken legs maybe it's a good thing I didn't

@keithg7254 Жыл бұрын

they could be an absolute sod to start from cold,without thinking one day i straight legged mine and it put me over the bars,after that i always bumped it from cold on the decompressor

@nathanlambshead4778 Жыл бұрын

A guy I worked with back in 82, (in South Africa) had one of these. I rode it once. A monster. The cops actually borrowed it from him to catch someone who was taunting them and getting away into the bush with his Honda 500 Thumper. They said he was quite surprised when they nabbed him in no time at all on this fire breather.

@shawnmosleh2363 7 ай бұрын

You lie. That never happened

@shawnmosleh2363 7 ай бұрын

Nathaniel Lambshit

@nathanlambshead4778 7 ай бұрын

@@shawnmosleh2363 lol Why would I lie about it? Why even bother to make up a story like that? Try decaf.

@user-ye3jz7su1p Жыл бұрын

А сейчас выпускают мотики фирмы майко?🤔

@user-it4bp2fl4c Жыл бұрын

На чз 514 похож

@johnkaminski646 8 ай бұрын

Ive drove the 450 kx like a mini bike ........show me something already

@shawnmosleh2363 7 ай бұрын

Your video is quite lame. Maico brako, made of tin, ride em out and push em in!!!

@EricMatson-ru7jj Жыл бұрын

You are not starting it wrong Lay the bike over till the fuel comes out the overflow tube turn on the enrichiner and kick it slow a few to prime then kick it to start should start on 1st or 2nd kick

@joequillun7790 10 ай бұрын

Don't you mean, he "is" starting it wrong?