had one....what a beast....50' rooster tails!!!!!! never raced.....traded for an unmolestd ossa 250 sdr.....maico had a $500 piston.....last overbore.....someone elses problem now....
Nice job starting.....I get so damn tired of hearing guys piss and moan about starting big bores and particularly the Maico 490. Perhaps they should stick to Honda S90's. Rode Husky 390, 430, and 500.....YZ465's....a zillion 250's....hell, they all start. Sorry, I just saw a blog with a guy complaining about starting Maico and it went down bad in my gizzard....
I get tired of hearing that also,all I’ve every had was European bikes with left side kick still have a 490 Maico and they all started right up, the only bike that ever gave me trouble or a kick back was an old ragged out Harley-Davidson
had one,same problem,hard to start,had original comp release,to be used for starting only....solved problem by installing regular comp release in blank plug hole in head and rigged a primer to get mixture in combustion chamber,not bottom of crankcase as carb primer did....mixture entered combustion chamber thru added comp release,when held open,,,,,,,problem solved......
Used to race one in NW AMCA in the early 80’s. Beast of a bike.
Grew up with my dad kicking my ass riding one of these while I was riding all of the newest bikes... Great power
I had one!!!! Best bike I ever raced!!! Thanks for sharing yours
had one....what a beast....50' rooster tails!!!!!! never raced.....traded for an unmolestd ossa 250 sdr.....maico had a $500 piston.....last overbore.....someone elses problem now....
Very clean............I can smell the 2 stroke from here!
per me la moto da cross più bella di sempre!
All'epoca avevo un mastino napoletano, e in onore alla moto lo chiamai maico,ho detto tutto
Motocross maico490 d'homme, 👍💪💪
That's a rocket ready to blast off...
Ancient video, a good bike.
Super nice!
This is a Good one! 😁
490's rule the Earth...
what an awesome sound
Christ Raymond that's the longest I've seen you seen you stay upright!!!
...very cool...
Nice Bike Gruß Peter KTM 495
Niiiiiiiiiiiiice
😍😍👌👍💣🏍💣💘💘
Deutsche Technik!!!!!
Maico ist Spanish
borreltjuh83 Bitte schauen sie Wikipedia! Gründer der Firma Maico war Herr Maisch in Deutschland.
io avevo il 250 maico gia andava troppo ,,, figuriamoci questa .490 cc
Nice job starting.....I get so damn tired of hearing guys piss and moan about starting big bores and particularly the Maico 490. Perhaps they should stick to Honda S90's. Rode Husky 390, 430, and 500.....YZ465's....a zillion 250's....hell, they all start. Sorry, I just saw a blog with a guy complaining about starting Maico and it went down bad in my gizzard....
I get tired of hearing that also,all I’ve every had was European bikes with left side kick still have a 490 Maico and they all started right up, the only bike that ever gave me trouble or a kick back was an old ragged out Harley-Davidson
had one,same problem,hard to start,had original comp release,to be used for starting only....solved problem by installing regular comp release in blank plug hole in head and rigged a primer to get mixture in combustion chamber,not bottom of crankcase as carb primer did....mixture entered combustion chamber thru added comp release,when held open,,,,,,,problem solved......
Very nice bike, but it looks like you're not tall enough !!??
Don’t be a idiot now. My friend is 5.ft 4 and he can ride my Maico 250 Spider. 😂
I want that bike
Complimenti bellissima moto