Man does this bring back memories! THIS is what motocross tracks in the states looked like back in the 70's. There were a few jumps here and there, but there were straightaways too and man did we make up lost time there! And we were right there with those 2 shocks Maico 450 radial head badasses. Power out the yakazoo and rooster tails with nice mouth banging rocks in them. Obviously this was long before the full face helmets you see today and we took many an irish bullet to the nose and mouth. I even remember the night before the 1974 National at Red Bud, the party at the Honda shop in Niles, MI. Brad Lackey, Jim Pomeroy, Marty Smith, Tommy Croft, Rodger Decoster, Garret Wolsink. And no Ray R. I have not forgotten our old friendship! You were a good friend to me, thanks. I won't forget you.
I raced MX in the heyday of the 70's. I rode a Bultaco 175, TM 250, RM 125, YZ 400 and the last and by far the best bike I raced was a Maico 400. I got a deal on it because everyone wanted the 490. The 400 had more than enough power except maybe for the pros. The power band and handling was just amazing compared to the other bikes of that era. Everyone who rode that bike got off of it with a big grin on their face. I sure wish I had it now as I believe they rare.
UNREAL man,, even a 125cc Elsinore or TM suzuki from the 70,s is like riding a wild horse,, these big bikes from post 1976 are double wild. from Australia
Nice riding, nice video, nice track, nice comments. Brought back lots of memories. I think I'll go out to the garage and take my old 84wr 400 for a spin. Bought it new and it's still gives me a rush. Ain't nothing like a big bore 2 stroke.
Old school real MX track !!!! Gotta love it the only 4T there were BSA's and Huskys for sure ! I'm a Bultaco guy since 71 and boy do i remember those days ....Whoop De Chews !
Wow man that was some serious bar bangn block passn, clearing the uphill dbl, wfo off the downhill jumps, serious MOTO !! What a pleasure watching some 490s ridden to their true potential. The iconic frame geometry that honda copied. That #427 bike got some serious power wheeling down the straight hooked up on the pipe for the holeshot !!! Awesome torquey throttle control on those hard pack flat turns 🤙I love those 490 maicos, especially with the updated suspension. Im surprised they dont convert them to disc brakes. Truely a pleasure to watch. These guys can ride !
That was awesome! When I was 15 I rode a 1983 490 Maico, first year of the single shock I believe, while the owner flogged my YZ125. Ill never ever forget the way it felt, from the stiff clutch pull, to the sound etc. You guys were absolutely flying!
@Vince, funny another odd thing absolutely imprinted in my brain are the red leather covers that said “Magura” on them that covered the pivot point of the clutch and brake levers. Up until then I had only read about the mysterious Magura levers and throttles in Dirt Bike and MXA. My buddy Seans Maico couldnt have had more than 30 minutes on it from brand new, so everything was super clean etc, but those Maguras, they were polished and looked incredible next to my shorty Dehandler levers. Its funny what we retain right? This video has really brought back some memories
j have had many dirt bikes thru my life and the maico 490 is one of the best .these bikes were simply scary fast when they came out.they were in my opinion the best
Awesome stuff. Great to see a 490 Maico taking control! Maico were the most popular motocross bikes in the late 70s and early 80s, but sadly company issues and lack of development led to their sad demise. If they'd have kept going, they would be turning out amazing bikes, probably very similar to the great KTMs and Huskies. Great stuff, and nice 'clean' overtake, over the back. Excellent track, too!👍😎
Twin brother and I each had Maico 490 Enduro bikes, yes, street legal because the docs that came with the bikes had open check boxes: This bike is ___ or is not ____ street legal. Guess which we checked. Threw a "tailight: on there, itty bitty rear-view and a bike horn and you got a license plate. WOW, what power. What a blast.
For the kids of today on their 4 stroke on supercross track this what a real big bore old school track looks like where you can pin your ears back on the beast of those days.
That looks like such a blast . It reminds me of my youth . At my friends house riding a YZ 125 on the track we built . Lots of fun. It's crazy I learned how to ride on a two stroke . So much harder to learn on . Do to the way the power is delivered . I will never forget this one kid who thought he was Joe pro rider of the year . With his 1975 Yamaha 250 Enduro. He made the mistake of racing me for 50 bucks I was on a 1986 Cr 125 it was new back then . He was all bla .bla . bla. Honda is a girl's bike that 125 ain't sh!+ Oh OK if you say so there big boy . So needless to say he was smoked super bad . Then the funny part came when I let him ride it . He looped it . I told him when you hole shot you have to almost be sitting on the gas tank. Not Joe pro who insisted I had a CR 500 motor in my bike . Nope just 10 years of technology and 150lbs . Thankfully another kid had a CR 125 and once he raced that dude he figured it out .
@@simonfreeman6790 heard he was a really heavy drinker even when he was racing , dunno how true that was ? But I liked him as a racer , never met him personally.
Gosh! I had the mottocross issue that had this 490 in it as a centerfold.. it was cool.. I wished I had that copy today.... I wished they would have raced that bike at Carlsbad back in the day..
This is mx Racing not the tracks and bikes they have today, you really had to know how to ride to do good, fast open rough tracks , I think the skill levels were higher back then
Man does this bring back memories! THIS is what motocross tracks in the states looked like back in the 70's. There were a few jumps here and there, but there were straightaways too and man did we make up lost time there! And we were right there with those 2 shocks Maico 450 radial head badasses. Power out the yakazoo and rooster tails with nice mouth banging rocks in them. Obviously this was long before the full face helmets you see today and we took many an irish bullet to the nose and mouth. I even remember the night before the 1974 National at Red Bud, the party at the Honda shop in Niles, MI. Brad Lackey, Jim Pomeroy, Marty Smith, Tommy Croft, Rodger Decoster, Garret Wolsink.
And no Ray R. I have not forgotten our old friendship! You were a good friend to me, thanks. I won't forget you.
I raced MX in the heyday of the 70's. I rode a Bultaco 175, TM 250, RM 125, YZ 400 and the last and by far the best bike I raced was a Maico 400. I got a deal on it because everyone wanted the 490. The 400 had more than enough power except maybe for the pros. The power band and handling was just amazing compared to the other bikes of that era. Everyone who rode that bike got off of it with a big grin on their face. I sure wish I had it now as I believe they rare.
UNREAL man,, even a 125cc Elsinore or TM suzuki from the 70,s is like riding a wild horse,, these big bikes from post 1976 are double wild. from Australia
Nice riding, nice video, nice track, nice comments. Brought back lots of memories. I think I'll go out to the garage and take my old 84wr 400 for a spin. Bought it new and it's still gives me a rush. Ain't nothing like a big bore 2 stroke.
Old school real MX track !!!! Gotta love it the only 4T there were BSA's and Huskys for sure ! I'm a Bultaco guy since 71 and boy do i remember those days ....Whoop De Chews !
Máico, the ultimate privateers bike. And this bike is deemed the greatest dirt bike ever made.
Wow man that was some serious bar bangn block passn, clearing the uphill dbl, wfo off the downhill jumps, serious MOTO !! What a pleasure watching some 490s ridden to their true potential. The iconic frame geometry that honda copied. That #427 bike got some serious power wheeling down the straight hooked up on the pipe for the holeshot !!! Awesome torquey throttle control on those hard pack flat turns 🤙I love those 490 maicos, especially with the updated suspension. Im surprised they dont convert them to disc brakes. Truely a pleasure to watch. These guys can ride !
Love the sound of those old bikes brings back my youth !!!! 😃😃👿😈
That was awesome! When I was 15 I rode a 1983 490 Maico, first year of the single shock I believe, while the owner flogged my YZ125. Ill never ever forget the way it felt, from the stiff clutch pull, to the sound etc. You guys were absolutely flying!
Same here, I remember that clutch pull being one the hardest I've ever felt
@Vince, funny another odd thing absolutely imprinted in my brain are the red leather covers that said “Magura” on them that covered the pivot point of the clutch and brake levers. Up until then I had only read about the mysterious Magura levers and throttles in Dirt Bike and MXA. My buddy Seans Maico couldnt have had more than 30 minutes on it from brand new, so everything was super clean etc, but those Maguras, they were polished and looked incredible next to my shorty Dehandler levers. Its funny what we retain right? This video has really brought back some memories
j have had many dirt bikes thru my life and the maico 490 is one of the best .these bikes were simply scary fast when they came out.they were in my opinion the best
Love the track. Wish there was more old school tracks around like this
Sadly thats not the track we all grew up with in the 70's at the UK round of WMX. Good times.
I love hearing the rocks hitting the go pro nothing like being behind a 500
In November 1981 I bought a 1982 Maico 490 alfa E
Bar none one of the best bikes ever built, The sound tells the story. Good stuff awesome footage !!
Such smooth power and hook up and go.
Awesome stuff. Great to see a 490 Maico taking control! Maico were the most popular motocross bikes in the late 70s and early 80s, but sadly company issues and lack of development led to their sad demise. If they'd have kept going, they would be turning out amazing bikes, probably very similar to the great KTMs and Huskies. Great stuff, and nice 'clean' overtake, over the back. Excellent track, too!👍😎
what led to their demise was the failure of the 82-83 490. a person even died because the rear hub exploded on the 82 model.
Twin brother and I each had Maico 490 Enduro bikes, yes, street legal because the docs that came with the bikes had open check boxes: This bike is ___ or is not ____ street legal. Guess which we checked. Threw a "tailight: on there, itty bitty rear-view and a bike horn and you got a license plate. WOW, what power. What a blast.
For the kids of today on their 4 stroke on supercross track this what a real big bore old school track looks like where you can pin your ears back on the beast of those days.
Steve Stackable and his Maico.
That looks like such a blast . It reminds me of my youth . At my friends house riding a YZ 125 on the track we built . Lots of fun. It's crazy I learned how to ride on a two stroke . So much harder to learn on . Do to the way the power is delivered . I will never forget this one kid who thought he was Joe pro rider of the year . With his 1975 Yamaha 250 Enduro. He made the mistake of racing me for 50 bucks I was on a 1986 Cr 125 it was new back then . He was all bla .bla . bla. Honda is a girl's bike that 125 ain't sh!+ Oh OK if you say so there big boy . So needless to say he was smoked super bad . Then the funny part came when I let him ride it . He looped it . I told him when you hole shot you have to almost be sitting on the gas tank. Not Joe pro who insisted I had a CR 500 motor in my bike . Nope just 10 years of technology and 150lbs . Thankfully another kid had a CR 125 and once he raced that dude he figured it out .
Wow ! What great flat drag racing from corner to corner
Magnifique ..
Awesome sounds of big bore two smokers!!! Lovin it👍👊😎🇨🇦
Hauling arse. Bike sounded quite lovely.
Cool pic 😂 sure would like to finish my 490 project...working on it
Watched Noyce in 79` race at Farleigh....great track. Maico sounds great.
Good old Noyce , he became Honda's first moto x world champion that year !
@@rockypupoxo Yeah I met hIm at Polesworth a few years back and said hello, he was pretty rude and unsociable.
@@simonfreeman6790 heard he was a really heavy drinker even when he was racing , dunno how true that was ? But I liked him as a racer , never met him personally.
Gosh! I had the mottocross issue that had this 490 in it as a centerfold.. it was cool.. I wished I had that copy today.... I wished they would have raced that bike at Carlsbad back in the day..
Let the big dog eat. This is the kind of track that we used to race on. Everybody had Huskys until Maicos came out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
His corner speed on that 490 is realy good. Handles like a 250
That thing sounds crisp. Bet it's a rocket ship through 4 gears straight.
Sounds crisp!
Good jetting.
Wish they had tracks like this in the states.
_Y'all tearin' up Ol' Lady Jenkins yard that lives in that Castul. She's gonna get y'all!! xD_
2 strokes were the best ,they pulled like a dentist
Wow, I didn't know there were gopros in 1981
Dustin 😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂🤣🤣😂😂😂
C'mon man. You know they didn't ..... He has a cameraman strapped to the handlebars with a panavision reel to reel. 😜🤣
Plink plink dirt nuggets ! Love it
RIP THE MIGHTY MAICO
"Flashback"
don't you
Hesitate!
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I remember trying to get my old pig (1988 CR500) to turn tightly. Nearly impossible!!
Moose racing helped a lot with my '89 CR500.
Mint!
This is a track for MEN and not for CLOWNS . Too many jumps and woops make this sport looks like a CIRCUS rather than motocross.
It's a track for old guys and old bikes with no suspension or brakes by modern standards.
@@teranhughes77 This is mainly a motocross track and NOT a circus track. I don't like clowns that make acrobaths
@@markussukram9290 yeah, acrobaths are so complicated. I just take a standard baths myself.
@@teranhughes77 I would say they are completely USELESS than complicated. I don't like circus, I like motocross.
My dad had a 250 76 maico and it sound like a 4 stroke
Natural mx tracks fast and 2stroke doesn’t get much better
Nowadays tracks are like obstacle courses. No fun whatsoever. The tracks in the 70 and 80,s were fast motocross tracks.👍
Now this track with some practice I could race on great mamories...
i still believe if set up right a twin shock can preform as good as a mono or link plus they just look cooler....
Awesome power
The fully automatic machine gun of motorcycles - you either empty the magazine or your waiting to pull the trigger.
Ретро гонка.Супер!
This is mx Racing not the tracks and bikes they have today, you really had to know how to ride to do good, fast open rough tracks , I think the skill levels were higher back then
Maïco first !
😍😍😍😍😍😍
So muss sei 💪💪💪💪👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I might have to use 4th gear if I ever rode there..
DAKINE REAL MOTOCROSS TRACK
Who the fuck was ripping that red rocket
I buy parts from bike buzzard good guy
Nasty nasty noise
It you can,t tryumpf with t his bike .....? Dort try an other ..?
2 strokes rule... None of that gay 4 stroke shite.....