watching this brought back memories of my childhood. the feeling when the bike came on the pipe (hang the F on!) I'm 55 now and have a yamaha 426, and I miss the low seat heights of yesteryear! Strange, my mind is telling me to do things,,,that I just can't seem to do anymore! What the hell happened??
LOVE IT!!! i wish there was a vintage track by me, i have a yz250f i race but i also have a 1979 IT400 that i would like to try on a vintage track sometime =). what state are you in btw???
Cool video , just curious if you knew duane or dennis spence (70 yo expert)( 50 yo expert) they raced ahrma vintage and post vintage. anyway sweet looking and sounding bike.
sounds exactly like a 4 stroke when hes on the throttle haha
JHERI493 4 months ago
hey man that thing would EAT a 125 of any kind
fnsawgun 5 months ago
nothing for me!! to old
ktmtreck 6 months ago
i had 1 of these they have grt mid range and smooth power was great to ride.
wileyx666 6 months ago
really nice bike you have, my dad also owns a maico490 83' .. i shat my pants riding it one time ..
schosal123 10 months ago
I used to ride a 1974 CZ400.
1971SuperLead 1 year ago
I love my Maico 490 too...
Vintage490 1 year ago
Cool video
lazybiker79 1 year ago
THANK YOU FOR THE ENGINE SOUND!!!! i dont know why more people dont get that.
flyinbryan1619 1 year ago
2 Strokes Rule, cool Video.
VMATT500C 1 year ago
your a old man yet u know how to operate youtube?? lol
abcdefg83964 1 year ago
ur a very skilled rider and at ur age i love ur bike and ur cornering good on ya mate
SirLollipopPerson 1 year ago
the cluthc is on the right side, if you see when he stops he pulls the right side lever
robociock 1 year ago
watching this brought back memories of my childhood. the feeling when the bike came on the pipe (hang the F on!) I'm 55 now and have a yamaha 426, and I miss the low seat heights of yesteryear! Strange, my mind is telling me to do things,,,that I just can't seem to do anymore! What the hell happened??
twoweeled 1 year ago
man u rip
BritishMotocrossKid 1 year ago
I love my Maico 490
husky500cr 1 year ago
Great stuff!!! The bike I was most comfortable on was a 250 Maico AW. It had such a great power band. Smooth and predictable with great handling.
If you ever got out of shape all you had to do was gear down and roll the throttle on and it would come right back for you. They were great bikes.
tbc0460 1 year ago
That sounds so nice!
ScoutPhantom 1 year ago
The cool thing about this, is that this old 2 stroke is much faster than many of the new 4 strokes these days xD
jangho9 1 year ago
hmmm is the clutch on the right on this bike?
worldskater31 2 years ago 5
clutch on the left - front brake on the right
ldlarson 2 years ago 14
well it kinda looked like it when you were fooling with it at first... you pulled it all the way to the grip..thanks for the reply.
worldskater31 2 years ago
@worldskater31 man he sure must not have no breaks aye
quentinm1995 1 year ago
what a perfect crisp snorty sound!! wow
modcit 2 years ago
Wish I still had my old 400.....................
MontanaIR 2 years ago
LOVE IT!!! i wish there was a vintage track by me, i have a yz250f i race but i also have a 1979 IT400 that i would like to try on a vintage track sometime =). what state are you in btw???
2008yz250f4ever 2 years ago
wat do u mean by half maico
snowman1692 2 years ago
Cool video , just curious if you knew duane or dennis spence (70 yo expert)( 50 yo expert) they raced ahrma vintage and post vintage. anyway sweet looking and sounding bike.
the1spen 2 years ago
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ratheads 2 years ago
sounds nice makes me want to go out and ride
husky500cr 2 years ago
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TonyD38166 2 years ago
Love it, want one, 50 next month, I'll tell the Mrs to get me one ; )
TonyD38166 2 years ago
I'd rather have that bike over any new bike from today, that thing sounds and looks sweet!
ahsure 2 years ago 2
sweet video!!
brianb239 2 years ago