2008 Maico 500

[Podnikanie]

He kicks it like stupid. That technique is not good for sure, at least not good for kickstarter mechanism.

[ColdFire1302]

500ccm 2 stroke ?!?!

O.O

[CR500RKID]

Who kicks a bike like that? Just jump on it.

[ktmfreak95]

is the maico for street or forest?

[schosal123]

id shit my pants kicking a 500 2-stroke that way! saw my friend flying over the fence, because he didnt kick it properly through .. his foot was completely finished ..

[adenunzio2000]

Sounds nice and nasty!!!

[vrednie]

Sounds Like my 2001 CR500R..... Funny that!

[PaddyWackem]

@vrednie I was just about to type the same thing! Pity they put the kicker on the wrong side hey? Nice looking bike!

[vrednie]

@PaddyWackem Great minds think alike

[GOATSK911]

Tobyeo ever been to The Netherlands ? some great Old School Motocross ill tell you that !

Cheers and great to see youre still riding Real Bikes, not like those fake sponsor Monster energy kids.

[GOATSK911]

looks like someone i know, not sure if its him though,

but i suspect its him xD i know how he treats a cold engine,

pretty sweet maico, cant punch up to the old ones though,

i live in holland and rode my dads old maico once, after that he sold it, the guy who bought it ripped it to shreds and now the whole engine sounds like a stone cruncher. pretty funny though. seeing my dad punching him uncouncess becouse that guy destroyed his old Maico GS 250 twinshock xD

Cheers.

[ktmrider53]

its a 04

[tobyeo]

@ktmrider53 How do you know?

[ktmrider53]

@tobyeo my father in-law has one in Iran, i'll tell you its a nice bike and his is a 04 and it looks like this one. If im not mistaken he got it in Holland.

[tobyeo]

@ktmrider53 Ok, just wanted to see b/c from ~2000 to 2008 they all look the same, so if there isnt something that stands out for sure, it could be any one of those years. Even 2009 models can look like that.

[ktmrider53]

@tobyeo Oh dang. I wish they can get them out here in the states, there one hell of a bike.

[jamzusa]

@ktmrider53 What I can't figure out is how can't someone know what year the bike is who made this video when they OWN the bike and it's STAMPED on the steering head part of the frame or has a plate riveted onto it WITH the date and model.. ???? How can someone now know????

[musiclovr2]

hey tobeyo you seen the maico 700 yet?, i want one haha, id get rid of my cr500 for sure, but 9k is to much for a dirt bike

[Himmlerdude]

left hand kick starters are reminissant of the vintage maicos where almost all european bikes used the same idea.

[SixSpeedSS]

Thanks Toby, that thing sounds real sweet, forsure.

[HEMITKN]

Sweet video, hope it never kicks back with that starting technic. Man that thing sounds healthy

[tobyeo]

@HEMITKN They call that starting technique the back kick, so hope the it doesnt kick back while doing the back kick.

[jamzusa]

@tobyeo They call that the last way to try to start a bike. I have a left side kickstart 1985 CanAm 250 and that's one way I NEVER kickstart it. You have to LEARN to kick it with your left leg. Deal with it, lol. What's worse on the CanAm someone designed the kickstart shaft to be hollow, something you would never do, with the shifter shaft coming out the center.... saves space but makes the kickstart shaft an inevitable destructive piece which mine crumbled eventually. Parts? VERY rare!

[ahsure]

what a beast, sounds deeper than any other 500 i've heard

[irish4lyfe69]

that thing has to fly

[maicobike1]

nice bike i have a maico 490 but always love to have one of them

[dragofgf]

is that street legal!?

[HardRocker2694]

awsome...my dreams bike!! :D

[TheIdaho420]

Sounds like one scary machine too me!

[IceCreamSteve1]

there is a video on here of a Maico 700 2 stroke. its a beast. the guy is on it in the desert.

[tobyeo]

@IceCreamSteve1 Ya, thats the only other one I seen, but he doesnt really show a pan view of the bike just him riding it

[InfamousStax]

@IceCreamSteve1 Yeah that guy ended up selling it apparently LoL. I love how the new maico cyclinders look.

[IceCreamSteve1]

@InfamousStax lol yeah, and yeah they look cool.

[vmxrm85]

ive never seen anybody use that starting technique before

[tobyeo]

@vmxrm85 I have seen it on other European videos