1982 Maico 490 GS First Ride (in HD)

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The first ride of the 1982 Maico 490GS after rebuild. It's muddy and there's some icy paths so just taking it easy, I ain't Jeremy Mcgrath and I ain't doing no Jack Ass-style stunts just some easy riding here. The helmate camera is the POV.1.

This is Tillamook Forest OHV, I am just traveling about a mile around the staging area and most of what you see are actually roads not the trails. There's more than 200 miles of trails here and then there is Diamond Mills which is another 100 miles of trails.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Honda
• Yamaha
• Maico
• 490
• 500
• CR
• CRF
• YZ
• YZF
• KX
• KXF
• RM
• RMZ
• KTM
• 495
• Husqvarna
• MX
• motocross
• POV

[IceCreamSteve1]

Hey man, what is the song that starts at 5:52 ? please reply, and i have been keeping up with your videos on the rebuild of the ktm :) so what is that song? thanks man. -Steve

[tobyeo]

Hi Steve, That is Brazen Hero by Swinging Utters

[tobyeo]

Brazen Head actually

[anthacdc]

nice bike but wasnt 1982 and 1983 maico's worst years, didnt the bikes brake heaps (suspension and gear boxes)

[tobyeo]

The 82 had a bad suspension setup but aftermarket shocks could remedey the suspenion problem and make suspenion better. I just put a fox shox on my 82.

The 83 had some with heat treatment problems, however after 20 years all the bikes with problems have already failed. My 83 (I have 2 actually) is real reliable and very powerful motor.

[rockinbass01]

which bike has more overall power i love vintage bikes! husky maico harley kx500 cr500 yz490 yamahas old 500 forget the name rm500 ect i love all them old things theyre sweeet

[tobyeo]

Maico has a wide powerband, which is why I declared it the winner. The Maico just has a pull from idle that the CR500 doesn't. The CR500 likes higher RPM, still powerful bike and I even geared it much lower (was geared like 3.25 now it's like 4 or 4.25) so goes much better in the woods and has more low power but still not compare to Maico. This Maico is GS gearing, so 1st and 2nd are very low compared to my other Maico.

[mrbillmacneill]

hey man like the bike.

mines still seized....pray for my stocks as the sooner they produce the sooner the old maico gets on the road.

[Hansibuwi]

super Maschine +5***** von mir

[NikodemusNikodemus]

wow...very impressive. Love the sound & the acceleration :D

[jokuvaan1234567890]

nice bike. im so jealous.

[watsonovgy]

that bike is awsum love it fukin great bikes

[NAMTRIP]

@IceCreamSteve1 Dam,I love 2 strokes,nothing compares,The new bikes are cool,but 2 strokes bring back the memories.

[netrioter]

@netrioter the KX 500 that went 125.85 mph last year on VP race gas,synthetic oil and a jetted carb finally beat it,but is that considered stock? I guess it hit 132+ on the salt flats modified. I wonder if the KTM run was legit..still it took 30 years to beat it.not bad

[worldskater31]

nah dude.. A Kx500 just beat the ktm 495 i dont know maybe last year.. it went 135+ i cant remember but its the fastest now. you should loook it up on youtube;

[netrioter]

there was only one bike faster than a Maico...and that was a 1981 KTM 495(still is the fastest...123.75 mph). No CR,YZ,RM, or KX can beat a Maico flat out back then.Theyre bulletproof The KTM may have been faster and had the better suspension but they break alot easier. Husqvarna would be right behind Maico but theyre too heavy.The YZ 490 was a beast back then as well...they didnt quite have the top end but they had a wicked 3-4th gear

[kawibbyrule]

Where is this it looks awsome