1981 MAICO 490 Mega 2 Vintage Classic Twinshock Motocross 2 Stroke two Stroke

DHSuperbikes are pleased to be able to present a once in a lifetime opportunity to purchase a real Collectors Bike. 1981 Maico 490 Mega2 which has been Nut and Bolted from the Ground up. I hope the pics speak for them self. Complete with a Mega2 stand. Classic twin Shock. She will be recommissioned prior to sale and happy to run up for a genuine buyer
Looks to never had fuel in since Restoration.
Time Capsule Piece 😍😍😍
‪@dhsuperbikes‬

[@ronkay1573]

That’s a beauty and sounds great. Thanks for the video.

[@carlberardinelli6575]

Arguably one of the best motocross machines ever made!

[@DickDebonaire]

I agree except for the "Arguably" part. If you replace that with "Unquestionably" I'm along for the ride

[@wheelieking3976]

I used to race one. Lol

[@kevintackett7564]

Maico MX 490 often considered the best twin shock chassis configuration ever produced for an air cooled model. 1983-84 Husqvarna CR WR OR chasis may have eclipsed it could be argued. Often considered the greatest, most influential MX'er ever produced. The 1974 Honda CR125 Elsinore was probably far more so. The 1981 490, as an overall package available in that year, was ultra competitive until about 84-85. How the 98 Yamaha YZ400F ever was voted a notch better than the Maico is beyond me!!

[@humanbeing1675]

Greatest of all..

[@sammylacks4937]

Us older guys never can get enough hearing the growl of a big bore motocrosser. A real motocross bike. I can almost smell that smell oww oha that smell. Lol. Oh. Thanks for that trip down memory lane.

[@Birky_41]

Taking that first 25 seconds to start is EXACTLY how these are from cold & why I have a roller starter now to save the shafts and kickstarts. Easier when warm though. Walking past that RS250 at 0:48 too which I also own along with my 2 x Mega 2 490s and a 440. Long live the 2 stroke!

[@gordonnelson336]

Looking for a roller starter myself. What do you recommend and where did you get yours? Thanks

[@johnwadsworth4916]

That is work of art

[@williamfabiano543]

All I can say is it's beautiful. Someone is getting a very rare classic. Nice Big Bore

[@zorannovakovic9800]

Iconic Maico 490 '81! Great bike, thanks for video!

[@karitadias4327]

tt t te lo que se ha hecho un hueco para que no se puede hacer nada, desde illll te quiero que sepas que se puede ver ggtggvv

[@karitadias4327]

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[@karitadias4327]

jçpokppoopik o

[@grassyknollblues]

The greatest machine

[@craigwilliamson1452]

The sound of that..

[@judgetk8327]

Looks great buddy and I wish I had it.

[@travismaniagigglebush247]

Ultimate bike

[@earllynch2627]

My favorite smoker

[@mikelberruezo4479]

Preciosa moto y sonido celestial!

[@keithpeterson6108]

What a beauty! I'd love to have one of those for the stable.

[@lutzboller9554]

One of the best.

[@andreastorani832]

Number One from Italy!W Maico!

[@TrailRat700xc]

Making the shop smell wonderful 👍

[@alfredoluisbaute1579]

Una maravilla de máquina....

[@douglaswright5689]

I remember these as a kid and teen. Awesome bikes . Your oil mix is off.

[@boerplaas388]

I had one in South Africa and it was the best bike ever.

[@nadirgennari2962]

❤

[@makikaka7659]

beautiful look, beautiful sound 🫠

[@travismaniagigglebush247]

Wow to see it running is like seeing a unicorn fly

[@eojkev]

Should have a MX boot 🥾 for that bike

[@ato137528]

It’s beautiful.

[@bobhannah9944]

Great work!

[@mrkroeger]

I had the exact model with a 250 top end...loved it

[@TS50ER]

Those camper vans @3:47 look really nice.

[@zeez4178]

Yes it's the sound by us that gives town councillors strokes

[@nancysmith9487]

Sweet van, bikes awesome...

[@joeroganreviewexperience9964]

Gorgeous

[@cecilwilson5442]

No one has ever replicated the torque curve that bike has awesome,,as an apprentice I bought a 490 off the bosses son ,, for £500 pounds in about 1985'6 ,,as the cr500 Honda was the big thing,,,be bit more expensive now ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️ from northern Ireland

[@georgea6403]

Wow. Music to my ears. Ahhhh

[@andrebourgois586]

mon rêve !

[@Weegus]

Got a nice bike there👍

[@billsavage1466]

I raced one probably the best bike I ever had, almost always 1st or 2nd to the first turn✌️

[@renedreier9903]

Feine Maschine!😉👍🏻

[@alfredubels8517]

Nice

[@gorn9161]

😍

[@carlosriosmunoz2328]

Qué sonido tan maravilloso, para mí la más chula de su Época 💥💥💥 la avía en color Azul si no mal recuerdo???

[@josephharrison4993]

Bet she still is a beast 💪

[@adamscott9725]

I've seen a sprocket and rotor in one (sprotor) but I've never seen a drum and sprocket (drumet ???). Minus the left leg kick, it looks fun definitely clean.

[@brunotrabucchi8251]

Molto bella

[@Kevin-wd2is]

The big bore bikes from Japan had kickstarter on the right side after breaking your leg trying to start your bike you buy a Maico just for that reason

[@herbertmayerle6704]

I have the same in very good condition with Öhlins than an Enduro. Greetings from southwestgermany

[@zeez4178]

Close shave there backing it out !

[@marcobenassi7743]

Bellissimo moto mitica

[@elcapitano1972]

😍🤤🎨🦈

[@kextrz]

For a very long time I wondered why some of those big bores had a left kick, while 90 percent of the population is right handed (or right feeted in those particular cases). Since those monsters didn't have a side stand, I guess the best way to start them was NOT sitting on the bike. Can someone shine some light on this topic?

[@adamscott9725]

I believe Big Bore 2 stroke with left kick starters was built for sidecar racing. I could be wrong, but I believe that's the reason.

[@judgetk8327]

My brother and I ran a souped up Pursang and he had 490. When it was damp out and it could be hard to start if theTDC was set up to rip it was easier to do a push jump on and bang your ass on it to get it to kick over. Not only that but when they put the trani together it was cheaper to have it on the left. There were just more pros than cons on the subject and we lived in that day so you hear stuff then that you don't hear now. Basically it came down to weight and easier to start by a push. It would have taken a lot of machine work to put the kick on the right. Like I said. It all came down to cheap and lighter. Ride safe boys.

[@rrickyx]

La prima moto 500 che ho guidato❤️ avevo 16 anni e sventolavo attaccato al manubrio, 🤣😂🤣😂 quella volta non sono riuscito a fare il secondo giro di pista, avambracci forfait.. non me lo dimenticherò mai.. 😂🤣😂🤣

[@bartbullock9742]

You need to show the poster of Danny Magoo Chandler on the invisible maico!!!!

[@Win-lr4ix]

That bike was screaming ride me.

[@mxracer158]

Would love to own one

[@jamespolucha8790]

I have one of these and can’t sell it , never had a bike like this just fits like a glove and handles perfectly, my moto plat ignition went out and I’m thinking of PVL

[@zennbubba]

I raced a 440 M back in the day.... I had my race buddy just hook on to me with a tow strap and pull me off to get started for the first start of the day after that it would bust off one or two kicks but not that first cold one ohhhh hell no.

[@joehudson3072]

Could have bought 81 or 82 roughly 35 years ago for next to nothing it was a very rough one of my many buy regrets

[@Jake-ty4bs]

back in the day we used to call those maico brake,os from what i remember not very reliable, but still a good looking bike

[@chriscatarcio2983]

Not everyone should own a MAICO.

[@Jake-ty4bs]

@@chriscatarcio2983 that's why i never bought one

[@mrkroeger]

Not this year. More like "no brako Maico". Always started right up and never skipped a beat. NOTHING ever broke. Excellent Desert and off road Gran Prix bike. Great on a track too. Loved it

[@joequillun7790]

@@mrkroeger I heard the same thing. the 81 was unstoppable.

[@stevemchale6363]

GORGEOUS. THERE IS TOO MUCH OIL IN YOU'RE MIXTURE. ARE YOU DOING THAT ON PURPOSE FOR A REASON?

[@joequillun7790]

Was wondering the same thing Steve.

[@jukkakukkonen477]

. Monster,keep awai..or it kil you.

[@teterouge1472]

Graham noyce... 🙂

[@danafarmer6876]

I am currently rebuilding one of those. I have all the new plastic, but do you guys have any leads for me on all the needed decals ? Thanks.

[@rideshareog]

Ring ding ding! Call that bike The Phlebotomist. She can drain the blood out of you quick!

[@5635randy]

Hated starting that bike kept it one year sold it cause of starting

[@franco6390]

😂🎉😂Unico 😅

[@user-ye3jz7su1p]

А сейчас выпускают мотики фирмы майко?🤔

[@joeldawson442]

Back then we had a bunch of guys that lived down the street and we had spoil banks behind us that we had carved out a half mile course. 2 of their friends went and bought a brand new 490 brought it the same day out to ride. They started kicking on it and eventually it broke one leg a piece backfiring on them. Wish I knew what happened to it.

[@DickDebonaire]

This video had me wishing I would have bought one back in the day. But after you're comment about broken legs maybe it's a good thing I didn't

[@keithg7254]

they could be an absolute sod to start from cold,without thinking one day i straight legged mine and it put me over the bars,after that i always bumped it from cold on the decompressor

[@nathanlambshead4778]

A guy I worked with back in 82, (in South Africa) had one of these. I rode it once. A monster. The cops actually borrowed it from him to catch someone who was taunting them and getting away into the bush with his Honda 500 Thumper. They said he was quite surprised when they nabbed him in no time at all on this fire breather.

[@shawnmosleh2363]

You lie. That never happened

[@shawnmosleh2363]

Nathaniel Lambshit

[@nathanlambshead4778]

@@shawnmosleh2363 lol Why would I lie about it? Why even bother to make up a story like that? Try decaf.

[@user-it4bp2fl4c]

На чз 514 похож

[@johnkaminski646]

Ive drove the 450 kx like a mini bike ........show me something already

[@shawnmosleh2363]

Your video is quite lame. Maico brako, made of tin, ride em out and push em in!!!

[@EricMatson-ru7jj]

You are not starting it wrong Lay the bike over till the fuel comes out the overflow tube turn on the enrichiner and kick it slow a few to prime then kick it to start should start on 1st or 2nd kick

[@joequillun7790]

Don't you mean, he "is" starting it wrong?

[@riki4022]

Ma che modo di metterla in modo è quello....?? È sbagliato......