The Story of the Maico 760 (Documentary)

[@bryanroberts]

Great piece of history! Thanks for laying it all out like that!

[@Maicowerk]

Thanks!

[@casmitherz]

Alright - he's back!! Keep spreading the Maico Info! Stay healthy dude!

[@Maicowerk]

Thanks!

[@tommiller6469]

Another informative video on Maico motorcycles. Thanks for putting the video together.

[@Maicowerk]

Thanks!

[@claudeperea2957]

This is really good research that you have done, good video thanks for sharing. In 1978 the USGP 500 at Carlsbad had Herbert Shmitz on a factory maico 450 magnum go 1st in moto #1 and 2nd in moto #2 and Heikki Mikkola 2&1 which gave him the overall win, I've tried to research this race and have run into nothing but a dead end ,but I'll never forget watching it on abc,s wide world of sports in 78 it was an absolute barn burner, maybe you could dig it up somewhere, by the way thanks for the link to twin shock in Germany, I ordered that awesome ignition cover, it cost me a 157.00$ and it will be here Tuesday the 3rd. I have 3 maicos and a BMW 1100 road bike, one of the most rare maicos a 1990 320. Thanks again and if you can see if you can find that race 🏁

[@Maicowerk]

1978 USGP 500 Carlsbad, Heikki Mikkola and Herbert Schmitzwere tied, but Mikkola won because of elapsed time by one minute. So Herbert Schmitz got 2nd place. What are you looking to find, the race itself? Or an article on it? There is a US 500CC Motorcross Grand Pix "Mikkola shows why he's world champion, Lackey breaks and Bell is first american" article about this race in the September 1978 issue of Cycle World.

[@Maicowerk]

magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1978/9/1/mikkola-shows-why-hes-world-champion-lackey-breaks-and-bell-is-first-american

[@crazyhorse2995]

Thankyou. Keepin em alive!

[@Maicowerk]

Thanks!

[@onthepipe]

Well done, what a great story, you've certainly done your research! Maico all the way 👌💪

[@baby-sharkgto4902]

Awesome video and awesome story! Thank you for sharing 🙏

[@leewaken5059]

Very very cool story.🏁 Well presented.👍🏼 Thank you. And, we all remember how COOL Rick "was".😢

[@alexdesamsonow822]

Excellent video and content. Thank you!

[@maico4902]

Keep up the excellent maico videos

[@billshuey7422]

Greetings from Thailand It is great to see your videos

[@Maicowerk]

Thanks!

[@chrisretired5379]

Thank You very much for this video, and all of your past videos ! I’m happy to see you well. I once had a few Maicos, last year of the ‘square barrel’ 250, the 81 twin shock 490 (that I really miss), and an 82 490, that one was still stock but not running.

[@Maicowerk]

Thanks! Ya the 490s are nice bikes

[@1sir-onworld]

🐝🏁 Great video 👍 thanks for sharing. Maico 🫵

[@MarkSpry-s5s]

Is really great your back I love your videos ! Thanks!

[@Maicowerk]

Thanks!

[@iansellers406]

Great research thank you!

[@gs3-o4f]

Great doco on the big Maico and ISDT. I had the 1980 radial head MC250. It had two power settings Off and full On. Nothing in between 🙂

[@maico4902]

Hi not long been subscribed to your channel And I'm going over your past videos and always leave a like I had the 1982 maico alpha 1 control in 1982 the year before yours Your maico go the new internal gears engine as mine still had the chains All I had to do was wait 3 to 6 weeks for the new engine but I was new to motocross at 16 my bike before the maico was a yz 250 The maico was £1600 I had do work hard to save 300 and the rest was gift money xmass bday for the rest of my life ( just kidding) love the bike but just over a year I changed my two stroke oil by mistake I was buying silkolean? Synthetic two stroke I then change the shop I bought my oil from and I asked s silklean two stroke got home mixed up the oil and blow my big ends I was given natural two stroke oil

[@crippleguy415]

My Go Kart needs that MAICO motor .😃😍

[@williamleonardo8478]

I love mako motorcycles I have a 1985 500 m Star sitting in my garage I erase a 450 mako 1973 in the vintage class I used to have a vintage mako business in Southern California called b&d tuning we specialize in mako bikes we did it for 20 years and it was awesome Bill Leonardo

[@ManiacRacing]

Yet you still can't spell "Maico"...

[@justtim9767]

I had a Zundapp 250, loved it.

[@Keith-rk4td]

Hodaka Super Rat in the mid 70s. Very fast!!

[@Maicowerk]

Nice, would have liked to see that Zundapp!

[@Maicowerk]

@@Keith-rk4td My dad had some super rats. I actually have a video where I ran into a few people who were Hodaka collectors and I rode with them. One of the bikes the clutch blew out and blew a hole through the cases.

[@justtim9767]

@@Maicowerk I sold it back in the early 60's and bought my buddy's 305 Honda Super Hawk. Wish I had them both back.

[@JR1300r]

Great video very interesting Cheers mate

[@dusty7264]

I still have an older Honda CR-500 but race a 74 Husky CR-250. Great job on this video Thank you

[@Maicowerk]

Thanks!

[@paydroguapp]

Awesome video 💪🏽 long time no see

[@Maicowerk]

Thanks!

[@albertboersma7294]

Amazing story Bro

[@dano4572]

BEAUTIFUL!!

[@jessejames14]

Unreal story! I’ve never heard about most of this… I’m I huge Maico fan, I’ve owned and raced a 1976 AW 250, a highly modified AW450, a 1979 400 and my favorite the 1982 Mega II 490. I can’t imagine a 760cc, I thought the 490 was a beast!

[@Maicowerk]

Thanks!

[@lifesahobby]

Nice

[@dougweeks9288]

It would be great to see the Maico brand revived they were very unique and dominant in their heyday

[@slippingsnake]

actualy they are overrated and this is how legends are born. Maico manufctured good bikes for the 1960s and 1970s and peaked with the 1981 490, but even regional competition was usualy won by other brands. European Compnies like Zündapp, Hercules, Ancilotti, Puch went out of Business because of the japanes competition wich offered better price to value.

[@dr.hugog.hackenbush9443]

Maico is still around, but getting their bikes (in the US, at least) can be a real hassle, and the bikes are not cheap.

[@slippingsnake]

@@dr.hugog.hackenbush9443 seems they are building only 10 motorcycles per year. you can google "maico-bikeworld english" or "Maico Köstler", they show pictures of the Engines etc.

[@waynegarfield6607]

If a Detroit deisel 2 stroke works with large bore and stroke than why did everyone think it impossible. No forced induction ? Is that why the bike was normally aspirated

[@Maicowerk]

@@waynegarfield6607 I dont know all the mechanics around it but even 500cc 2 stroke si difficult to achive. Suzuki gave up and yamaha had issues even. First the diesel engine runs on diesel.and is a very large engine. It has a glow plug and it caps at 750 rpm. So to make a smaller versiom thats usable on a bike with thr normal 2 stroke fluid mechanics are likely around where the difficulty becomes. He was able to gear this bike like a street bike where 1st was like 3rd. Im sure theres some more in depth.details about small engine 2 strokes and the difficulty as they grow larger in displacement but I have not looked in detail. Maybe sometime Ill take a closer look.

[@Maicowerk]

@@waynegarfield6607 I will say you have friction and the ability to move that slug as they get bigger. Theres also being able to start the bike out on the trail.

[@Maicowerk]

@@waynegarfield6607 I would also say that likely the strokes end up being longer. This bike had (bore x strokr) 109mm x 83mm. The early lanz bulldogs had 150 x 210mm and these vary later modles had 8.8 inch x 10.x inch. The stroke is longer than the bore and rpms low.

[@maico4902]

Iv two honda cbx250 on my youtube image as I rebuild these two thay are very rare in the uk

[@jiyushugi1085]

May go, may not go.

[@JimGoose-hl4cx]

Husqvrna proof 800 twin

[@Maicowerk]

@@JimGoose-hl4cx Ya there have been multi-cylinder 2 strokes of combined large displacement, but not a single cylinder of large displacement. That was considered impossible.

[@JimGoose-hl4cx]

@@Maicowerk just that the heading said largest 2 stroke dirtbike and didnt say largest single cyl dirtbike.. i must admit the maico 490 megas are still a great bike by todays standards. . Geoff ballard would blittz the late models in the mid 90s at the thumpernats on a 490. No need to go bigger.

[@Maicowerk]

@@JimGoose-hl4cx There have even been over 1000cc dirtbikes where they put multiple 500 motors in a single frame for hillclimb. We also had the jim mcabe triple, 1500 cc maico with 3 cylinders. 490 is plenty except if the class is 750 and over then its required or if you are sidecar racing.

[@JimGoose-hl4cx]

@@Maicowerk im talking from factory not modified..or factory endorsed.

[@ronchappel4812]

In this story i'm not so much surprised by the clever home builder but at BMW for trying to make those giant pigs ridable 😄

[@Maicowerk]

Haha ya and they kept trying!

[@gs3-o4f]

Impressive weight reduction with the Schek BMWs from 210 kg to 125 kg

[@JakeHughes-oo7gy]

Is it even a dirt bike at that point .

[@lw3918]

Yeah but a modern 250 four stroke puts out more hp.

[@Maicowerk]

@@lw3918 at 18000 rpm they can get to 40. At 4000 they only get ~8hp, so it doesn't put out more at the same rpm.

[@lw3918]

@Maicowerk Oh I'm sure it does.

[@ONEFASTDAK2]

Good to see you sir 🙏

[@Maicowerk]

Thanks!

[@Keith-hc9js]

Your guys other bike sit in ralph Thompson place in lasa crussis alloy's check he was the shorter of frank Thompson from micky Thompson racing some of were there am doubting was grounding problem.probably fritz saunders brents sabotaged am guessing with assortment of soot suit zoot suits hellen of troy in disguise etc

[@Keith-hc9js]

I was always thinking haus had goten kiled are you sure wasent taken out recycled he did hang with micky Thompson on off ralphs was abought best alloy's fore tech spec's few other sport packages

[@Keith-hc9js]

Guess whos group won port a prince from hatai damn you look great on me thanks for the trophy and the purses mony

[@Keith-hc9js]

Where's the closest dutch brothers coffe shop need more windmill snakes water blackwater

[@Keith-hc9js]

I think Manfred Mann was tricked into a harder technique road rally race he actually realy shouldent halve won

[@Keith-hc9js]

Our guys we used to halve in Austria were manly mens every few days halve change the cadaver to the next winer great Britain wasent even fifth runner up but was safer on the foot path our uper echelon gound new ways to make mony from sandwiches ala Enduro bike racer's by way yaaa we won one said hanns and hans cadaver died of old age invthe atick

[@Keith-hc9js]

Maybe we should call over to strawberry and get rest of cousins it neighbors back shelas and Mitchell's not user friendly hell theres from carls carp winters post or leaf Erickson by way the law suit from ours was a small loss port a prince or hati hannnnns thanks fore the mony and prety woman crap if they wonder to much thems hanns Hollister probably chase our ingret asses down thanks fore the trophy bike and woman