'80 Maico 250

[John Orchard]

Where did those two Maico's come from?!!!  Are they for sale? 

[paul]

the one with the ute was/is for sale  i think .

[firko]

If you look at the photos of those two Maicos it appears that the dogs are looking at each other*.  My money's on Lou's Staffy over Paul's foo foo hound if they ever get together .

*What can I say, it's a quiet afternoon and my irony meter is running on empty.

[paul]

If you look at the photos of those two Maicos it appears that the dogs are looking at each other*.  My money's on Lou's Staffy over Paul's foo foo hound if they ever get together .

*What can I say, it's a quiet afternoon and my irony meter is running on empty.

that foo foo hound has already killed and eaten 3 postal delivery men.one morning i went out the front and there on the ground was a box off maico parts and a work boot with a half eaten leg still attached and a van still running in the drive way

[Husky500evo]

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/MAICO-490-1981-VMX-VINTAGE-MOTOCROSS-/190750535352?pt=AU_Motorcycles&hash=item2c699e2eb8
This Maico 490 is on Aussie Ebay at the moment, if you hadn't already noticed .

[evo550]

Evo....Maico 490, Pre 85/90..... Honda CR500.......there ya go John, you won't get better open classers than these. Everything else is a little bit less of a bike than this pair .

At the risk of being ostrasized from this forum, I might respectfully disagree with you Firko on your choice of pre '85/90 wepons, sure the Maico is the best evo bike and is way ahead of anything else in the class (except for maybe for a front brake), but I don't think the cr 500 is that good that it exculdes all the other manufacturers of that era, a KX, YZ or Maico SC 500 are all just as capable as the Honda and in some areas might do a little better. Sometimes less is more when it comes to 50 year old pilots on 500cc 2 strokes

[firko]

all the other manufacturers of that era, a KX, YZ or Maico SC 500 are all just as capable as the Honda and in some areas might do a little better. Sometimes less is more when it comes to 50 year old pilots on 500cc 2 strokes

Evo....I was just taking a broad view. As much as I'm a Yamaha fan I don't think that the 490 Yamaha is in the same league as the KX500, CR500 (Honda and Husky) or even the RM500 but I otherwise take your point. My point was that John wouldn't go wrong with either of those bikes. Quite frankly, not too many of us have the gonads to ride an 80's 500, no matter the brand .

[JohnnyO]

all the other manufacturers of that era, a KX, YZ or Maico SC 500 are all just as capable as the Honda and in some areas might do a little better. Sometimes less is more when it comes to 50 year old pilots on 500cc 2 strokes

Evo....I was just taking a broad view. As much as I'm a Yamaha fan I don't think that the 490 Yamaha is in the same league as the KX500, CR500 (Honda and Husky) or even the RM500 but I otherwise take your point. My point was that John wouldn't go wrong with either of those bikes. Quite frankly, not too many of us have the gonads to ride an 80's 500, no matter the brand .

The CR500 followed by the YZ490 were the 2 best 500's in '84 and nothings changed...