Maico Front Brake

[maicomc490t]

Yep Leith, you're bang on with the backing plate and the slot used is nearest to the hole for the cam spindle (strange having two slots in the plate?)

The slot is 15.8mm wide and curiously the lug welded on the slider is only 12.4mm (1/2" in the old speak so maybe it was a convenient off cut) I suspect there may be a slight amount of clearance there but who knows - when mounted the lug and the slot may be mis-aligned so there is less play.

The slider must have been welded well enough as there is no binding on the staunchion and although it isn't the neatest welding around it is quite OK.

The 1.3mm that has to be bored out of the triples, while it may work does leave them a bit on the lean side but I will defer to the experts here. For my money I would adapt the brakes rather than the forks just to be on the safe side though so long as a good welder is available and keeps the front end mostly Maico. 

Hope this helps

Dave Mac 

[firko]

I made an adapter to fit a Yamaha front brake to a Maico about 30 years ago and still use a more refined version of it today when I switch to my 19" Yamaha hubbed dirt track front wheel. If you PM me with your contact details Mr Maico  I can send you a template or..I'll bring it to CD6 and you can have a squiz at it. It fits the slot in the early MX/YZ conical hub backing plate...dunno about later applications.

[maicomc490t]

I dug out the offending fork leg as seen in the pics Paul posted and had a fiddle on the bench with it along with the KTM backing plate and all looked good. I then went a step further and offered up a 465 G TLS backing plate and that looked even better.

What I intend doing in the next week or so is stop over at my friendly neighbourhood welder and get his take on the best way to weld on a lug on a spare leg without risking damage. Perhaps a length of solid bar inside say .025mm less in diameter to hold the distortion to a minimum?

Work in progress

Dave Mac

[maicostu]

Im the sacked factory rider and i didnt have any problems with the front brake on the 490 .
Actually i thougth it was twice as good as the 79 490
Can i have my ride back

Maico stu

[classic 26]

GET OVER IT MAICOSTUE U HAD YOUR CHANCE ITS TIME TO WEAR BIG BOY PANTS FACTORY RIDERS SHOULD NOT BE OLD  AND BALD.  REGARDS DREW

[paul]

HE WHO LAUGHS LAST LAUGHS BESTS   RIGHT STU 


 classic 26  I BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVENT GOT MUCH GRASS ON YOUR RUN WAY EITHER LOL

[holeshot buddy]

there must be boxes of maico front brakes out there

spose you cant sell on ebay no one would want them

we should start a new post
other uses for maico front brakes

[paul]

SEND EM HERE RUSTY  ,I'LL TAKE ANY MAICO PART YOU COME UP WITH

[mxmaniac]

Im the sacked factory rider and i didnt have any problems with the front brake on the 490 .
Actually i thougth it was twice as good as the 79 490
Can i have my ride back

Maico stu

the problem was stu, u just held the throttle wide open and threw gears at it like bob hannah, u wouldnt have noticed the brake if u didn't use it...  i used other bikes to keep me on the track..

[All Things 414]

we should start a new post
other uses for maico front brakes

Helmets for Germans for when they go to the next World War?
Retro ashtrays?
Young girls could put them down their bras to get the "Maico Girl" look?
Pretty poor frizzbies?
Emergency house roofing?......

[paul]

MONTESA TOW HITCH

[All Things 414]

Sneak into your mates garage on a Saturday night. Cleverly graft the Maico front brake to his bike whilst he sleeps. The next day, position yourself with camera at the end of the start straight. Take photo of said friend sailing through berm/fence/spectators and send to local paper to make the second page. 

[holeshot buddy]

rear brakes for yamahas
ride on mower brakes
tell yz465 riders they are great and swap for
there shitty old twin leader
tell them they are off $10,000 bike
and they have got a good deal
fix them in vice with axle to make
a wheel truing machine
sell them to maico owners who have yz brakes
do the swap and tell them genuine is the way to go
to make bike worth more just tell you have a mate with
a yz who wants one then sneak home and fit it to your 490
give me some time i will think of some more

[All Things 414]

  Pissa!

[paul]

here we go again!next the good old boys(GOBS) will be on to it ,slagging off from the safety off the computers or via emails and the party will be in full swing (again)
btw all my maico brakes are fine thanks for asking 
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