Rode this again last night....

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Edited Date/Time 1/25/2012 3:14pm




I take back what I said about vintage racing...I could do it on one of these. My opinion was unfairly influenced by that 78 CR250 I rode in February!

Belongs to Carlos Serrano and he was burning some good laps on the thing.

MR



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PastranaWho 4/24/2008 8:46am
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My how things have changed in the past few years. Looks good though, enjoy.
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FLvet 4/24/2008 9:19am
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Carlos was a Maico guy through and through! I had a 400 Magnum back in the day.
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todder 4/24/2008 1:53pm
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A guy near me has 5 of those old beasts in good shape.I'm never drunk enough to ride one though.
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Big Lenny 4/24/2008 2:35pm
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Ride report?...

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prillernut 4/24/2008 2:42pm
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Lucky!! absolutely primo ride, I'm sure. Something I've seen CS involved with is the "frankembikes", where you put a 490 motor in a Magnum chassis that's got the heavier (IIRC) '81 forks and swingarm. Supposed to be about the best of all things Maico...
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drmarkr 4/24/2008 5:05pm
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Big Lenny wrote:
Ride report?...
I had my YZ 125 out there instead of my 450, so I was already in two stroke mode. My real point of reference re: vintage bikes was the 83 CR480 and 78 CR250 that I'd raced in February at an AHRMA (sp?) event at Arizona Cycle Park. After that event, I said the vintage racing was completely out of my system....the bikes were good, clean resto's, but geezus they were a bitch to ride.

Enter the Maico. After a couple of laps I was railing berms...check that....I was railing berms the first lap. After a couple of laps I was doing several of the larger doubles, and I'm confident I could've done every jump on the track on that thing. It ain't a modern day steed, but the damn thing was fun to ride.

Now....about that CR500AF......

MR
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A few years back I was watching old footage of some of the early Mammoth MX Races. 77-79. They flat out hauled. The suspension was working like a mo-fo. I dig vintage racing. I would love to get into it, if only they had more around here. That Maico looks nice.
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andymoto 4/24/2008 5:40pm
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Cool '81 Maico Mark....
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It sounds like you didn't care much for the CR480. I had one, and it was one of my favorite bikes. 'Course that was back in the mid-late 80's, and I haven't ridden one since. I remember I loved the motor, but the brakes were horrid. Anyway...how does the Maico excel over the 480? Suspension? Brakes? Motor?


Inquiry minds want to know.
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Big Lenny 4/24/2008 8:09pm
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Big Lenny wrote:
Ride report?...
drmarkr wrote:
I had my YZ 125 out there instead of my 450, so I was already in two stroke mode. My real point of reference re: vintage...
I had my YZ 125 out there instead of my 450, so I was already in two stroke mode. My real point of reference re: vintage bikes was the 83 CR480 and 78 CR250 that I'd raced in February at an AHRMA (sp?) event at Arizona Cycle Park. After that event, I said the vintage racing was completely out of my system....the bikes were good, clean resto's, but geezus they were a bitch to ride.

Enter the Maico. After a couple of laps I was railing berms...check that....I was railing berms the first lap. After a couple of laps I was doing several of the larger doubles, and I'm confident I could've done every jump on the track on that thing. It ain't a modern day steed, but the damn thing was fun to ride.

Now....about that CR500AF......

MR
Cool...
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drmarkr 4/24/2008 9:21pm
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jtomasik wrote:
It sounds like you didn't care much for the CR480. I had one, and it was one of my favorite bikes. 'Course that was back in...
It sounds like you didn't care much for the CR480. I had one, and it was one of my favorite bikes. 'Course that was back in the mid-late 80's, and I haven't ridden one since. I remember I loved the motor, but the brakes were horrid. Anyway...how does the Maico excel over the 480? Suspension? Brakes? Motor?


Inquiry minds want to know.
Maico hit is way more mellow and controllable. Turns better too. Suspension felt about the same, but I think the Maico was set up more to my weight.

Brakes sucked badly on both.

MR

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