2010 500cc Maico is here!

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BM255 6/17/2009 1:26am
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Fuggin ugly!.......don't mean to offend any of the old timers, but.....
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685cc / 80hp Woohoo
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motokiwi 6/17/2009 1:56am
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Would be nice if they didn't use 2000 yz plastics for the mudguards and side panels.
Its kind of like having a Ferrari engine and chassis, with a Chrysler Neon body...
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R-acer 6/17/2009 4:16am
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Any why does anyone need 80hp on a dirt bike? when some of you guys complain when people put a pipe on a 250F making 34hp....saying that you cant use that power anyway?

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Jack Flash 6/17/2009 5:17am
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R-acer wrote:
Any why does anyone need 80hp on a dirt bike? when some of you guys complain when people put a pipe on a 250F making 34hp....saying...
Any why does anyone need 80hp on a dirt bike? when some of you guys complain when people put a pipe on a 250F making 34hp....saying that you cant use that power anyway?
I would need the 700cc.


Model: 700 M.X.
Cooling: Water
Inlet system: Reed Valve system
Exhaust system: S.E.E.S. exhaust system
Cylinder capacity: 685ccm
Measures: 100 x 87mm
KW/horsepower: 60/82
Carburetor: BING 55/44-205
Transmission: 5 speed gearbox
Ignition: PVL digital
Frame: Chrom Molybdän
Front fork: White Power Upside Down 48 mm
Front brake: Brembo with 260 mm Wave disc
Front wheel travel: 305mm
Front rim: 1.6 - 21
Front tyres: 80/100 _ 21
Rear suspension: Maico Twin Link with Reiger shock
Rear brake: Brembo with 220 mm wave disc
Rear rim: 2.15 - 18
Rear tyres: 120/100 - 18
Tank: 9,5 Liter
Wheel base: 1480 mm
Ground clearance: 388mm
Seat height: 960mm
Weight: 101 kg
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mjskier 6/17/2009 6:16am
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Pipe is on the wrong side. Spooge on the rear disk can't be a good thing...
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Gorgeous. I'd take the 80hp anyday. Hey if you don't need it don't open it up. If you do, it's always there. That's why they put a throttle on it.
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mxrose3 6/17/2009 6:35am
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Now only if they could wrap that beautiful motor in a modern aluminum frame chassis with updated plastics (instead of 1998 YZ plastic), they would have something.
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SEEMEFIRST 6/17/2009 7:18am
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mjskier wrote:
Pipe is on the wrong side. Spooge on the rear disk can't be a good thing...
If your 500 spooges, you're not doing it right.
J.Saunders144 6/17/2009 7:18am
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BM255 wrote:
Fuggin ugly!.......don't mean to offend any of the old timers, but.....
real fuggin ugly
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wardy 6/17/2009 7:34am
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i rode maicos from 1978-1995.

and how many times are they going to change a few things and call it a "new" bike. Hell that is my 1985 with some different colors. BNG longevity award!!!1
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lumpy790 6/17/2009 7:47am
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ATK has had them for a couple years and even tried racing Supermoto with the 700.








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Matt Fisher 6/17/2009 7:54am
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R-acer wrote:
Any why does anyone need 80hp on a dirt bike? when some of you guys complain when people put a pipe on a 250F making 34hp....saying...
Any why does anyone need 80hp on a dirt bike? when some of you guys complain when people put a pipe on a 250F making 34hp....saying that you cant use that power anyway?
Never ridden in the sand or in the desert, huh?
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09450f 6/17/2009 9:10am
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the 320cc 2 stroke is a perfect size top go up against a 450 four stroke

i always liked the ktm 300 for its mid range hook up
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The Rock 6/17/2009 9:15am
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NYConnection wrote:
real reallll fuggin uglyy...i doubt they sell 1
Ye of little faith........ Grinning
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The real McCoy

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Sledneck 6/17/2009 12:15pm
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The black Supermoto is pretty bad ass.

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BM255 wrote:
Fuggin ugly!.......don't mean to offend any of the old timers, but.....
Have to agree.

. Feels like time travel back to late nineties? Looks like a YZ from 97-01?
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Foster576 6/17/2009 2:39pm
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Those things may have alot of HP but damn they look like piles of shit!
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Void Main 6/17/2009 2:47pm
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mjskier wrote:
Pipe is on the wrong side. Spooge on the rear disk can't be a good thing...
Yeah but the disk is on the wrong side too. My YZ250's pipe is right above the disk too, it's just they are both on the right side instead of the left.
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Sledneck 6/17/2009 3:50pm
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mjskier wrote:
Pipe is on the wrong side. Spooge on the rear disk can't be a good thing...
Void Main wrote:
Yeah but the disk is on the wrong side too. My YZ250's pipe is right above the disk too, it's just they are both on the...
Yeah but the disk is on the wrong side too. My YZ250's pipe is right above the disk too, it's just they are both on the right side instead of the left.
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calimxer91 6/17/2009 4:43pm
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Bret wrote:
The real McCoy [img]http://www.mxnewsfeed.com/photos/2009/mac_77.jpg[/img]
The real McCoy

Legendary.If they rereleased that they would sell a ton Im sure.
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croom mx 6/17/2009 5:03pm
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I dont really mind how it looks how does it ride?
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The Rock 6/17/2009 6:43pm
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Explaining the Maico legacy to someone who wasn't around in the heyday of the Team Maico bus, Ake Jonsson, Adolph Weil, Willi Bauer, Gerrit Wolsink, Graham Noyce, etc and the glorious Wheelsmith days is like explaining the punch line to a joke to someone.

To some Maico was Maico Breako but to those of us who knew how to set them up and maintain them all the other bikes weren't good enough for us. Maicos were THE best handling bikes there were end of story.

Cracks me up to read these comments about the discs on the wrong side, the pipes on the wrong side, who freakin' cares? It is a 500cc Maico motor in an updated frame, badass forks, single shock with the kickstarter where it should be on the left side.

On a real man's bike Grinning you had to stand off to the side and kick it with your right foot to use all of your leverage....refusing to do so was an invitation to break your left ankle.

You guys better all run home to your mommas cause when BobbyM learns y'all have been disrespecting the famous Maico legacy there's going to be hell to pay!
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MXR 6/17/2009 7:00pm
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Throw that 685 cc 80 HP engine in a sevice honda aluminum frame .
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Larry 6/17/2009 7:28pm
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Bret wrote:
The real McCoy [img]http://www.mxnewsfeed.com/photos/2009/mac_77.jpg[/img]
The real McCoy

calimxer91 wrote:
Legendary.If they rereleased that they would sell a ton Im sure.
X1000. I still think that may be the best motorcycle I have ever ridden.
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BobbyM 6/17/2009 7:41pm
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BM255 wrote:
Fuggin ugly!.......don't mean to offend any of the old timers, but.....
yer fatass mount is fugly...so what?
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kinda cool Smile

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