Maico 700?

grandpaul said:
meh... just another "tail happy" 10' tall water-cooled dirt clone. Nothing whatsoever to distinguish it from 83 other brands of virtually identical hypertoys.
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Pretty sure, that, among other currently offered 2-stroke street legal dirt bikes, that Maico is more than DOUBLE the engine displacement.

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A 700cc two stroke would be the cats pajamas, but I wonder where they would be street legal. There are companies that make lighting kits for converting dirt bikes to street bikes, but here in TX, you also need an "OHV decal" in order to get the conversion registered for the street.
 
Longtimegone said:
A 700cc two stroke would be the cats pajamas, but I wonder where they would be street legal. There are companies that make lighting kits for converting dirt bikes to street bikes, but here in TX, you also need an "OHV decal" in order to get the conversion registered for the street.
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Direct injection makes it all possible.
 
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This 604 ATK was an OHV dirt bike I got registered for the street long ago when that was not too difficult to do. Really too tall for me, but I rode it in dual sport events for a few years. Plenty of go.

Maico 700?


A 700cc 2-stroke Maico would be insane. I'd really have to turn back the clock to ride one, and it would also be too tall at the saddle. Swinging my legs at stop lights.
 
SteveBorland said:
a very good friend of mine had a 400? Maico in South Africa. He put a set of battery bicycle lights, a brake light and a squeeze bulb horn and registered it as a road bike, with full knobby tyres. I recall the exhaust note, it was simply evil!
He eventually sold it to a bloke who was very new to motorcycles, in the middle of the Durban rainy season. I sometimes wonder if the new buyer survived the trip home.
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That's funny , I did the same to a Montessa Capra 125 , I had a stinga thingy jammed up the exhaust , I even rode it to the council office and got my road licence on it , I don't know what the cop on the motorcycle thought as he followed me around , but I got my licence , young and stupid 😀.
 
For many years, my brother raced sidecars on speedway using methano fuelled H1 and H2 Kawasaki two strokes. The 750 was a waste of space. The 500cc bike was enough to win any race. The 750cc bike was simply too dangerous. When it came on song, it would jump a very long way. Everybody wants more power, but most cannot use it. Better with something which is slower, but smooth.
 
acotrel said:
For many years, my brother raced sidecars on speedway using methano fuelled H1 and H2 Kawasaki two strokes. The 750 was a waste of space. The 500cc bike was enough to win any race. The 750cc bike was simply too dangerous. When it came on song, it would jump a very long way. Everybody wants more power, but most cannot use it. Better with something which is slower, but smooth.
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Have you ever, RIDDEN a big 2-stroke dirt bike? YZ/IT465/490, CR500 etc?

The Rotax 800 in my anowmobile is only slightly faster (top end) than the same model, 600 engine. But, OHHHHHH... the midrange GRUNT is like a narcotic....
 
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