What Adolph Well might ride if he were Dick Burleson. The Maico GS 400 is
an enduro blke with motocross soul. (Right) The 388cc long stroke motor is
sparked by a Bosch electronic ignition and an improved Bing carburetor.
. Sidecase differences include an enclosed countershaft sprocket.
didn't fade a nd worked very well over
a couple of hours of flat -out ra cin g .
Their longevity was better than we can
remember with any p rior Girling gas
shocks. Both, ends of the GS400 are,
suspended in an a bsolutely first class
manner. It is exac tly the m otocross
suspension.
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The u ltim ate lure of th is Ma ico :
however, is how well th e chassis 'a nd
sus pe nsion work together. You can ge t
into ou trageou s trouble a nd th e bike
. would solve the problem before you
soile d your shorts. In one instance, a
rider got sidewa ys while negotiating a
stre tch of three foot deep whoop -ded oos a t a bo ut 40 mph . There was just
time to real ize that th e en d was near
when the GS4 0~ touched Knobby
Fuel capacity
2. 9 ga llons U.S . (1I 1iten)
O il capacity
800 cc 20W-5 0
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