Topic: Yamaha 1973 SC500

[scottly]

Ha! Loved the top ten worst dirt bikes! One of the neighborhood guys had a TM 400, and it quickly earned the nickname "the Pogo-stick". The motor had a brutal power delivery, but the handling wasn't up to the task, despite Rick's best efforts, which included fitting then state-of-the-art Fox shocks. His brother Ron had a Maico 400, which handled like a dream, but unfortunately it lived up to the common Maico Break-o nickname.

[MoMo]

Ha! Loved the top ten worst dirt bikes! One of the neighborhood guys had a TM 400, and it quickly earned the nickname "the Pogo-stick". The motor had a brutal power delivery, but the handling wasn't up to the task, despite Rick's best efforts, which included fitting then state-of-the-art Fox shocks. His brother Ron had a Maico 400, which handled like a dream, but unfortunately it lived up to the common Maico Break-o nickname.

I remember the tm 400 as one one of the scariest bikes I ever rode back then.   That is, scary in a bad way...Larry