The 1973 world championships were won on Sherpa T 270s by Agustin Paya and Jorge Del Amo, but the writing was now on the wall.īultaco closed in 1983 after facing bankruptcy with 200 employees out of work.Ī lot of talented engineers left Bultaco to join other companies that took advantage of their experience to develop new prototypes or final products (notably -Montesa-HRC) like this great "Sherpa Junior" prototype somewhere in Romania. , actual factory production ceased around. In 1998, the Bultaco name was purchased by Marc Tessier, and he used it on a range of purpose-built trials machines from his Sherco. Named the Bultaco Pursang Metisse Mk1, some considered it a crude copy of the Rickman’s beautifully executed.
These torquey 2-stroke machines were presented to us by the original owner for restoration. This is the third in a trio of motorcycles built by the Spanish manufacturer in our collection. Blaming labor unrest, the Bultaco factory closed in 1979. These two Bultaco Pursangs were restored by Classic Motorcycles at the same time. The race is 5 different riders on 5 different eras of bikes from pre-1976 to modern. It was the most powerful of the Bultacos of that time. 340 MM 8 mm pomlad Motorcyc amortizerji za BMW V-MAX Bultaco Pursang 250 TRIUMPH HINCKLEY BONNEVILLE T/100 SE rdea. Well, I got bit by the Vintage bug and jumped in with both feet A buddy of mine at work was trying to convince our little group to put a team together for Midwest VMX's ROC in Sept. As their financial situation worsened, Bultaco turned away from racing and started producing tamer motorcycles for the leisure market. The Bultaco Pursang was designed primarily for closed course motocross racing.
1977 FACTORY BULTACO PURSANG LICENSE
Their first customer was Montesa, who were so impressed by the results that they started producing models under license from Bultaco which were based on Brunet's original designs with some improvements made by Montesa.ĭesigned to be light, powerful and reliable, the Bultaco autocycle line of motorcycles were very successful in international competition.īultaco's most famous model, the Sherpa T, was introduced in 1966 and went on to become one of the best-selling motorcycles of its day: more than 150,000 were produced before production ended in 1978.įrom 1969 until 1975 nearly all their two stroke enduro motorcycles came with a factory oil injection system by Mikuni.īut by the mid 1970s Japanese motorcycle manufacturers had started producing lightweight two-stroke road racers like the Honda CB125 and Suzuki RG500 which outclassed European bikes such as those made by Bultaco for racing purposes. Two-stroke engines were becoming increasingly popular due to their lightness and high power output, but they put a lot of stress on components with the result that many companies were struggling with reliability issues.īrunet and Evaristo decided to use their experience as race engineers to address these problems for large motorcycle manufacturers before setting up Bultaco themselves. The company was founded in 1958 by two racing enthusiasts, Agustin Brunet and Jose Evaristo. The following year Bultaco incorporated the colours in Pomeroy’s helmet -blue with white stripes- in the seventh development of the Pursang.