


This is the rare 'Europa' or 'Motocross' model, of which few were imported to the US. La visera estilo ingles, se comercializaba en un establecimiento que hace muchos años que cerró y fué concesionario Bultaco: ZONA 3. It was meticulously restored and has won many shows, include the prestigious Quail Lodge Motorcycle Gathering. He querido bautizar así esta entrada por dos motivos: mi estima por la marca Bultaco (QUERENCIA), y por una pequeñita pero muy importante HERENCIA que mi padre me dejó. You can basically expect that every model below the model 22 is a 4-Speed transmission except for the TSS which has several exceptions per model number.Ģ6 Matador MK3 250cc (1st 250cc, new ver. This is a beautiful and rare Model 11 Bultaco Metisse.
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Attached below is pdf of the model list we used to take to shows & meets long ago and sell for a buck to cover the cost of paper, ink, travel, etc. They even had a name: The Rickman Bultaco 250cc Petite Mtisse, French for small mongrel. The brothers sold frame kits on the side, and knew there was a market for it. Once a smaller carburettor was put on, it was much more manageable for me.Everyone wants to know what model Bultaco they have. In 1963, British motocross riders Don and Derek Rickman built a new kind of dirt bike using a Spanish-made Bultaco engine. “I struggled to ride it really and then dad and I learned the bike could have potentially been a specially-built one to be used by Vic Allan. With around 25bhp on tap at 10,000rpm from its 51.5mm x 60mm engine, it was a little peaky, as Damon confirmed with his memories of the original machine in 1973. This model would gain an important reputation in the American market mainly due to its excellence performance and power. The Pursang quickly improved, becoming less ‘Rickman’ and more ‘Bultaco’ along the way, so by the Mk2 it was properly a Bultaco and, by the end of 1971, when the Mk5 was introduced as a production bike, it was the market leader in style and performance. Once the Pursang range was launched with the Metisse, the Sherpa S would take on the role of the company’s motocross bike in the categories under 250cc. However, when Bultaco got the bike it became ‘pursang’, which means ‘thoroughbred’ and, naturally, as both words were used as names the first letter was capitalized. Looking at definitions of words, the French ‘metisse’ translates as ‘mixed heritage’ and relates to the number of parts that were used to create the Rickman machines and it sounds more classy than ‘bitza’. Chart: Dirtbike : Picture this You enter a garage and there, under a sheet, is a bike that s undeniably a Bultaco.

The Pursang range was developed from machines built by the Rickman brothers, who worked closely with Señor Bulto and from their efforts came the Bultaco Metisse, which became the Pursang Mk1. Bultaco C - F - H H Honda Contact Us Postage Fridge Magnets are 10cm x 7cm (aprox 4inch x 2 3/4 inch) 199a Sherpa 350. What Damon was bidding for and raced in 1973, was a Bultaco Model 89 Mk5 125cc Pursang, a genuine UK machine for the new thing of schoolboy MX, which had moved on apace from the Bantams that were the first bikes to be used. He continued: “I raced one just like this in 1973 and that sort of connection always stays with you and I started thinking ‘I wonder if there’s one out there…’ Next thing I knew I was bidding on it.” Bultaco rubber guard levels L/R set with logo bultaco. BULTACO RUBBER GUARD LEVELS SET NEWBULTACO METISSE. Bultaco rubber guard throttle with logo bultaco. “To be honest I doubted my sanity at buying it when the delivery wagon turned up and unloaded it,” he grinned while showing me a picture of what was dropped off. BULTACO RUBBER GUARD THROTTLE AMAL NEWBULTACO METISSE. Looking at Damon’s superb little 125 Pursang it is hard to believe what it was like when it arrived at his house. Of course, when you make your purchase via an internet auction site, sometimes you are surprised by what turns up.

Whatever the case, and for Damon Wood, it is the latter of these reasons, we seek out the object of our interest. To a greater or lesser degree all of us in the classic world tend to look back fondly on the bikes we liked a while ago, or the bikes we were impressed within a particular period – it could be because we wanted one and couldn't get one or perhaps it is because we had one and regretted selling it, or perhaps a particular model was part of our growing up. Bultaco Pursang Classic Dirt Bike | Winter 2019 Those rose-tinted glasses have a lot to answer for sometimes. Rare Mint Original 1960s Nos Bultaco Dealers Clock Works Pursang Metralla 999.99 1972 Bultaco 250 Pursang Mkv Exhaust Silencer Vintage Ahrma Mx Calvmx 9.99 Bultaco Engine Motor Case M10100049 99.00 1978 Bultaco 250 Pursang Cylinder Vintage Ahrma Mx Calvmx 129.99 1966 Bultaco Matador Mk2.
