A good number of these bikes, including this Bultaco, were donated by Tina and Kevin McGill and include CZs, Maicos, KTMs, Montesas, Hondas and Huskys. When you visit the National Motorcycle Museum you can take in a good selection of motocross, trials and enduro motorcycles. Though the Bultaco brand is still out there, actual factory production for Bultaco and Montesa ceased around 1983.
BULTACO PURSANG MK2 PLUS
Most Pursangs were 250cc machines but 125, 250, 360 and 370cc displacements were available over the span of the model’s production, plus a works 400. By the mid-1970’s the traditional “unbreakable plastic” fenders became factory stock.įrom the beginning, piston-port timed engines, by 1979 the Pursang Mk XII had adopted reed valves like most of its competition. The Pursang range was later expanded to 125 cc, 360cc and 370 cc. This proved to be very fragile stuff so was often replaced by Preston Petty’s aftermarket parts. Bultacos premier model in the USA, the Pursang, was an excellent handling and powerful 250 cc competition model that was competitive in virtually any type of speed-based off-road competition. Noted for their unique style among collectors, Model 48 and Model 68 Pursangs, aka “Box-Tails,” also on display here at the Museum, made use of fiberglass for major body components.
BULTACO PURSANG MK2 PRO
The bike is sold with a clean, clear California title.Jim Pomeroy, champion motocrosser, made the name Pursang famous with his wins in AMA Pro Motocross, but also in the Spanish Motocross GP in 1973. He not only became the first American to win a Gran Prix on a Spanish bike, but also the youngest rider to win a World Championship Motocross Grand Prix and the first rider to win this type of event in his debut race! Bultaco made the best of it and in 1975, the 360cc “Pomeroy Replica” was in the Bultaco line-up. Not much is known of the early history of this machine but it was purchased out of the west coast and has been in a collection located in the Pacific Northwest by a collector who has owned it for a while. 1974 Bultaco 1974 Pursang MK-7 Model 120Jim Pomeroy Edition (1st American to win a Grand Prix motocross race) I bought it from a grandma, the original owner Barbara (Babs) who raced it in the Utah desert a couple of years.As a barn find, it had been sitting in their shop since the late 70s.Although it showed little use-it had a skid plate. These are the settings from the CBA site Mk 6 250 Pursang 106 courtesy of Mark Austin. The bike is accompanied by a Metralla Owners Handbook, original parts book, plus Concentric Amal carb, manifold, throttle cable and K&N air filter. The example on offer here, chassis number B-2300855 and engine number M-2300855 is a 1968 Bultaco Metralla MK2. « Reply 2 on: July 03, 2012, 06:04:31 PM ». This sparingly used machine exhibited its strength and reliability by attaining a 2nd place in SuperSport Class, and 3rd overall in the MotoGiro America of 2008. Purchased with 1,000 miles on the odometer, the speedometer now displays a believed-to-be-original 2,150 miles. Unrestored, the seat cover was the only cosmetic refurbishment.
This unmolested example, as can be seen by the original Bultaco bolts (pictured), features a VAPE/PowerDynamo electronic ignition and taper roller steering bearings, new chain, tires and cables.
BULTACO PURSANG MK2 FULL
A first year with the 2-stroke oil syringe in the side tank model, the engine was treated to a full rebuild by a Bultaco specialist with correct original 27mm Spanish Amal Monobloc carburetor. The matching numbers example on offer here of 1966 vintage has been part of a discerning Northern California collection since 2006. BULTACO PURSANG (41) PURSANG MTISSE (3) PURSANG MK10 125 (12) PURSANG. Although hampered by a 50cc disadvantage to the competition, the tough and reliable little machine scored a trophy for a class win at the 1963 European Grand Prix d’Endurance and on to win 1 st and 2 nd places in the 1967 Isle of Man, now with 250cc displacement and 27bhp. Following on, came the 200cc Metralla, a sporting roadster with a focus on racing. In 1958 Francisco Xavier Bulto parted ways with Montesa, the motorcycle manufacturer he founded with Pedro Permanyer in 1945, after a disagreement over whether the company should continue their racing program.īy Spring of 1959, Bultaco was in business with their first 125cc machine, the Tralla.