One could replace the cylinder from a 175cc engine with a 200cc, 250cc, 350cc or even 360cc capacity Bultaco cylinder. Were universally interchangeable between models and engine capacities USA, allowing aspiring racers to purchase legitimately competitive Throughout the world, but their largest market ultimately became the Built in Barcelona, Spain, Bultaco motorcycles were exported The rider was required to mix the oil and gasoline The Astro had a superb power-band, perfectly suited for short-tracks,īultaco motorcycles were mainly powered by single-cylinder, air cooled, two-stroke engines, but they also made water cooled powerplants. Roberts, Jay Springsteen, and hundreds of other top-class competitors. US in pursuit of their championships, including Gene Romero, Kenny States, and was used by many AMA Grand National Number 1 holders in the The Bultaco Astro was a very popular short-track racer in the United Range was later expanded to 125cc, 360cc and 370cc. Virtually any type of speed-based off-road competition. Handling and powerful 250cc competition model that was competitive in Has it that the Sherpa T is a reference to Tenzing Norgay, Sir Edmund Hillary's indefatigueable climbing companion during his famous first ascent of Mount Everest.īultaco's premier model in the USA, the Pursang, was an excellent
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Bultacoĭominated the World Trials Championship in the 1970s, winning the titleĮight times, and winning the Scottish Six Days Trial four times. Provided a lucrative market for Bultaco in the years to come. Growth in the popularity of trials in Europe and later the USA, which This coincided with and, perhaps, stimulated the He also claimed the European Trials Championship Gruelling Scottish Six Days Trial in 1965, and then repeated the feat with wins in 19. Overnight, rendered the heavy four-strokes obsolete. Teamed with Bultó to produce a lightweight two-stroke machine which, At that time trials wasĪlmost exclusively a British sport using big heavy four-stroke machines. Which revolutionised the sport in the 1960s. Perhaps the most famous Bultaco model is the Sherpa T, a trials bike, Bultó witnessed British motorcycle racer David Whitworth giving the signal to his pit crew to signify that all was well.Īlthough they made road and road racing motorcycles, the company had its greatest success with models for off-road competition the Pursang for motocross, the Matador for enduros, the Sherpa T for observed trials competition, and the Astro for short flat-track. The other part of the company logo, the "Thumbs up" symbol, came after Sr. Bultó, John Grace from Gibraltar.ĬEMOTO is an acronym for "Compañia Española de Motores". The name was a suggestion of one of Bultaco's premier racers, and close friend of Sr. Bultó's surname with the last three of his nickname "Paco". "Bultaco" comes from combining the first four letters of Sr. Just two months later Bultaco entered its first Spanish Grand Prix taking seven of the first ten places. Setting up shop in very primitive conditions at an old farm owned byĭay and launched its first bike, the road-going 125cc Bultaco Trallaġ01, named after a Spanish word for whip. Persuaded him that their greatest hope lay in forming a new company. Bultó was invited to a meeting by several of the former The suggestion to form a new company is said to have come a few days Perhaps unsurprisingly, the majority of Montesa's racing department left shortly afterwards as well. The racing program and responsible for much of the company’s technicalĭecided to leave Montesa to concentrate on his other business interests. This slump brought to a head disagreements between Bultó and the other senior director Pere Permanyer.Īs an economy measure, Permanyer (the majority shareholder) felt that The move was protracted, disrupting production and was followed by a downturn in the Spanish economy. After several years of steady growth and road racing success, Montesa moved to larger facilities in 1957. Francesc "Paco" Bultó was a director of the Montesa motorcycle company founded in 1944. The origin of the Bultaco motorcycle company dates back to May 1958. And it all started because of one man’s passion for motorcycle The Sherpa T trials bike made their mark in national and internationalĮvents. Road racer, the Pursang motocrosser, the Matador enduro and of course Like the Tralla and Metralla gathering an army of fans while the TSS Bultaco was a Spanish manufacturer of two-stroke motorcycles from 1958 to 1983.īultaco had a huge impact on the world of motorcycles, with road models
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