The Metisse was an instant success on the track and, with the growing popularity of motocross, soon morphed into the classic Pursang.
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The Sherpa S was followed by the Bultaco Metisse, a full 250cc engine ensconced in a frame built in Spain under license from England’s Rickman brothers. Immediate success on flat tracks, TT and scrambles tracks firmly established Bultaco as the bike you needed if you wanted to win. The first Bultaco imported to dazzle Americans with its two-stroke power, light weight and great handling was the Model 3 Sherpa S 200, arriving (around here, anyway) in 1963-64. and a huge market for smaller displacement dirt bikes was created. Off-road motorcycles were rapidly becoming all the rage in the U.S. By the early 1960’s, Honda’s sales success in now motorcycle-hungry America prompted Bultaco to look westward to this new and seemingly without limits market. It was an immediate success and, following modified Trallas taking seven of the first ten places in the Spanish Grand Prix, Bultaco’s racing heritage began.
The first Bultaco, the 125cc Model 101 Tralla, was released in 1959 as a zippy little street bike for domestic sales. The name was derived from the founder’s name, Paco Bultó, and Bultaco was born. Bultó was opposed to the idea and resigned Shortly thereafter, along with several other former Montesa racing department individuals, formed his own company. In 1958, in the midst of an economic slowdown, Montesa wanted to get out of racing to save money. Bultaco Pursang MK11 250 Frame and Swingarm Model 206 1977. please contact Romeromotos: ROMEROMOTOS: Rambleta, 19 08930 Sant Adri de Bess, Barcelona. For any query about restoration, repairs, constructing or making of handmade parts, sales, etc.
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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. I was under the impression it was a ‘73 Pursang 250 so I was looking up the model number and found that my frame I believe coincides with a 125cc model.
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. I just registered it with a Bill of Sale (title was lost) and now I’m ready to buy some parts for it. This proved to be very fragile stuff so was often replaced by Preston Petty’s aftermarket parts.
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.
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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.
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