The consecutive year Pursangs were built at the same time. FYI - I also just completed a 1974 Pursang restoration. This brand new look resulted in the 1973 Pursang being the last Pursang produced by the factory in the classic Bultaco red/silver colors. The '74 model also featured a new blue/white colored gas tank - styled after the American's GP winning blue helmet from 1973.
Telesco shocks and the new style Akront rims. This bike had many of the features of the GP winning factory race bike including the chrome moly frame. Bultaco capitalized on the win by introducing a Jim Pomeroy replica bike in 1974. and his 3rd place in moto 2 secured him the overall victory. was well suited for passing on the outside cushion. and the right-side shifting Pursang with Pomeroy on it. The Spanish GP track featured many sweeping left hand bends. it was the talent of dirt-track trained Pomeroy that allowed for the stunning victory. Probably more than the changes to the bike. and the front hub was laced to a new "shoulderless" Akront rim. a new light-weight rear hub was laced to a standard shouldered Akront rim. special light-weight Telesco shocks were used in place of the stock Betor shocks. but utilizing light-weight chrome moly tubing. It was rumored that the frame on his race bike was a U. He rode a factory bike which looked very much like this model with the classic red/silver paint. This was at the "home" race for Bultaco - the Spanish GP.
the Bultaco factory got their very first International GP motocross victory with the young American rider Jim Pomeroy. The most significant years for the 250cc Pursang model in terms of racing success and sales were in 19. The purpose-built motocross Pursang was offered in various displacements initially from 125cc through 350cc. and the Pursang was the best selling model in the United States. By the late sixties and early seventies Bultaco became best known for their off-road bikes. the Bultaco factory expanded production into the off-road motorcycle categories with equal success. Pictured here are some of our favorite Bultaco race bikes from that wonderful era.1973 Bultaco 250cc PursangMk6 model 103History: After a successful start in road racing in 1959. The Metisse was an instant success on the track and, with the growing popularity of motocross, soon morphed into the classic Pursang.
1973 bultaco pursang 125 mk6 full#
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. In post-WWII Spain, Francesc "Paco" Bultó was a Director with motorcycle manufacturer Montesa and particularly active in that company’s racing efforts.