Original Statement of Origin, shipping crate, spare Richard Legible - front tire is a 1977 rear tire is a 1979).
Original tiresĪre installed including cracks in the sidewalls (DOT dates This space is reserved for Bultaco Pursang Bikes and Parts ONLY.įor sale: 1979 Pursang MK12 Purchased in 1986. Bultaco, realizing the value of well-known labels, renamed it the Matador 360 in 1973.BULTACO PURSANG - WORLD CHAMPION - VINTAGE MOTOCROSS The Montadero 360 was a good bike, though short lived, at least as far as the name went. Click, click, click-in fourth a rider could see 80-plus mph on the speedo. Engine fires, reasonably well muffled, snick the gear lever into first and let out the clutch with about 3,000 rpm on tap. Gas on, tickle the carb, a couple of kicks to the starter. Throw a leg over the 30-inch-high saddle. The lights were somewhat quickly detachable, for those who were serious about their boonie-bashing, and the only instrumentation was a speedometer and a high-beam indicator on the headlight.
The sidestand was also on the right, an unusual placement, but one that kept it well-protected as the rider crashed through the woods. Over on the right, the hot exhaust was hidden behind a large panel, quite effective in preventing burns in case of a spill.
The right side panel hid the battery, and provided easy access to the washable air cleaner. A 3.4-gallon gas tank would give a range of 150 miles-but not much more. The dressing was sparse to suit the intent of the machine. A sensible addition this was, as it was best to tone down all that abrupt on-and-off power, which could snap a final-drive chain. Helical gears ran the power back to the 4-speed transmission, with a spring-loaded cush-drive mounted on the end of the crankshaft. Do not forget that up until the mid-1960s, big British, low-revving thumpers were considered the bike of choice for off-road. Horsepower, with its 10:1 compression ratio, was rated between 32 and 33 at 6,000 rpm, but more importantly peak torque was at a nominal 5,000 rpm. The engine was the centerpiece, securely bolted into the frame, aesthetically a beautiful piece of work with oval cases and a squat nine-finned cylinder. Brakes, not considered a terribly important item on a motorcycle of this nature, were smallish 5.5-inch single-leading-shoe items. Akront rims were spoked to lightweight alloy hubs. Wheels were 21-inch on the front, 19-inch on the rear, with a 3.00 tire on the front and 4.00 on the rear. Betor also supplied the shock absorbers, with progressively wound springs and five-way preload adjustability. The Spanish Betor Company made the telescoping double-damped fork to Bultaco specs, with upwards of seven inches of travel.
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The frame was a full double cradle, which added a bit of weight but also improved the handling. What to do? Heck, easy, make it a dual-purpose model, and call it the Montadero, or Mountaineer. The Bandido had a new engine with a gear-driven primary that was mounted in a new frame, but the model wasn’t really competitive due to weight. In 1968, a serious motocrosser arrived, the Bandido 360, with a bore of 85mm, stroke of 64mm, for a capacity of 362cc. The little eighth-liter engine put out a commendable 12 horsepower at 6,500 rpm, a figure not to be sneezed at in 1960. In 1959, his new company-Bult + aco-produced the first 125cc road-going Trallas (Whip). The Montesa hierarchy disagreed, so Bulto went off on his own with a dozen Montesa staffers in tow. If we back up a few years to the late ’50s, we find Francisco Bulto, nicknamed Paco, working for the Montesa firm and convinced that racing successes sold street bikes. For the less competitive riders, the dual-purpose 250 Matador was quite appealing. Off-road, the 250 Sherpa (as in Himalayan guide) was a wiz at winning trials, while the Pursang (Pure Blood) was proving its worth in the motocross world. On the pavement, the 250 Metralla (Shrapnel, in Spanish) was constantly on the podium, as with Bultaco’s one/two/three win at the ’67 Isle of Man Production TT. The company had some superb product, all based on the two-stroke single-cylinder engine. 1972 Bultaco Montadero Mark II 360īack in the late ’60s, the name Bultaco was well known at any race, be it off-road or on-road. It used a relatively old-fashioned piston-port two-stroke single, but the way the motor laid the power to the ground was impressive. This Montadero was an adequate dual-purpose motorcycle, in truth, more focused on the dirt than the pavement, though the handling was a bit on the heavy side. Year/Model: 1972 Bultaco Montadero Mark II 360 Owner: Bob Reichenberg, Jefferson, Oregon.
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