The early Buls with the Femsa ignition could fail.
Problem solved.īultacos Are Unreliable: There was only one weakness. What is fragile about a Bultaco? Most guys that rode Bultaco bikes replaced the fenders right away with Preston Petty plastic. The Betor forks can handle the pounding of a Triumph 650 desert sled. I have never seen a broken connecting rod on a Bultaco. Piston life is twice that of Japanese two strokes. The Bultaco primary chain last several years on a Pursang, and forever on an Alpina. Kick-starter gears are extra beefy and never fail. Transmission is way overbuilt! The clutch loves abuse and last longer than most bikes. If fact the gears and shifting forks are huge compared to Honda and Suzuki. The engines are so well balanced that motor mounts never fail. The swingarms never bend, even with a blown-out shock! The footpeg mounts never bend or break. Here are the facts: The frames never break. Sure the fiberglass or aluminum fenders break when you crash, but what else? Yes I have welded the rear fender loop back on on a few Pursangs. Even the race bikes! Bultacos Are Fragile: The magazine editors always say this, but never tell you what breaks. Note: All Bultacos cames with a 60 day warranty. Since no one is defending the Bultaco honor, I thought I would do it here. I am sure most of them don’t have a clue what they are talking about. All over the internet and in forums people are talking trash about Bultaco motorcycles. These same super funky editors that worship CZ, Maico, and Japanese motorcycles. No one! These are some of the lies and false information told by famous motorcycle magazine editors. No other brand had this kind of success in the 1970s! Not Honda. International Six Day Enduro ISDT – Multiple Gold Metal Winners. Grand Prix Road Racing – Multiple World Champions. Dominated The Sport!įlat-track and Short-track – Multiple World Champions. Observed Trials – Multiple World Champions. Bultaco had all of these back in the day. Reliability, Power, Light Weight, Handling, and Low Cost of Ownership. Clear Up Some Disinformation and Lies: First some truths: Bultaco was the best dirt bike ever made. I even tried observed trials, but those trials guys are crazy! Trials is a dangerous sport! I never did travel to race nationals, as I was too busy with the store and school. I also competed in some flat-track, scrambles, and enduro events. Over the next 10 years I raced at least 14 different bultaco motorcycles. Crazy Mitch could really tune my 125 Bultaco! Three years later, I was racing the 125, 250, and open expert classes. This 100cc bike was faster than a kitted Yamaha 250! This bike should have been illegal to own as it was a death machine! The next year, I raced a Bultaco 125 Sherpa-S and started winning races. I started racing Moto-cross when I was 13 on a very powerful, but poor handling Bridgestone 100 Racer. We knew if we sold 6 bikes a week, we would make $750 and could pay all the bills. My father would order like 20 motorcycles at a time to get a better deal. It was not like today, where you ordered just enough bikes to fill holes in the inventory. My father took care of the store up front. I worked on thousands of bikes in our shop, including many Bultacos. Poor Mitch was working 12 hours a day! Crazy Mitch was getting huge paychecks, but would blow it on women, weed, and bail bonds. There was good money in outdoor power equipment! The repair volume in our back shop more than doubled, so I started helping when I was only 12 years old. We also added some lines of lawnmowers and chainsaws. There was not much profit in selling motorcycles as you would be lucky to make $125 on a sale. They done everything to make sure we had bikes to sell, even years after Bridgestone stopped production. The Bridgestone importer, Rockford Motors was amazing. We also tried to get Kawasaki, but they wanted a big chunk of money up front.
Mitch talked my father into taking on the Bultaco line.
Crazy Mitch that worked in the back raced flat-track on a Bultaco.
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Plus the Rockford Motors lines: Bridgestone, Chibi, Tora, Taka, MCB (Monark) and Zundapp. Over the years we sold Bultaco, AJS-Matchless, DKW-Sachs, Hodaka, Powell, Bonanza, Rupp, Steen, Cagiva, and Rickman (kits). Enjoy!īackground and History: I pretty much grew up in a motorcycle dealership in California.
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If any additional credit is needed please feel free to send us an email. It is very informative and a great read, and I wanted to do my part in archiving this information for Bultaco enthusiasts to use for years to come. The following excerpt is from a Facebook group titled “ BulTaco Astro Racers, Builders, Enthusiast.” It goes into great detail from the perspective of an enthusiast who grew up with Bultaco motorcycles.
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