This bike was the 3rd training bike for Italian. 1973 Bultaco Pursang MK6 TMU Lafayette, CA, USA 3,666. Pictured here are some of our favorite Bultaco race bikes from that wonderful era. Rare Pursang Mk7 1973 250 Jim Pomeroy replica, 1st Spanish motorcycle to win an international motocross GP. 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 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.
This 1974 Pursang came from the Brad Morrison collection and now. Most collectors will pay no more than 2000 for a good core (yet to be restored) or 6000 for a nicely restored example. Pursangs are not on the top of most collectors’ lists. 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. In 1974, the suggested retail price was 1395. 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.
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