Bultaco Service Repair Motorbike Manuals
From 1958 to 1983, Bultaco was a Spanish manufacturer of two-stroke motorcycles. In May 2014, a new Bultaco was launched, and the company began selling electric-powered street motorcycles in 2015. However, if you find that you’ve hit a brick wall while showing your Bultaco some TLC having a Bultaco service manual may help you find a way around that brick wall.
In 1958, the Bultaco motorcycle company was founded. Setting up shop in very humble conditions at an old farm owned by Bultó, they grew rapidly. Bultaco held a press day on March 24, 1959, and unveiled its first bike, the road-going 125 cc Bultaco Tralla 101. Merely, two months later Bultaco entered its first Spanish Grand Prix taking seven of the first ten places.
The rights to the Bultaco name were purchased n 1998, by Marc Tessier, who used it to nurture his own range of purpose-built trial motorcycles from his company Sherco Moto S.A.R.L. The bikes were originally named Bultaco Shercos. By 2000, the name was changed to 'Sherco by Bultaco,' and in 2001 the Bultaco name was eradicated. Currently, the U.S. trademark is owned by H.D.W. Enterprises, a parent company of a parts and repair specialist for vintage Bultacos.
Although they made road and road racing motorcycles, the company most successful models were for off-road competition; the Matador for enduros, the Pursang for motocross, the Astro for short flat-track, and the Sherpa T for observed trials competition.
Perhaps the most well-known Bultaco model is the Sherpa T, a trials bike, which changed the sport forever in the 1960s. At that time trials were primarily an exclusive sport in Britian. Irish trials veteran, Sammy Miller, teamed with Bultó to create a lightweight two-stroke machine which, overnight, made the heavy four-strokes extinct. Trails soon began to grow more popular in Europe and later the U.S.A., which proved lucrative for Bultaco. In the 1970s, Bultaco dominated the World Trials Championship winning the title eight times and winning the Scottish Six Days Trial four times.
In the U.S.A., Bultaco's premier model was the Pursang. It was famed to have excellent handling and a powerful 250 cc competition model that was competitive in any type of speed-based off-road competition. Eventually, the Pursang range was expanded to 125 cc, 360 cc, and 370 cc.
Air-cooled, single-cylinder, two-stroke engines mainly powered Bultaco motorcycles; however, they also made water-cooled powerplants. It was required of the rider to mix the oil and gasoline themselves. The Bultaco transmission and engine were universally interchangeable between models and engine capacities. As Bultaco manufactured the pistons, cylinders, rings, and cylinder heads for all engine capacities, no aftermarket parts were required, compared to their competitors.
Due to market pressures and industrial unrest, Bultaco closed in 1979. However, in 1980 the factory reopened but closed again in 1983. In 2014, a new series of electric Bultacos was announced, and it began sales in 2015. If you ever find yourself in need of help repairing your Bultaco, just stop on by and grad yourself a Bultaco repair manual to get the job done right.
