Bultaco Pursang MK 16

very cool!

Bultaco fabricacion

Looks similiar to my '79 'Sang that had thor arm, simons, fox air...wish still had it !

Here's my old '78 250 back in the day with the Thor arm.....forgot how much that Thor cost back then.....wasn't chump change for sure.

Very nice indeed, I've always loved my Buls. I've had about 10 of the '77-'79 models since I got back into the vintage stuff in mid-90's and never really knew how obsolete the later Buls where in their time until I got a '79 Elsie CR250 BUT I still love the Buls and plan to do another one soon. Emailed the Romero brothers to get some info as from what I could make out on the Spanish vintage sites they plan to build some.....we'll see

I know Bultaco went out of business, then came back briefly before jumping ship.

Never saw a '79 model at a dealer or on the racetrack back then. Like to have one of these below although parts would be heck to find...

Does anyone have pics of the bike that Vic Allan rode to 10th spot at the UK round of the 1979 500cc World Champs?

I dont know what the 1979 works bikes looked like.

That would be nice to see. It seemed that bike was a 420 if I remember correctly. As far as it looked.....think like the '78.

Pomeroy I think rode an '80 prototype 250 after his Honda ride; the bike was not reliable at all. Not sure it was '80, but Bimbo retired afterwards. RIP my friend.

I could never understand they had watercooled Metrallas and never tried to incorporate them in the Pursang line. And their 60 day top/bottom end warranty. Those '78s had a bulletin on seizure problems, especially the 250s. Remember calling the head of Bultaco East and he admitted all the top end kit and rebores were costing them a fortune since many motors were seizing before the warranty period was up. Even the shop owners son, an expert, gave up on his 250 Pursang and went to KX 250s(dad owned Kawi/Bultaco franchises). Family dropped the Bultaco franchise the next year, so I never saw any '79s in Northern California. Many that kept their Buls put 370 motors in 'em since they were reliable and had good power without the reed addition.

Too bad; the bike when running handled dawg gone good.

I've been looking for a '78 like the one I had in that pic and a 125 Pursang '72-up....think that's a hard find; can't even get a bite. E-bay had one or two...if you love Alpinas, all over the place as are Sherpa Ts....

How is parts availability for the old Pursangs?

I remember watching David Bailey at Diamond Back in Cocoa Fl racing one back in the day