The start of a Bultaco comeback?

Now that's a name that China could buy and it would not sound strange to be a Chinese brand.   Just going off of the name alone, not accounting for the history of CZ which I know very little about,  But of all the names of old brands I can think of that one seems like it would not sound strange to find out it was Chinese. 

I was going off the info in the article.  When KTM bought Gasgas they  didn't buy the enduro platform. And KTM pedal bikes are not a KTM brand.  

Perhaps Sherco owns the rights to a mx or totally off road  Bultaco and this being a more street based bike , those rights are owned by Leonart ?  

I will look into it more when I get a chance, or feel free to post what You know about Sherco and Bultaco if you know details  . It would suck to see a brand name sold and  watered down like that. But it wouldn't be the first.

 Maybe, but  what if they  had a competitive MX bike? 

I am looking forward to the first Chinese bike that is built to be the best and not just be a lower price option. It will be interesting to see what useless features they add. Like in their cars, they have cars that can jump. And so many wild luxuries in their luxury cars, its over the top.  I could see China making the first mass produced MX bike with electronic suspension. Something that  had a jump mode that would use the suspension to bunny hop the bike. And the use of gyros for self wheeling modes.     

After seeing some of the cars they are building now, I know they can do it. I don't think there is a market for a high quality Chinese brand bike that isn't also  cheaper right now.  But I see the possibility of a Chinese made electric MX bike being so good that people buy it for its performance and quality over other options. I think that people buying electric bikes are more open to new tech, and China is making some really amazing electronics   . So good that they almost killed off Gopro.  But that is more of  a future statement, not one that reflects most Chinese bikes right now. 

From what I found so far, the brand was owned by a group of investors , who got the rights from the original owners . They built electric bikes. Similar to a suron size but with pedals .They shut down in 2019 and Leonart  recently started a new company  that  was able to secure the rights.  

 They are running it as its own brand and plan on producing some motorcycles that are proprietary and  designed  by the new Bultaco from the ground up in 2027.   Bultaco Next SL. is the official name of the company.   I only saw plans for more lower displacement street motorcycles. a 350cc retro road racer styled bike and a 500 twin cylinder  street bike. And they plan on continuing to have the bikes built in China . CF moto makes the engine in the adventure bike.  

 The electric pedal version looks like it would be fun. Only 75 miles of claimed range on those, and 40 on the earlier bikes. I can see why they failed. But I still think they would be a fun bike to have for exploring or hanging on the back of an RV, or around the pits at a race. 

 It is still a Spanish owned company in this case. 

 I had proposed the question of China buying a brand and reviving it.  But that is not the case with Bultaco. 

Leonart Motors   is the company behind the relaunch.  They use China  to build their bikes  

Honda has been having generators  and small engines made in China for a while.  And the CRF110 might just be the best Chinese built pit bike.   

 KTM also has complete bikes made in China. 

 This Bultaco relaunch  is not  looking like the Penton relaunch that used Chinese bikes.  It sounds like the future bikes will be more like the Honda's that are built in China. Designed by Bultaco engineers and built in Chinese factories. Similar to  Honda with its 50, 110 and many CRF trail bikes 

That is one of the models that I saw them say they were working on. A retro racer style bike is how they described it.  still smaller CC, 350 and then they will have a 500 twin , but I didn't see what that was planned to be in. 

 It would be cool if they  make decent bikes and are able to grow to the point that they put out a MX bike again.   

Yah if you look at it as an EMTB its really good range.  But I think they were selling it as a motorcycle so it sounds bad.  They were calling it an electric motorcycle with pedal assist option.  It sounds like it may have just been too powerful to sell as a bicycle.

 My Canyon EMTB has a bigger battery that I have not ridden with as much as the smaller one yet. But I doubt I could get close to that range. Maybe they should have marketed it differently.  As a bicycle that is great range. But I think its way too fast with the throttle to be called a bicycle. Maybe they would have sold better if they limited them from the factory so they could still call them an ebike and then offer some aftermarket hop ups to get them up to the performance level they can be at. 

 I wonder if they may have been able to stay going if they had survived long enough to get the covid bump that happened. They shut down just before or maybe at the start of it. 

This version is, the company that is reviving the name sells the same bike under their name. They said there are some changes ,but its pretty much the same bike with a name put on it. 

 But they say they are working on 2 models that will be Bultaco exclusive bikes.  they described one as a "retro style road racer" . It is going to be a 350. And they are also working on a 500cc twin engine design that will be in another bike that is designed by them. I didn't see anything that said what the 500 engine was being built for as far as what style of bike.  The company that is behind the relaunch has mostly small bore street bikes and that adventure style bike.  On their website they show it with dirt tires and it looks better to me.