Once a smaller carburettor was put on, it was much more manageable for me. Llegamos al final de nuestras motos que no llegaron a la serie. “I struggled to ride it really and then dad and I learned the bike could have potentially been a specially-built one to be used by Vic Allan. With around 25bhp on tap at 10,000rpm from its 51.5mm x 60mm engine, it was a little peaky, as Damon confirmed with his memories of the original machine in 1973. The Pursang quickly improved, becoming less ‘Rickman’ and more ‘Bultaco’ along the way, so by the Mk2 it was properly a Bultaco and, by the end of 1971, when the Mk5 was introduced as a production bike, it was the market leader in style and performance. However, when Bultaco got the bike it became ‘pursang’, which means ‘thoroughbred’ and, naturally, as both words were used as names the first letter was capitalized. La primera Pursang, la Mk2, fou el primer model de motocròs concebut íntegrament per Bultaco. Looking at definitions of words, the French ‘metisse’ translates as ‘mixed heritage’ and relates to the number of parts that were used to create the Rickman machines and it sounds more classy than ‘bitza’. The Pursang range was developed from machines built by the Rickman brothers, who worked closely with Señor Bulto and from their efforts came the Bultaco Metisse, which became the Pursang Mk1. What Damon was bidding for and raced in 1973, was a Bultaco Model 89 Mk5 125cc Pursang, a genuine UK machine for the new thing of schoolboy MX, which had moved on apace from the Bantams that were the first bikes to be used. He continued: “I raced one just like this in 1973 and that sort of connection always stays with you and I started thinking ‘I wonder if there’s one out there…’ Next thing I knew I was bidding on it.” “To be honest I doubted my sanity at buying it when the delivery wagon turned up and unloaded it,” he grinned while showing me a picture of what was dropped off. Looking at Damon’s superb little 125 Pursang it is hard to believe what it was like when it arrived at his house. Of course, when you make your purchase via an internet auction site, sometimes you are surprised by what turns up. Whatever the case, and for Damon Wood, it is the latter of these reasons, we seek out the object of our interest. To a greater or lesser degree all of us in the classic world tend to look back fondly on the bikes we liked a while ago, or the bikes we were impressed within a particular period – it could be because we wanted one and couldn't get one or perhaps it is because we had one and regretted selling it, or perhaps a particular model was part of our growing up.
Recently liberated, the bike was re-commissioned and readied for sale in fine running condition.Bultaco Pursang Classic Dirt Bike | Winter 2019 Those rose-tinted glasses have a lot to answer for sometimes.
BULTACO PURSANG MK2 FULL
The 1975 Bultaco 360cc Mk.8 Pursang Desert Racer offered, a matching numbers example, was restored in the late 90s with full engine rebuild and has been on static display in a collection since. By the time this 1975 Mk8 version arrived, the migration to long-travel suspension was on, so we see moved-up shocks making their first appearance on a Bultaco. riders were calling ‘rough scrambles,’ a sport that would soon morph into motocross.
Introduced in 1965, the Bultaco Pursang quickly became a favorite mount for what U.S. That is until a 20-year-old Jim Pomeroy, a Washington native, took the American message to the Spanish Grand Prix, taking overall victory, simultaneously becoming the first rider ever to win his debut motocross GP, the first American to win a GP, the first American to lead the MXGP point standings, and the first rider of any nationality to win an MXGP on a Spanish motorcycle. In the early 1970s, motocross was dominated by Europeans. 1975 Bultaco 360cc Mk.8 Pursang Desert Racer.
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