Betor also supplied the shock absorbers, with progressively wound springs and five-way preload adjustability.
The Spanish Betor Company made the telescoping double-damped fork to Bultaco specs, with upwards of seven inches of travel.
#1972 BULTACO PURSANG 350 MK 5 FULL#
The frame was a full double cradle, which added a bit of weight but also improved the handling. What to do? Heck, easy, make it a dual-purpose model, and call it the Montadero, or Mountaineer. The Bandido had a new engine with a gear-driven primary that was mounted in a new frame, but the model wasn’t really competitive due to weight. In 1968, a serious motocrosser arrived, the Bandido 360, with a bore of 85mm, stroke of 64mm, for a capacity of 362cc. The little eighth-liter engine put out a commendable 12 horsepower at 6,500 rpm, a figure not to be sneezed at in 1960. In 1959, his new company-Bult + aco-produced the first 125cc road-going Trallas (Whip).
The Montesa hierarchy disagreed, so Bulto went off on his own with a dozen Montesa staffers in tow. If we back up a few years to the late ’50s, we find Francisco Bulto, nicknamed Paco, working for the Montesa firm and convinced that racing successes sold street bikes. For the less competitive riders, the dual-purpose 250 Matador was quite appealing. Off-road, the 250 Sherpa (as in Himalayan guide) was a wiz at winning trials, while the Pursang (Pure Blood) was proving its worth in the motocross world. On the pavement, the 250 Metralla (Shrapnel, in Spanish) was constantly on the podium, as with Bultaco’s one/two/three win at the ’67 Isle of Man Production TT. The company had some superb product, all based on the two-stroke single-cylinder engine. 1972 Bultaco Montadero Mark II 360īack in the late ’60s, the name Bultaco was well known at any race, be it off-road or on-road. It used a relatively old-fashioned piston-port two-stroke single, but the way the motor laid the power to the ground was impressive. This Montadero was an adequate dual-purpose motorcycle, in truth, more focused on the dirt than the pavement, though the handling was a bit on the heavy side. Year/Model: 1972 Bultaco Montadero Mark II 360 Owner: Bob Reichenberg, Jefferson, Oregon.
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