Bultaco produced a lightweight two-stroke machine which, overnight, rendered the heavy four-strokes obsolete. At that time trials was almost exclusively a British sport using big heavy four-stroke machines. Perhaps the most famous Bultaco model is the Sherpa T, a trials bike, which revolutionised the sport in the 1960s. The US trademark is now owned by HDW Enterprises, parent company of a parts and repair specialist for old Bultacos. The bikes were initially named Bultaco Sherco's, then in 2000 the bikes became 'Sherco by Bultaco' and in 2001 the Bultaco name was dropped altogether. In 1998, rights to the Bultaco name were purchased by Marc Tessier who used it to help launch a range of purpose-built trials motorcycles from his company Sherco Moto S.A.R.L. The factory reopened in 1980, but closed again in 1983. Just two months later Bultaco entered its first Spanish Grand Prix taking seven of the first ten places.ĭue to industrial unrest and market pressures, Bultaco production closed in 1979. Drawing on their previous knowledge of fast 2-strokes, the new Tralla was the fastest 125-cc machine available at the time. On MaBultaco held a press day and launched its first bike, the road-going 125cc Bultaco Tralla 101, named after the Spanish word for whiplash. Bulto's surname with the last three of his nickname "Paco". BULTACO comes from combining the first four letters of Sr. At some point he came to disagreement with other senior director Pere Permanyer about withdrawing from racing, which leaded even to founding new company.
Francisco "Paco" Bulto was a director of the Montesa motorcycle company founded in 1944.
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