This 100cc bike was faster than a kitted Yamaha 250! This bike should have been illegal to own as it was a death machine! The next year, I raced a Bultaco 125 Sherpa-S and started winning races. I started racing Moto-cross when I was 13 on a very powerful, but poor handling Bridgestone 100 Racer. We knew if we sold 6 bikes a week, we would make $750 and could pay all the bills. My father would order like 20 motorcycles at a time to get a better deal. It was not like today, where you ordered just enough bikes to fill holes in the inventory. My father took care of the store up front. I worked on thousands of bikes in our shop, including many Bultacos. Poor Mitch was working 12 hours a day! Crazy Mitch was getting huge paychecks, but would blow it on women, weed, and bail bonds. There was good money in outdoor power equipment! The repair volume in our back shop more than doubled, so I started helping when I was only 12 years old. We also added some lines of lawnmowers and chainsaws. There was not much profit in selling motorcycles as you would be lucky to make $125 on a sale. They done everything to make sure we had bikes to sell, even years after Bridgestone stopped production. The Bridgestone importer, Rockford Motors was amazing. We also tried to get Kawasaki, but they wanted a big chunk of money up front. Mitch talked my father into taking on the Bultaco line. Crazy Mitch that worked in the back raced flat-track on a Bultaco. Plus the Rockford Motors lines: Bridgestone, Chibi, Tora, Taka, MCB (Monark) and Zundapp. Over the years we sold Bultaco, AJS-Matchless, DKW-Sachs, Hodaka, Powell, Bonanza, Rupp, Steen, Cagiva, and Rickman (kits). Enjoy!īackground and History: I pretty much grew up in a motorcycle dealership in California.
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If any additional credit is needed please feel free to send us an email. It is very informative and a great read, and I wanted to do my part in archiving this information for Bultaco enthusiasts to use for years to come. Please contact me with any questions.The following excerpt is from a Facebook group titled “ BulTaco Astro Racers, Builders, Enthusiast.” It goes into great detail from the perspective of an enthusiast who grew up with Bultaco motorcycles. I moved so it doesn't make sense to pay for storage so I have to sell this bike so I hope someone buys it who will appreciate all my hours of work & the 40+ hours of polishing the aluminum parts alone I have done to create this beauty. This model was the created with chrome alloy frame & handlebars, shoulderless Ackron rims double butted SS spooks polished, original Al nipples, fiberglass seat base, light weight hubs with chrome plated braking surfaces.These models are becoming very hard to find and are appreciating in value, and they are destined to be one of the top collectible motocross bikes from the golden ERA of motorcross. since the restoration the bike has only been take up and down the street.However the wheels are off another Pursang, although they were restored with the hubs polished, original double butted SS spooks polished, original Al nipples, they have a dozen short rides on them, but the Perrelli tire show very little wear.This is one the best examples of the 197 pound works Jim Pomeroy Edition MK-7 Model 120. New Needle headset bearings, new swing arm bushings. New forged Amal levers, kill switch, and all other rubber pieces available. The gas tank was cleaned & coated with castle tank sealer, the polyester primer applied to the outside, block sanded then given to the Body Shop who used Automotive paint on it, and the new front & side panels.All new grommets. Pat claimed the transmission gears indicated less use then any engine Bultaco motor he had ever pulled apart! All new: Handlebars, Cables, Barns clutch, brake pads, seat, seat foam, reproduction fiberglass fenders, rebuilt Mikuni, New F-Pipe, air cleaner, power coated frame, Forks rebuilt by Pat, 7.5w Synthetic oil, with new sales, Honda bottom out bushing mod.
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Barrel bored 30 over, new Mahl piston/rings, all new bearings using a needle bearing on one side of the and ball bearing the mod for a more durable rod bearing situation. Engine: Completely rebuilt by West Coast AHRMA racing legend Pat Brown, who has been rebuilding Bultaco engines since the early 70's. I completely restored the bike to keep as part of my collection. All bolts are the originals with plating the awesome condition. 1974 Bultaco 1974 Pursang MK-7 Model 120Jim Pomeroy Edition (1st American to win a Grand Prix motocross race) I bought it from a grandma, the original owner Barbara (Bab's) who raced it in the Utah desert a couple of years.As a barn find, it had been sitting in their shop since the late 70's.Although it showed little use-it had a skid plate installed so the frame was perfect.
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