Three Bultacos

Who would have believed we would ever talk of three generations of Bultaco trials motorcycles? In this feature Justin Norek Jnr rides three different models which represent three milestones in the history of this iconic Spanish motorcycle brand from the collection of Riccardo Aime. The Bultaco model 80 was the first one equipped with the Campeon upgrade kit – the so-named slim line – the model 199A, the blue one from 1979 and the last model of trials motorcycle built under the Bultaco trademark or, if we want, the very first Sherco trials motorcycle. These machines represented around forty years of trials history and technical evolution starting from the first 250cc kit Campeon which was a robust, heavy machine before we arrive at a lightweight, water cooled monoshock machine with the Bultaco/Sherco. Three generations of specific trial machines, each one as a reference machine for their own era. A real panorama in technical evolution of the motorcycles of our beautiful sport. All three machines are part of a small collection that Riccardo has, and are more or less standard but have been modified to ride and be competitvie. In other words the machines are in original condition but have small modifications carried out on them so they can be ridden and enjoyed in the trials hazards that are found in the modern era of classic events. Article: Riccardo Aime, Justyn Norek Jnr and John Hulme