THE WORLD'S FIRST 2-STROKE DUAL-SPORT EVER - BULTACO MATADOR?
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- Опубликовано: 10 дек 2023
- Dave searches for the first purpose built 2 stroke dual-sport motorcycle but comes up short.
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The first Matador was a 200cc. They didn't get it quite right with that one. The 250 was the almost perfect one once you learned the starting drill. It got me home every time except the time it was ( me too) buried in quicksand up over the gass tank. Had to walk home for the car to pull it out. Kicked the mud out to find the shifter & kick lever and it started 1st time. One great feature was the air intake and exhaust tip were up high just under the seat so I could ride across shallow creeks. Another feature I liked was the clip-on handlebars that could be claimed just tight enough to stay put until a crash and then return without bending. I can't say how many guys tried to finish the course with bent bars.
That Bull Taco #4 is a good looking bike.......
Yes. Lets hope i get it sorted easily
Model 16
" oh for cryin' out loud! This is a cluster!". Good stuff!
Yeah, but I cant do the Winnebago Man justice. My channel is rated G.
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I know it makes me sound like an anorak, but you just got to love the castings on the old Bultaco engines 🙂
anorak: I had to look that one up!
@@bullpencycles PMSL im just a little obsessive about what some dont even notice 🙂
I remember back in the early 70s I had a sLhonda 70 and a friend had a BULTACO 100 for motocross and his dad had a BULTACO 350 or 360 ??? We rode trails at lake Texomha and the BULTACO 100 was a little screamer, very fast!!!! We had a BULTACO dealership in Sherman Texas!!! And I always wanted one but we're expensive!!! I saw the video on the complete history of BULTACO!!! Awesome!!! I'm 64 now and I'd love to have one!!!! Bad Ass bikes!!! Yours are incredible man!!! I'm subscribing to your channel!!! Thank you!!!!
Thank you. I am blessed mostly! Glad you sub'd!
🤣😅😂 Always a pleasure Dave, whatever the case,vin#,fender mount or even displacement that is one spectacular taco🏆
Thank you
I had a Matador just like that. It was only that clean the first day I had it. Excellent enduro bike.
Right on!
I used to exchange emails from an older member of the Bulto family. Lets just say he sent videos of other things that cause men trouble. Died in his 80's in the early 2000's. Anyway, Dave, I hope Santa is kind to you.
Thank you
Thanks for the education Dave, really interesting.
My pleasure!
The first Bultaco to bear the #4 was the sherpa N, from 1960. Initially only offered in 155cc, and later replaced by the Sherpa N 200cc in 1962. N stand for "nature".
Yeah, I could never figure that out. Never saw one in person
Thank you for your comment. I was finally able to find out what Bultaco was my father's first ever motorcycle. I only have one photo of the bike. It was Sherpa N from 1960 and my father got it spring 1961 for his 9th birthday.
Love, love, love the Bultaco!😍 Way back in (the last century) 1971, my dad brought home a dirt bike. I was 12 years old at this
time, riding a 1967 Kawasaki 120. The scooter dad brought home was a 1967 Bultaco 100 Lobito. Right foot shifter and left foot
(rear) brake and kick start. WHAT! But it was a Bultaco, and in 1971 there was nothing better than an European made dirt bike.
Well, the CZ was on top as well. Thanks for sharing. Beautiful bikes you have there.👍🏼=Bultaco😂 Go Jim Pomeroy.🏁
At last a great non bs old bike channel. Love it Dave ..subscribed 👍
Thank you. So kind.
Foot pegs were not spring loaded nor were they serrated. Pegs were flat, narrow with half round "nubs" on top intended for tracktion.
But you know these things. One thing I was not aware of is, the way the handle bars are mounted directly to the forks. a'la cafe racer.
As I recall, Bultacos used U bolts on the top plate of the triple clamps to mount the bars.
Matadors and Alpina had those tall clip ons, but there also was a low version for the Metralla
Back in 1966 i paid 800 OTD for a new Bultaco 250 Matador just like the one you have. Loved that bike.
Never heard of Bultaco until seeing these videos. Absolutely love these bikes. Thank you for all the information on them! I especially like your swapmeet videos.
Glad you like them! I will try to do more.
Great video , I learned something about 4 speeds today. Thanks. I've owned 5 or 6 Bultacos but all were 73 or newer 5 speeds. Have a 370 Frontera now.
Cool. The did make a few six speeds too!
Always enjoy your videos! Keep your pup in your thoughts and remember all the times she made you laugh and protected you.
Thank you
The radial finned head is unique.
These old low trailbikes were great.
The great low rpm torque made all the difference when trails got tough. Those hot high rpm bikes with big gears just can'tmake it out the steep, deep gulleys. My Matador would climb out just above idle.
Hi Dave - nice job !
Thank you
That is a cool looking bike
Thank you.
I seem to recall that Harley Davidson make a 175cc 2 stroke dual sport bike called the Scat. It was sold from 61 to 65. Now it was no where near as good a the Bultaco but it was an earlier 2 stroke dual sport.
Yes. The Scat was derived from the HD Hummer
That is a fine looking bike. Hm, about kick start.. Knew about the metralla, sort of 50.years ago. 85y/o neighbor, mile from your shop.
Stop by when you can.
Beautiful bike. Cool history.
I know Husqvarna had bikes back to 1907?
I had a lot of Swedish made ones.
Love Spanish bikes also.
"Husq Varna" means" House by river" in Swedish .
House by river - never knew that.
I was an apprentice to a Norwegian motorcycle mechanic.
"Datsun" means fell to pieces, in Norwegian.
Guess I missed the punchline. Did you mean 'the World's first 2-stroke dual-sport ever that's red and black and says Bultaco on the tank'? I see where your opinion eliminated the earlier Greeves, but what about:
1954 DOT 250, 1954 Francis-Barnett 175 / 250, 1954-1961 Jawa typ 544, 553 and 554, 1955 Maico Sport 250, 1956 Adler Six Day, 1956 DKW RT175 Gelandesport, 1956 REX TT150, 1957 Husqvarna Silverpilen, 1957 Maico 175 GS, 1958 Puch / Puch Allstate MC250 / Scrambler, 1958 CZ 175 .....and dozens of others that predated this bike?
Glad you didn't edit out the kick starter problems with the Bultaco. Brought back memories from the early 1970's. As a kid at the motocross races with the regional Bultaco team "Mucho Toro South", it was our job to walk the track after the races and pick up all of the Bultaco parts that had fallen off.
Well, you might have it with that old Maico. Dunno about the DKW, might be like the Zundapp in 54
And you can add a 54 James commando to that and im pretty sure you could go a lot earlier than that with many people in the teens and probably earlier for everything work during the week racing and trialing ect in the weekends.hi from New Zealand 🇳🇿
@@SSV-i-c-e Exactly mate, as I said probably dozens more that predated this bike.
The Impala was a street bike, the Scorpion is the enduro / dual sport. The Bultaco is a Matador.
Sherpa T, Sherpa S and Alpina's all were leading axil. Up until 1976, all Pursang's, Astros and Frontera's were straight legged.
Yes. I did forget that about the Impala. Thank you
I love the aluminum rims they look just like the ones on the old sportsters not sure but I think you could get that style rim till 1978 . I’ve never seen a bultaco that old they are great looking you might say there ahead of their time !
Great idea. I wonder if I have any older. I might! Stay tuned!
Thanks for the memories. Rode many off road enduros and observed trials on Bultacos.
Matador 250 was my first Bul. Bought new in 1966 and rode it until 1982. Replaced it with the model I liked best: Alpina 250.
Also owned Sherpa S125, El Tigre and I still have a Matador MK 3 250. Also have a 1975 Yamaha RD350 about 90% restored.
Wow, you had a lot of the good ones!
Very nice bike's
Thanks ✌️
HE KNOWS HIS PARTICULAR MODEL HISTORIES BUT ITS LIKE WATCHING TOMMY CHONG TRY TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
Dave's not here. That's my favorite
Nice bikes, BSA made a D10 175cc Bantam scrambler that they called the Bushman in 1966.
Oh, I'll have to look for that!
Good stuff. Would love to see how you troubleshoot the taco.
Yes. I'm gonna start with the basics and hope for the best
Sounds like it's four stroking, good looking bad runner.
My first duel sport was a 63 Yamaha 125 Santa Barbara with a knobby tire .
Well, yeah. I guess they would count too.
Well mine had a 5 speed so it wasn’t just like that but it was black and red.👍
They're all good!
The first Matador with the 5 speed engine was the Matador Mk3. Probably your bike was a Mk3.
Hy Dave... like your Chanel. If you need anything for German bikes ... please feel free to ask me!! greatings from Germany, Hamburg
Thank you. Yes, I do sometimes for German bikes.
First bike I raced. Lobito k engine 4 speed matador chassis. Took some trophies. Lobito K was 100cc kids scrambler
What was the shift pattern?
@@bullpencycles 1 up 3 down as I remember it was 1967. Crankcases wre the same from 74 cc up to 250
Hi! I'm currently restoring a Lobito K 100! Somehow those Lobitos have been forgoten, while the Hodakas are still really popular. If you want we can chat and I can show you some pics of it!
Hello Dave how is it with Inga? Best wishes Maarten.
Thanks for asking. You probably saw since.
It just needs some BLENDZALL ! Hahaha ! What year did the Bultaco Alpina come out ? Buddy had one in the early 70's , sweet ride...
I dont know actually
The first Alpinas where really Sherpa T model 80, with the "woods kit" that offered a two seater big capacity tank. Bultaco sold some of those to the Red Cross in Barcelona, that used it to acces remote locations and rescue people on the mountains. The bikes where a hit and Bultaco decided to produce them like that in series. The name Alpina comes from the "Compañia Alpina de la Cruz Roja" Red Cross Alpine company. The first ones where sold in 1971.
I luv channel.. . I just paid 32 dollars for your 20 dollar shirt deal....😮.. I'm just saying.. beautiful set of girls you got here.. if we all could see the future on these beautiful ..now rare bikes.. but i guess they wouldn't have been as fun as they were if we rode em like future gems..-jimmo
Thank you. Im sorry we havent found a less expensive way to ship them. Ill probably have some more made to keep at the shop if you ever get by
John the baptiste rode a Greaves ffs....................... Joseph of Aramathea told me that................
Love that!
some one messed up that bike. i am no wizard. but that thing could break easy. with it that far out of whack. hope you can fix it.
my bul was a 200.
We'll fix it
I want the Bultaco to be dark maroon instead of red, leaving off the black on the tank. then you replace the Bultaco emblem logo with your Bullpen Cycles logo. also, paint the fenders dark maroon instead of polished. leaving the red on the shock bodies will look nice against the dark maroon. DO NOT TOUCH sign taped to the headlight. paint the headlight bucket dark maroon too. receive BEST VINTAGE giant huge trophy FIRST place award plaque with congratulations ceremonies bike deserving the sustained standing applause.
Dark maroon?
BULLTACO. Fantastic motorcycles I read everything about them I had a friend that had 250 Martella and it had more power and it was nimble when I went to high school in 1970 I had a 500 Kawasaki and that other bike would keep up with me almost and then as soon as I hit my power band I was gone but those are very very nice bikes and they're well kept if you can get them but they cost a fortune thanks for the video
Yes, the Metralla MKII was a hot bike, but the like the Kawi triple.