1973 Bultaco 250cc Sherpa Trials Motorcycle

1973 Bultaco 250cc Sherpa Trials Motorcycle
Registration no. not registered
Frame no. B-1000928
Engine no. M-1000928
There had been outright victories by lightweights in major events before, but it was the arrival of the Bultaco Sherpa in the mid-1960s that drove the final nail into the coffin of the heavyweight four-strokes in national and international trials. Bultaco's meteoric rise to supremacy would surely have taken much longer had the Spanish manufacturer not had the foresight to recruit the world's greatest trials rider, Sammy Miller, to spearhead development. Bultaco already possessed enormous experience of building competition two-strokes for road racing and moto-cross, and a 250cc single-cylinder 'stroker' was the natural choice for the new Sherpa trials model that made its debut at Earls Court in the autumn of 1964. By Christmas Miller had chalked up his first victory; the rest is history.

This apparently original and well restored Bultaco Sherpa comes with a substantial amount of photocopied service, maintenance, and repair literature so the fortunate next owner need have no fears about being unable to keep it in fine fettle. There is no registration document with this Lot.