A 32-year-old Spanish automotive designer and a partner plan to relaunch the historic Bultaco motorcycle brand with the release of a modern 450cc motocross bike with retro-modern styling taken from the beautiful 1970’s-era Pursangs.
Jim Palau-Ribes and partner Roger Gubert have been working on the project for seven years and hope to build a prototype 450cc bike this year. They have formed a company named Pursang Motors for the venture. Whether the two can actually pull this off or not is open to question, but it would certainly be nice to see them succeed. Found via Motocross Action Magazine.
Hope they keep the thumbs up logo,cause that’s
what I give’em, a great big thumbs up.
Best of luck! Would’nt it be great if they where
2-stroke & kicked thumpers ass?
Keep an eye on KTM. They’re bringing out some new 2-strokes. And there’s a move afoot to bring some nice new 2-stroke Maicos into the states. There is general and wide agreement now that a 2-stroke 250 will easily kick ass on a 250f — that’s why they aren’t allowed to race on equal footing in AMA Pro MX. But they are allowed on equal footing in the amateur ranks. It will just take a while get the market base built up again such that there are sufficient two-stroke models on the market to make it impossible for the Japs to keep them out. It took more than a decade for the 4-stroke advocates to get their way. We won’t get it back overnight. But I do believe we will get it back eventually.