Originally bought in 1982 for £400, I did some competitions on it then sold it when I was skint.
Years later bought it back off the chap I sold it to, he needed the money, but it was in bits in a box then. He had road registered it and had it taxed and running on the road at one point. So it does have a number registration YMO 215F.
I did a few more competitions on it, but it needed a restoration even back then. There was no working front brake when I last rode it back in the early 90's.
Its sat in the corner of my garage getting dusty since then. So I've now decided to fully restore it back to original spec. A weekend of research leads me to at least know its year and model number - I think. Looking at the various websites, the matching chassis and engine number tell me its model 27, but the tank / seat unit seem to be from a later model. Except I did read those, plus a different exhaust, came as a competition upgrade. However, all the pictures I've seen for the 27 do not show a built in sump guard, whereas mine has one.
Can anyone confirm the 27 did come with the same built in sump guard as mine ?
I've been to see a chap who can rebuild the engine and wheels, I've also seen a chap who can clean up the frame and paint it. I want to do as much as I can myself, but happy to pay experts to get an expert result. Last time I rebuilt my KX250 motocross bike about 4 times, probably four times because I was not too good at it. So paying someone to do the Bultaco professionally should mean its done once.
Just to add a bit of oddness, the gear lever is on the right and the brake on the left. Side stand is also on the right hand side. I believe that's so they could import and sell in the US. Harley made the US government rule that all bikes had to have left hand brakes to stop the competition, so Bultaco got round that by having the ability to switch them left to right.
AJB_1305 by Ainsley Berryman, on Flickr[/img]
