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Marque Remarks => Spaniards (Bultaco, Ossa, Montesa etc) => Topic started by: Mark Austin on January 23, 2011, 11:28:55 pm
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Hi all,
I've just acquired a very original Pursang Mk 11 , which I intend to race. Its not going to be a full resto, just an engine rebuild and mods to make it reliable.
Cheers,
Mark
(http://www.clubbultaco.com.au/images/pursang_mk11_ma_3.jpg)
(http://www.clubbultaco.com.au/images/pursang_mk11_ma_2.jpg)
(http://www.clubbultaco.com.au/images/pursang_mk11_ma_1.jpg)
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Very tidy. Couldn't ya find a pine cone? ;D
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mark, very original indeed.
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Mark, thats a ripper Mk11, not many of them around now.
Stan.
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so what year is a Mk 11 then?
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Marks cool Bully lived in my shed for a week until he had the time to come and pick it up. I was sad to see it go but I was glad that I managed to convince him that it was far too good to restore. This is one of those bikes that need to be preserved as is. I once rode Anthony Suttors Mk 11 and remember it to be a sweet engine and very light. Despite what my chums over at Bultaco Central might think, I love Pursangs and would own this bike in a heartbeat (if I had any money left ;D)
What a shame that being a '78 model, it's a tad too new for pre '78 where I reckon it'd shine.
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What's really interesting here is Hoony's apparent interest in Spain's finest! Cheers Jerry
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Hi,
I'm going to be very interested to see how it compares to my 1978 Honda CR250 that Magoo restored for me. According to Jim Pomeroy when he was here for Classic Dirt 4 at Barrabool, he helped design both of them - why do you think there is a left foot kickstart on the CR250!!
Cheers,
Mark
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why do you think there is a left foot kickstart on the CR250
And I always thought it was because they copied the Husky frame design… ;)
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I had one of those. I reckon' Stan might remember who's it was before I got it (it was a bought in Ballarat). It had 'Retravision' on the tank I remember that much.
After continually blowing the thing up I think the motor went into a cart and the frame was cut up for scrap :'(.
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G'day Mark, nice Mark 11, great to see another Bulty saved. Hope those forks dont give you too much grief, they are a real bitch to keep sealed up.
Evo
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Thats a great find Mark,there woudn't be anymore of these lying around in such original condition. Has it still got the original Pirellis on it?
I agree that its not a bike to restore,a bit of black paint on the cases,set of rings maybe and ready for action.
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Hi Moto,
I just checked my photos of the bike and it does indeed have the original Pirelli tyres on it!
Should I preserve them somehow... ; )
Mark
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Very Nice. I had the frontera version of the Mk11 - really sweet handling bike!
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Now that those Pirelli's have matured,I would use them on the bike,they should last for years. !!! They will also sharpen up your riding skills,Whooooa.
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Now that those Pirelli's have matured,I would use them on the bike,they should last for years.
Strange but absolutely true story...
A mate bought a brand new MK8 360 Pursang in 1975 and as soon as he got it home he replaced the tyres with Metzlers and put the Pirellis aside for some other project, another day. Fifteen years later in 1990 and I'm helping him move house and we dig out the otherwise NOS Pirelli front from that Pursang all those years earlier(the rear had been used on something or other years earlier). I checked out the tyre, found it to be still supple and with no cracks and took it home and fitted it to my DT1 from Hell. That tyre came second in an Aussie Championship in 1995 when it was 20 years old, and believe it or not it is still in use on the front of my 350 Maico to this very day. Darryl Lewis rode the bike to an (almost) pre 70 win at the 2007 Coffs Nats with the tyre still doing its job and reckoned it handled well. The Pirelli veteran last turned a lap at last years HBBB dirt track on the Maico (until it chucked a big end) and is still crack free, supple and holds on really well. Not too shabby for a 35 year old tyre that was a reject even when it was new!