Montesa 247 T - 1977

[mx250]

What about that sticker, is it OEM? It says "Trail". With the long seat it looks like its a Alpina rival.

[cappra]

It's the real deal.  The 247 trail version had the larger tank, bigger seat, buddy pegs and different final gearing.
Underneath that and it's all Cota 247 trials.

[Mark Austin]

Hi Graeme,
Yeah it is a real model - the compliance date is 4/77. Its a 1976 model - and it does have a bigger seat and thats about all.
The sticker just goes over a previous model's tank. And you can actually sit on that seat!
Its much the same concept as the Bultaco Alpina, but I think Bultaco sold a lot more of them.
Cheers,
Mark

[mx250]

Would you believe it; it doesn't rain but it pours. Here's another 'Trail' Cota

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Montesa-Cota-Trail-250_W0QQitemZ200236853372QQihZ010QQcategoryZ102690QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I should buy it and go Vinduro'ing with it. Stir up the 'my shit don't stink' go fast boys . Ah, I like it

[BultacoMacca]

I had some recollection seeing them called the "Mountaineer" in sales brochures in the olden days.

[David Lahey]

Would you believe it; it doesn't rain but it pours. Here's another 'Trail' Cota

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Montesa-Cota-Trail-250_W0QQitemZ200236853372QQihZ010QQcategoryZ102690QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I should buy it and go Vinduro'ing with it. Stir up the 'my shit don't stink' go fast boys . Ah, I like it

Yes vinduroing one is a great idea. I like riding the fund-raising mountainous trail rides on obscure old trials type bikes. The looks and questions you get are priceless and they are actually pretty good to ride when it gets to the rough and steep stuff.
For maximum shock value, a neat trick is to ride up quietly past all the wheezing people holding onto modern dirt bikes stuck on some long steep hillclimb, turn around at the top and ride back down again for another go.
The Montesa Mountaineers and OSSA Explorers are actually very close in design to their pure trials brothers and offer high levels of handling in the super rough stuff while some of the Alpina models are a fair bit removed from the trials Bultacos in performance. I have one of the least trials-oriented Alpinas (the M138) and the handling feels at home on an MX track and through the bush but the bike is very hard work in trials sections. The first model Alpina (M85 I think)(I had one as a youngster) was a lightly altered trials bike much more like the Mountaineer/Explorer concept.
David

[mx250]

Gee, here's another (in the States)...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Other-Makes-Montesa-Cota-247T-1974-MONTESA-COTA-247T-TRAIL-VERY-RARE-MODEL_W0QQitemZ130236892481QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item130236892481&_trksid=p3286.m14.l1318

Never noticed the difference before; they're everywhere  .