Bultaco

Bultaco

Jan Thiel on the Bultaco GP racer:

"What can I say about Bultaco? It starts with Jamathi and Piovaticci.
In 1974 Martin (Mijwaart) and me had 2 complete bikes with engines machined from solid aluminium.
When we went to Piovaticci in october 1974 we took with us 1 complete Jamathi and a spare engine.
The second rolling chassis was sold and fitted with a Kreidler engine.

After arriving in Pesaro we went testing with the Jamathi repainted in Piovaticci colours at Misano.
Lazzarini did one lap and stopped because he could not ride the bike as it was, he was seated too
far away from the clip-ons. We had to modify the chassis to put him more forward.
When we went back to Misano after this he beat the lap record, a good start!

We then realised that with this more forward position we could also seat him a little bit lower,
so making a really very small bike. So a new chassis was made and raced in 1975. It was also the
first 50 cc with cast magnesium wheels, made by Franco Ringhini.
Later Campagnolo wheels were fitted in 1976.

At the end of 1975 Piovaticci's money was finished and he had to sell his racing department to Bultaco.
The bike arrived in Spain at the end of Januari 1976 and the first race in the Spanish championship
was mid- Februari, so the only thing we could do was to repaint this bike in Bultaco colours". The repainted Piovaticci with Jamathi engine! 76 Bultaco team Nieto, Thiel, Mijwaart, and guest Lodewijkx sitting on the first frame made in Spain, fitted with the spare Jamathi engine

1976

1976

76 Bultaco of Angel Nieto Nieto at his first race on the Bultaco!

Bultaco Angel Nieto The first of Nietos Bultacos in Museum

Bultaco engine for 76 season Angel Roldan Nieto racing the Bultaco

1977

1977

The 1977 Bultaco train - Ricardo Tormo leads Angel Nieto

77 - Angel Nieto on Bultaco 77 Worldchampionship- winning bike, the Bultaco of Angel Nieto

1978

1978

78 Bultaco Bultaco GP

Bultaco in Motormuseum Lexmond - Go visit !! Bultaco of Ramon Gali

Bultaco of Ramon Gali 2 Bultaco TSS Mk2

78 Bultaco - rider Ricardo Tormo Tormo on 78 Bultaco - now owned by J. Grino, Barcelona.

1979

1979

79 Bultaco 80 Bultaco team : Cecar, Thiel, and Mijwaart 80 Bultaco Claudio Lusuardi

1980

1980

Assen TT - Ricardo Tormo Bultaco Bultaco of Theo Timmer - built by himself and using a production (cast) engine

Timmer´s Bultaco engine Timmer´s engine

1981

1981

81 Assen Timmer on Bultaco Theo Timmer - 81 NL champion
81 Worldchampion Ricardo Tormo "After the 1976 season Bultaco wanted to make production racers, so casting models
were made, you can easily see the difference if you take a good look at the photo's".

"All 4 word championships were won with the Jamathi engines which were machined from solid
material, the production racers of which 4 were made had the Bultaco cast- engines".
Jan Thiel 2008

Second i WC 81 - Theo Timmer on Bultaco Timmer Bultaco brake detail
79 Bultaco

The cast Bultaco production- engine Bultaco frame detail

Bultaco Angel Nieto Bultaco Bultaco rear

81 Tormo Bultaco outside Circuito Ricardo Tormo in Valencia Jamathi engine replaced by production Bultaco engine

1982

1982 and again new livery for the factory bikes: blue and white and a continuation of the
Tabervall sponsorship. Riders Ricardo Tormo and Jorge Martinez Ricardo Tormo securing a third place in Assen.

Jorge Martinez cutting corners in Assen 1982 Daniel Mateos getting better on the Bultaco

1983

1983
Theo Timmers Bultaco at Rijeka.

Daniel Mateos did well on a Bultaco in 1983.

Bultaco Jan Thiel on the Bultaco GP racer: "What can I say about Bultaco? It starts with Jamathi and Piovaticci. In 1974 Martin (Mijwaart) and me had 2 complete bikes with engines machined from solid aluminium. When we went to Piovaticci in october 1974 we took with us 1 complete Jamathi and a spare engine. The second rolling chassis was sold and fitted with a Kreidler engine. After arriving in Pesaro we went testing with the Jamathi repainted in Piovaticci colours at Misano. Lazzarini did one lap and stopped because he could not ride the bike as it was, he was seated too far away from the clip-ons. We had to modify the chassis to put him more forward. When we went back to Misano after this he beat the lap record, a good start! We then realised that with this more forward position we could also seat him a little bit lower, so making a really very small bike. So a new chassis was made and raced in 1975. It was also the first 50 cc with cast magnesium wheels, made by Franco Ringhini. Later Campagnolo wheels were fitted in 1976. At the end of 1975 Piovaticci's money was finished and he had to sell his racing department to Bultaco. The bike arrived in Spain at the end of Januari 1976 and the first race in the Spanish championship was mid- Februari, so the only thing we could do was to repaint this bike in Bultaco colours".
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	"After the 1976 season Bultaco wanted to make production racers, so casting models were made, you can easily see the difference if you take a good look at the photo's". "All 4 word championships were won with the Jamathi engines which were machined from solid material, the production racers of which 4 were made had the Bultaco cast- engines". Jan Thiel 2008





1982 1982 and again new livery for the factory bikes: blue and white and a continuation of the Tabervall sponsorship. Riders Ricardo Tormo and Jorge Martinez


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