Bultaco

Hi all I am new to. All this so please excuse what might be an obvious question I have been looking at the Puma in issue 17 of Classic Dirt Bike and noticed that the rear hub appears to have the 'brake' on the right hand side. I have just bought a 325 and would like to convert to a LH shift and thought that seemed a better solution than running a cable to the standard hub. Can anyone tell me more like what the hub is off and how much hassle it might be to fit it. Thanks .... Rob

hi all i can onely get my 199A started by puting fuel down the head. ive put new bing carb on witch came with wrong jets. now ive put the right jets in still same. once ive got her going she runs. the inlet pipe is on the right side. and ive got a inline fiter witch some times i have to mess about with to get the fuel going throw. but when ive took the plug of befor puting fuel down the head its been abit wet. ive set the air screw one and a half turns anti clock wise. and playd about with the tick over screw.ive only ajusted the throtel ajuster on the bars. and on top of the carb i need help please

hi all ive got a 199A 350. year 1980 i took the engin out for rebuild. when i put the engin back in the frame. i replaced it with the metel one witch was ok. my question is the one i took out was alloy was this an original? are was it a mod?

Does someone sell rear sprockets on line? I'm told the wheel is from a 1971 Alpina. Chain size is 428. ID about 5.75, 6 bolts, 3 pins about 8mm, bolt/ pin circle about 6.375, shallow counter bore. The wheel is on a BSA C15 and I'm looking for a big sprocket up near 80 tooth. I could even do the ID and bolt circle machining if sprocket blanks were available in that size.

much help needed. ive just finished my 199A and my front sprocket is leaking. so i changed the seal behind the front sprocket and the o ring and the metal bush. i replaced the sprocket and it was still leaking. it is leaking from the final end drive. so i replaced the seal on the end of the gear shaft. it is still leaking slightly but can you advise that this is normal for bultacos?

hi all whats the best size spocket to have on me 199A? i curantly have the standard 39T rear and the 11T front. ive not done any trials since i was at school. that was along time a go ah. will the ones ive got on now be ok for a beginer?

Any decent footrests available for the Sherpa that don't involve serious welding/machining/fettling or is this the only option?

hi all i have a 199A i was woundering if i could fit a speedo? but my front hub dosant have a conetion for the cabel. is there somthing you can get for the rear wheel? so you can conect the cabel?

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hello all can anybody addvice me on witch gasket sealant to buy? ive got a verry slight leak on the clutch case ive gone through tree gaskets now. cant understand why its leaking was ok when i first built the bike but since i took it back off to do the clutch its got a leak. so for good measure gonner put abit of sealant on. ive look on the net what avalabel theres loads to choose. would i be better with a non setting sealant so if i need to take the cover off for any reason i wont need to be hammering it off. please help

I just inspected the clutch on my 199A and found that the clutch plates use no friction material, just steel on steel. They were in pretty good shape so I put it back together with 75wt synthetic gear oil and it works well. I'm just wondering if that is the original type clutch and if there are any special oil recomendations for it. I know you guys will know.

i need your help please im struggling to put a new seal in the final end drive of the front sprocket. its doning my head in ive nearly finished my 199A and somthing so small is getting the better of me. it was leaking oil so ive changed the seal and bush behide the sprocket and o ring. im abit confused witch way the final end seal gose? normaly seals go with the open end inwards. but pete from bultaco uk said it gose in with the open end facing outwards? ive tryed taping it in but seem to damage the seal so your help would be mutch appriceated

Hi Can anyone advise? I am disappointed that the standard Betor fork dust protectors don't really do their job (yes I fitted new ones!). OK, they they stop the majority of the muck getting in but are not as effective as the current design on my Gas Gas. So I have been searching the internet for 35mm x 47mm dust seals (similar to the Gas Gas)to replace the standard fittings. I know from the pictures that the Spanish Puma bikes use this system so I would appreciate help in finding a supplier. I have tried Pyramid Parts without success. Further, due to the nature of the design does this new type dust seal replace the top seal(leaving only 1 seal per leg)or do I need t…

Does anyone have the link please to the trial held in Belgium in the 1960's where a young Jacky Ickx was riding a Bultaco.

I have two floats for the Amal mk2 Carburetor,One is bigger in depth than the other if i fit the bigger one there is less petroil in the float chamber,Is there any advantage of one over the other, Thanking you in advance Hightown

How much different are the engine power characteristics between the earlier & slightly smaller capacity later Bultaco 250 models. In the Bultaco book the earlier 244cc bikes seem to be around 20/21 bhp, the later 238cc engines 14.1 bhp, very odd that they lost 1/3rd their power when reduced by 6cc's.

My Sherpa has run well for a couple of trials but last weekend decided to 'eat' another piston thrust washer. On stripping down it looks as if I will get away with the bore which is +1.00mm (which I think is the limit) but the piston crown has been damaged and needs to be replaced. I am not clear why it has destroyed the thrust washer. Secondly, the conrod has no up or down play but some sideways play and on one side it looks as if it has been scuffed by the flywheels. Is it worth taking the engine down and having the crank rebuilt and could this be why the thrust washers have been failing. Any advice gratefully received from experienced Bultaco owners.

can anybody help ive put new o ring and bush and seal behinde front sproket. put it all back together great a thought untill i had it running noticed it was still leaking. so i cheked were the oil was coming from. looks like its leaking behinede the felt pad so i give bultaco uk a ring and asked for there addvice. he said its the seal in the shaft i didnt know there was a seal there. so i got one tryed to put it in just want to know how fare in should it go in?

Was wondering if any of you chaps could help out, went to start my 199A, NO GO. used to start piece of P***, full choke a couple of boots and she would she would start. but now will only start with little choke and no throttle, chuggs along for 30 secs and then dies. also dies if you twist the throttle, i am guessing that it is the pilot jet. Any thoughts???????????? Regards, Tom,

Reading an article "a clean Sherpa will sell for around