bultacorock

More magic

Had a go on one almost like this lovely bike

This was a bit of a magic moment

Hi old trials fanatic Have just had a look at your clubs ( peakclassic ) great website easy to get around and looks good to. Im planing to get a bike like i use to have but have been trying to get my head round twinshocks machine eligibility i was thinking until i read your rules and regulations just pick a bike that is in my budget enter as a special and have fun, but after reading them i think i have a better understanding of what to look out for it seemed lots of bike have stuff done to them after 30 years. Im just going to ride and chat to people really. so thanks for making it clear Was really thinking of getting a nice looking fantic but was wondering why it had not been snapped up at that price so i had a chat with him and he said it had started out as a fantic 240 but it now had a 200 engine from the next year so my guess was that means there is a good chance its from a mono. So its a special ? so i need to have some one that knows about fantics if thats what im getting is the any thing to look out for on the first fantic 200 that would take it out of the twinshock class ? im 50 and a bit so would like some thing light and forgiving to help me back onto a motor bike trials moved to mountain bike over 20 years ago so i could do more riding

His prints were good because after 30 or so years the colours are still good, part form them being priceless to me now as im sure the picture you all have of you riding your bike are to you.

Well here is one from a Denbigh and Mold club event they ran some great events. a great shot from our club photographer he worked for Kodak some were in Liverpool and use to always have some print from the last event with him i use to pay 3 to 5 pounds i think 5 for a great nice and sharp 8 by 10 or 3 for a not quite so sharp but still good print.

Hi 2fargone I should have said my dad put the new carb on and i watch ...... ( as in we) I was 17 and a real air head .....i was trusted to wash them after a ride and clean the chains on our bikes i did not even get to park the van well he let me drive it once and after about 5 mins said even monkeys can steer ........ but i was quite good on a bike

Hi Blackie It came from Sandifords with the rear shocks set like that and a mikuni carb on it, after i had been riding it for a bit we set it up with the standard Amal carb and i liked it much more, but missed my Bultaco so sold it and got a new bultaco my first new bike .......

You can just about make out the Sandiford sticker on the tank

Well here is one of a nice clean Ulf Karlsson replica ready for the next trial, was a nice bike but liked the bultaco much more. i look much older now its a photo of an old photo just put it by a widow ( nice soft light north light ) and made some copy photos and picked the best

Escaping for a hill side bog in the time trial South liverpool Motor Club about 1978, got me wellies on and me bike has the sammy miller bath tub bashplate ....

I did my best to make a photo of a old polaroid it was starting to change colour the small digital cameras are good at this

Well its 1976 and most of my friends have FS1Es and are whizzing about town i have saved up all my weekend job money and got my self a red Bultaco sammy miller mail order got all my money after that ...... What a great bike i was down the local brook finding the most fun way up and down the banks until it got too dark

My first bike was a BSA bantam kept getting stuck trying to fallow a friend on a bultaco still had lots of fun on the Bantam we fitted a magaphone to it made a great sound. it had a road frame almost part X it for a trials Cub but picked up a well used 72 250 Bultaco i was just 16 and had my first Bulto ..... Have not been to Llangollen for a long time i think its a magical name and place for child hood holidays im working in Switzerland just but would to go back to Llangollen for a weekend i have some good friends in North Wales. very kind of you to offer to show me your Fantic 200, you know almost every one has said get a fantic 200, i guess i better try one before i spend any money

Hi Totalshell, Thanks for the feed back I am a bit of a follower of your blog its really fun to watch your head cam ? videos and interesting to here what you have been doing to keep your Francis Barnett tuned up to ride

Thanks for the feed back dmc & furse its a big help im 5ft 8 and 76kg and young in the head 50 year old ..... Club events if i can get the hang of it again, the 200 sounds like a really good deal i guess i need to go try one. Furse do you have a Bultaco 250 if so is there a big difference thanks again for your help

Here is one more show me your favorite shots this is a one of the few feet up shots of me Bultaco power .......

Looks like new more picture when you have time please

Hi Bondy Thanks for your reply He was my Dads friend really but i got to know him to his name was Colin Bond and he was in the fruit and veg business in widnes. I was born in 1960 in widnes Im very impressed with how well you rebuild your bultaco s im sure there will be a mad bidding rush on the one you are parting with im keeping a look out for a 250 i spotted one at telford but was daft enough not grab it there and then. i was with a friend and he kept shake-ing his head and smiling at me, i was thinking will that fit in your boot - his wife s car the gods were against me that day. Im joe

I always loved mud still do, that ok were are we going now feeling endless fun

Here is the photo i hope i have it right this time. It would be great to see some of your photos from the 70s

South Liverpool Motor Club Trial 1977 We had a great photographer come along to most the events he even managed to get a few shots of me with both feet on the pegs.

Hi Bondy I like the look of your 198b i always wanted one of them i had the last red one magic bike, I use to get it down Hale shore for a bit of practice ride with the boys from Liverpool they were good fun, if not Sunnybank in Widnes or Johnsons wood. I use to be in the the south Liverpool club till i moved anyway from widnes still pop back from time to time to catch up with old friends. I use to know some one called Bondy bit of a long shot i know.

Hi all This is my first post seem to spend lots for my free time on here reading all the great post its been endless help thank you all. Well i have never been any good at making my mind up so any help i would be really great full Its been well over 25 years since i was a member of the south liverpool motor club with my Bultaco 250 / ( SWM from Billy which was magic ) Loved there weekends in Wales and the trials events around the North West, we had lost Sunny Bank just down the road and Johnsons Wood about 30 mins away. But i moved away and got into mountain biking because of the freedom to ride almost any were at that time. So i have been riding some thing but not use to having any power in my ham fisted right hand to get me into trouble so its going to be endless fun. So which Fantic do you like the best of the 2, which makes you smile the most when your riding it. Thanks