January 24, 200818 yr Just been inspired by the recent thread on Cotas to show off my mint 349/4 grey/red model cota.. cheers S_M.
January 24, 200818 yr Hi S_M, Well done on a superb job, your bike has got to be one of the best ive seen, Im restoring a 200 1981 im keeping to a tight budget so may not achieve the same level as yourself, have a look on my web page www.OSSA-restoration.piczo.com on the Mont restoration page, Im having trouble finding a Seat pad do you know of a supplier, and what is your Gear lever from. All the best, Vaughan.
January 24, 200818 yr Author Thanks for the comments vaughan, the gearlever is the correct one for this bike. seat pads for the 200 cota are listed HERE. S_M.
January 24, 200818 yr Nice - I had one of those back in '84 although it was the last all red model (same bike underneath the colour though) Footrest position didn't bother me then but I was a bit more bendy then.... If I had one now I'd have to lower them. Lovely engine, so torquey, loads of grip but typical snatchy Mont clutch and if you caught the gear lever on a rock that was the end of the pawls and the trial. Handled well and I really liked it. One day....
January 31, 200818 yr great looking bike ! i think the 349 is the best looking of them all i love the tank on the 349 models. Is the framepart i made yellow in the picture stock or is it welded there for extra strength ? all other 349,s i,ve seen have a removable piece like the 348. Cheers,
January 31, 200818 yr It's standard, that's how they were on this model as there were quite a few changes from the original 349. This is the model that that the MH349 was based on
January 31, 200818 yr Excuse me ,Senor Greeves, but is that village of Segovia where you found the bike named after the great guitarist or vice versa. Isn`t that a great looking 349. We never saw those in Oz.
January 31, 200818 yr Hi DabDab, That great guitarist is Andres Segovia, born in 1893 down south in Linares, Jaen in Andalucia. A maestro in the true sense of the word. Segovia the city was once the base for Ferdinand and Isabella, the King and Queen of Spain in the late 1400's, "Los Reys Catolicos" (The catholic kings) who were famous for pushing out the Moors from Spain and supporting Columbus on his travels to the New World. That 349 is a stunning looking bike. I had a 348 in the 70's and always thought the footrests were too high, even after lowering them I couldn't get on with the bike and after 3 weeks traded it in on a new 325 Bultaco that I kept for the next 10 years. Bye, PeterB.
January 31, 200818 yr Dabdab: The village is called Segovia before the romans invaded Spain 20 centuries ago, so I presume the guitarrist got his surname from the town and not the other way.... Aniway I found the bike in a restaurant
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