A rare 199 maybe? A friend just picked up a 199 with the Serial number 000001. This bike was found in the USA. With paper work that shows the bike came straight. from Bultaco it has macthing numbers on the frame and motor. Does anyone know about this bike?

That sounds cool, should be very collectable?

But the number of digits you wrote down maybe

have to be corrected and you wrote down 6?

The serial numbers starts normally with the number of the model, here it would be 199 and then followed by 5 digits, so the first bike should have the number:

19900001?

199a or b?

As I know the model series 199, 199-A and 199-B where numbered through. With the model A and the later B they just continued to count further. That's why the model B and A have such high serial numbers which doesn't match the really produced numbers of bikes.

The number ia 19900001. Sorry about the extra 0s. The paperwork that came with the bike states Bultaco Competition Department. It is believed that this is the bike that Yrjo Vesterinen rode in the world rounds Would like to be able to prove this. thank guys

he has a facebook page so get a photo and ask him?

If you decide to follow Dabsters advice, I would, then search facebook for Solo Bultaco

Thanks for all the help. I passed the info to my friend.