triple_x Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 Can some one please confirm if this bike is in the Sammy Miller Museum or privately owned in the West Country. Confused in Bristol Kind regards Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bultacosd Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 Hi Triple_X, The short answer is that 669 is privately owned, however, I think it is possible that the bike in the Miller museum may have been a development bike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pro sport Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 It could be a development bike, easy to swap number plates! These were taken last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triple_x Posted December 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 Be interesting if the engine and frame numbers were the same on both bikes. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motoswm Posted December 15, 2013 Report Share Posted December 15, 2013 Yes, its privately owned and has been for about 15 years. This one has the original matching frame and engine numbers, and I've even seen the log book. Think there would have been more than one development Bultaco in Sammys hands at any one time, this one is probably identical to the one in the museum, no doubt would have had bits swapped between them....just happens to be the bike that was registered, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triple_x Posted December 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 (edited) I think you have the answer. Riding at that level it must be common place to have two virtually identical bikes. I even heard of works riders taking Reynolds tube over to Spain to get a light weight frame made. One of my old mates bought EAA66D (i think) from S M and it was a totally different spec and feel to the standard bike. Interesting isnt it! Martin Edited December 18, 2013 by triple_x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bultacosd Posted December 17, 2013 Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 Photographs of the original Bultaco Sherpa T (registered as 669NHO in November '64)can be seen in Don Morley's, Spanish Trials Bikes. Pages 23 to 25. Sammy was given two bikes as part of his contract with the Bultaco factory in 1964 according to Maurizio Gaudenzi's, Bultaco Sherpa T Guia del Collectionista/buyers guide. I am pretty certain that the bike in the Sammy's museum is not the 2nd bike but possibly some other development bike...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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