It was the Bultaco Sherpa’s arrival in the mid-1960s that drove the final nail into the coffin of the heavyweight four-strokes in national and international trials. Bultaco’s meteoric rise to supremacy would surely have taken much longer had the Spanish manufacturer not had the foresight to recruit the world’s greatest trials rider, Sammy Miller, to spearhead development. Bultaco already possessed enormous experience of building two-strokes for road racing and moto-cross, so a 250cc single-cylinder ‘stroker’ was the natural choice for the new Sherpa trials model that made its debut at Earls Court in the autumn of 1964. By Christmas Miller had chalked up his first victory; the rest is history. Acquired by the current vendor in 2008 and totally rebuilt in 2009, this Sherpa is described by him as in generally very good condition. The machine is offered with sundry restoration invoices and dating certificate.
It was the Bultaco Sherpa’s arrival in the mid-1960s that drove the final nail into the coffin of the heavyweight four-strokes in national and international trials. Bultaco’s meteoric rise to supremacy would surely have taken much longer had the Spanish manufacturer not had the foresight to recruit the world’s greatest trials rider, Sammy Miller, to spearhead development. Bultaco already possessed enormous experience of building two-strokes for road racing and moto-cross, so a 250cc single-cylinder ‘stroker’ was the natural choice for the new Sherpa trials model that made its debut at Earls Court in the autumn of 1964. By Christmas Miller had chalked up his first victory; the rest is history. Acquired by the current vendor in 2008 and totally rebuilt in 2009, this Sherpa is described by him as in generally very good condition. The machine is offered with sundry restoration invoices and dating certificate.
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