Motorcycle
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- OBJECT TYPE
- Trials/Single cyl/125cc/2cyc
- DATE
- 1978
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1980.0773.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Bultaco
- MODEL
- SHERPA T
- LOCATION
- Barcelona, Spain
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- VB18500800
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- TUBULAR STEEL FRAME/ CHROMED FORKS, HANDLE BARS/ METAL PARTS/ SYNTHETIC FUEL TANK CAP, SEAT/ RUBBER TIRES, HANDGRIPS/ GLASS HEADLIGHT LENS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 185.0 cm
- Width
- 83.0 cm
- Height
- 98.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Motorized Ground Transportation
- Category
- Motorcycle vehicles
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Bultaco
- Country
- Spain
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Barcelona
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- UNUSED
- Canada
-
Bultaco became one of the leading European motorcycle factories after the war. They built many many two-strokes of their own design with capacities from 50cc to 363cc. These included extremely successful trial, moto-cross and road-racing machines. - Function
-
RECREATIONAL/ GENERAL TRANSPORTATION/ DESIGNED AS AN OFF ROAD TRAILS BIKE BUT COULD BE USED ON HIGHWAY - Technical
-
Perhaps the most famous Bultaco model is the Sherpa T, a trials bike, which revolutionised the sport in the 1960s. At that time trials was almost exclusively a British sport using big heavy four-stroke machines. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED INTO HEADSTOCK RIGHT IS: `VB-18500800'/ STAMPED INTO RIGHT OF CRANKCASE TOP IS: `VM-18500800'/ CIRCULAR [LOGO] BADGE ON BOTHSIDES OF FUEL TANK IS BLACK & YELLOW ONSILVER READS: `BULTACO/ REG TRADE MARK/ CEMOTO/ MADE IN SPAIN'/ `BULTACO' IS FOUND IN CAST LETTERS ON BOTH SIDES OF CRANKCASE, ON BOTH SIDES OF FUEL TANK IN BLACK TRIMMED SILVER LETTERS & INDENTED/RAISED LETTERS IN SEAT TOP/ IN BLACK TRIMMED SILVER FIGURES ON BOTH FRAME COVRES IS: `125' A SEPERATE CIRCULAR STICKER IS CHEQURED BLACK & WHITE WITH RED LETTERING ON A YELLOW BACKGROUND READS: `SHERPA/ T'
- Missing
- see condition report.
- Finish
- FRAME PAINTED GREY/ FUEL TANK & FRAME COVERS ARE RED/ BLACK SEAT, EXHAUST SYSTEM, TIRES, HAND GRIPS
- Decoration
- FUEL TANK HAS A SILVER DECORATION ON UPPER SECTION THAT RESEMBLES A HOCKEY STICK WITH BOTH THE HANDLE & BLADE HAVING POINTED ENDS
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Bultaco, Motorcycle, 1978, Artifact no. 1980.0773, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1980.0773.001/
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