This motorcycle is to be auctioned at the Bonhams Summer Sale, The International Classic MotorCycle Show, Stafford , 2 – 4 July 2021

SALE TIMES
Friday 2 July
Collectors’ Motorcycles (Lots 1 - 127) Midday

Saturday 3 July
Spares and Memorabilia (Lots 201 - 551) 10am

Sunday 4 July
Motorcycles (Lot 601 - 811) 10am

VIEWING
Friday 2 July 9am to 5pm
Saturday 3 July 9am to 5pm
Sunday 4 July from 9am

ADMISSION TO THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE SHOW
Admission is not included in the price of the catalogue. Tickets can be purchased in advance from classicbikeshows.com.

REGISTER TO BID
Bid online or via the Bonhams app. Register to bid online by visiting www.bonhams.com/26514
Contact our Client Services department on: +44 (0) 207 447 7447 or bids@bonhams.com


COLLECTION OF PURCHASED LOTS
All purchased lots must be cleared from the sale venue by 7pm Sunday 4 July. Limited collection is available until 11am Monday 5 July, by appointment only, and purchasers must advise Bonhams Motorcycle Department via email no later than 7pm Sunday 4 July if they intend to collect Monday. Please email ukmotorcycles@bonhams. com with your collection or transport instructions as soon as possible following your successful bid. Failure to instruct Bonhams by the given time will result in your vehicle being uplifted to Moving Motorcycle’s Northamptonshire store at your expense. Buyers should satisfy themselves that they have collected all relevant logbooks, documents and keys relating to their Lot(s) at time of collection.

AUCTION ADDRESS
Bonhams
Sandylands Centre
Staffordshire County Showground
Weston Road
Stafford
ST18 0BD

GENERAL ENQUIRIES - GUIDE FOR BUYERS – BUYER CHARGES
Please contact Bonhams Motorcycles.

1973 BULTACO 326CC SHERPA T M92 TRIALS MOTORCYCLE
REGISTRATION NO. JKH 681 L
FRAME NO. B92-00976
ENGINE NO. M92-00976
• Complete rebuild using genuine Bultaco parts
• 'Best Off Road Machine" Cardiff Show 2019
• 'Best Trials Machine' Stafford Show October 2019
• Not ridden in competition since restoration
• Speedo reading 339 reflects use since rebuild

Francisco Xavier Bulto quit employment at the Spanish Montesa factory in 1958, upon hearing that they were withdrawing from road racing. He founded the Bultaco company in Barcelona and rapidly brought his 125cc two-stroke singles to market, entering two Sherpa N models in the 1962 international Six Days Trial, where they won Gold medals for no marks lost. Nephew Oriol Bulto entered the same model in the 1963 Scottish Six Days event and retired with electrical problems, but not before British top rider Sammy Miller had shown interest and taken the offered ride. It was a seed wisely sewn.

In 1964 Miller learned that the parent BSA company would not be supporting him on his much-modified 500cc Ariel HT in competition, a poor reward for the effort and skill devoted to keeping the marque name in the news. Sammy then travelled to Spain to meet Francisco Bulto and to consider developing a lightweight machine from the company's Sherpa N. After twelve days of graft, the result was the 250cc Sherpa T, weighing less than 100kg (220lbs) and would require less effort to tackle whatever section of the British landscape it faced. The disappearance of heavy four-stroke singles from the winning circles in trials proved the point, Miller winning the Scottish Six Days Trial on the new machine in 1964, followed by multiple British and European championship titles. It was natural that other Spanish makers followed suit as they saw the market succcess of Bultaco and the traditional British big single fell out of favour. The 1965 success is significant in that it triggered the formation of the Pre 65 class of trials that enjoys so much support today.

This outstanding example of the early 326cc Bultaco development, introduced in 1972, came to the vendor as a rolling frame and engine unit with matching numbers. Over the course of 18 months of internet searching and long hours in the workshop, new parts were sourced from British and Spanish specialists to produce this award winning example of a landmark off-road competition machine. Winning the Best Trials Machine at the 2019 Stafford Classic MotorCycle Show was a tribute to the skill and time given to the restoration, while the greatest compliment came from Sammy Miller himself, who examined the machine at the show and declared it "One of the best I've seen."

GBP6,000 - 8,000
€7,000 - 9,300

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