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(A bove) Gary works out on the 370. (Top right) The Bailey 250 ' Sang, with
down pipe and Betor forks. (Above right) If Betor forks are used with the
cantilever suspension, lower them in the triple clamps. (Right) The
Professor shows off both bikes. The 370 is on the left. (Bottom right) " Gary 's
Bultaco performed as well as any works bike or modified production bike."
light blue color. Everything from the
engin eto frame to fen ders a nd forks
are the same color blue . The effect is
reall y sano, similar to H onda's all -red
RC works bikes .
Of course ; no a rti cle on a bike
would be. com p let e withou t riding
impressions. I got to take a 15-minute
fling on G ary's 370 which I figured to
be the -n icest of the two bi kes with its
Simons forks .and nea t looking pre,
producti on u p p ip e. With its ' reedval ved cylinder t he engi ne responded
beautifully with lots of b ro ad , usable ,
to rq uey po wer from nearly idl e right
on
up
the
powe rba nd .
T he
transmission wo r ke d well , but lik e
m ost Eu ropean bikes the shift throws
a re fa irly lo ng and it tak es a little
ge tt ing used to after Ja pa nese b ikes. In
the handl ing dep artm ent G ary's
Bul t a co perfo r m ed as well as a ny
wo rks b ike or' m o d ified produ ction
bike I' ve ever rid d en . It certainly
wo u ld be co m pe titive on today's
Na tio na l or International motocross
ci rcuit.
So what does this all prove? That a
presently uncompetitive m o torcycl e
ca n be made competitive with a lot of
hard work a nd money? Certainly, and
for a lot of Bult a co d eale rs and
enthusiasts C ary Ba iley's m odi fications
m ig ht j ust h elp ' them weather the
present sto rm . For ot her serious ri ders
who have no loyalties tho ug h , there
are better race-r ea dy m ot ocross bikes
availa b le whi ch would cost less and
require hardly any preparation to be
m ade com pe t itive. What Ca ry -Bailey
wanted to do though , is show us what
the new 1978 producti on Pursangs will
be like an d wh at can be d one in th e
meantime.
" If the new Bultacos are as good as I
.ex pect them to be , it will p roba bl y
take all of 1978 just to try an d bu ild
back up the reputatio n they once had ,
but the new b ikes will be good eno ugh
that they sh ould be ab le to do it. "
For th e Professor of Motocross the
new production bi kes a re the only
re wa rd he wants for his hard wo rk a nd
loya lty in keep in g th e Bul taco fa ith
a live.
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Gar y Bailey's C ycl e Barn
P.O. Box 118
Axto n , V irginia
(703) 650-3030
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