Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

x TRIA-L DE SAN ANTONIO Switzerl and was eig h t h and Fra nce's Ch rist ian Ra y er n inth . T hese men , whos e rid ing sty les vary wid ely, all d emonst ra t e what Bultaco literature aptly te rms "The enjoyment of dynamic b alan ce " . A nd th ough this exp ress ion is n o t pecu lia r to trials riding (all fo rms of motorcycling incorporate d y nam ic b alan ce) it is m o st appropriate as a designation of wh at trails tec hnique is all about. T his implies far more than simply th e o bviously necessary ability to balance a slow-m o vin g m achin e. T he mobile stability includ es the head as we ll as body. Call it co ncen tra tio n; the d iscip lin e of a dyn amically balanced b rain t hat tran sm its exact commands to th e body at exactly t he right time. Ad d t he p recise p hysica l ab ility t o trans la te th e message in to t he co r rect ma n/ m ac h in e resp onse. a n d you're into trials. T he e njoym e nt come s fro m d o in g Igna ci o Bulto ta kes a b rea t her to watch . it w ell. Th e above d escription assu m es t he ma chine's cap abili ty o f p re dictab le resp on se in eve ry situati on. T he re are of course man y variab les in vo lved h ere; but, fo r th e ex pert trials rider, th e Sherpa T will virtually d o exactly as it is told . For th e flagra n t Novice (see byline) it will do full- twist rever se endoes. It is d efin it el y a se rio us machine. Best to get yo ur body, brain and th rottle sensitivity a ll in synch before trying the super-tough sections . The really rough st uff will mark the difference between the Sh erpa T and a lesser ma ch in e. When Sr . Bulto and Sammy Miller co llaborated on develo p ing a nd im proving the machine, Francisco asked Sam to bring h is former ma chin e, an Ariel , to Spain. This was do ne a nd they se t abou t com pari ng th e two bikes. In sec tion after sec t io n the machines ..'" Ol N c, proved equally capab le. T h at Sammy co ul d clean th e to ug h sectio ns o n bikes of suc h d isp arat e charac teristic s says something of his great ab ility. Fin ally , Sr. Bulto asked the cham p t o pick o u t the .m ost difficult section he could po ssib le find. This turned o ut to be Section No. 29, the final section of the final San Anto nio Trial. O n th e Bu ltaco, Sammy cleaned. On the Ariel, no way. The res ults speak fo r themselves. Scottish Six Days victories in 1965, 196 7 and 1968 ; E uropean championships in 1968 and 1970. Bultaco's co ntinuing committment to competitive m oto rcy clin g is a tribute to Sr. Bulto's beli ef in "the enjoymen t of d ynamic balance". Sure, ' wi nning eve n ts sells mo t or c ycles. Bu t it goes deeper than th at. Francisco X. Bulto has b een vario usly described throughout h is success fu l career; co m m on adjec t ives are "aris tocratic , charming, elegrant ," et c. All tru e. But S r. Bu lto 's mo re basic cha rac t er emerges wh en h e recalls so me particula r race. His eyes brigh t en as th e righ t h and cu rls around an imaginary t h ro ttle, th e left hand desc ribing, say, fo rme r ro adracer J o h n Grace's lin e th ro ugh the esses at MonJjuic h, and his __voice becomes th e- exhaust no te o f a TSS at full song. He' s a biker. 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