Had several friends that raced these. They put the engine in Champion frames with their glass tank and seat section. Very fast and mostly reliable. Nice to see your work of art.
How did I not hear you say that you have an aluminum tank on this bike?..I have one on mine and the flip up monza cap slobbers all over my nice paint. Where did you get a cap to thread on the male threads that the monza cap threads on to? Please 🙏
I took off the fip cap. And got an adapter machined up to fit the Bultaco cap. Worked well but i had to shave something off the Bultaco black material at bottom
Boy Noel you got those bultacos tuned, and boy do they sound crisp and clean. You running Amals or Mikunis. I have a real nice model 120 pursang I restored. Would you be interested in seeing a pic? I promise you it is one of the nicest and faithfully original restored pursangs youll see👍
@@noelsens1393 what years are they. Just sent you a comment to one one of your other astro restoration and mentioned my model 120 I restored...see if can view my comment I left and let me know....have to mention again crisp those bultacos of your sound👍
To hear that they start first kick is amazing and hard to believe. I have a power dynamics electronic ignition set at 2.42 mm advance and .022 gap on the plug, but this thing cranks when it wants to, not me.
@noelsens1393 I've seen videos of people doing that, but in all the years I've had this, I've never tried that. I will. If it works you will hear me yelling. I live in north Alabama.
The only flattracker that I know of where you could buy one off the show room floor and go straight to the race track, and all you needed were numbers.
Use to ride and race dirt bikes back in the early to mid 70s. More flat track style tracks. To this day I still think 70s flat track bikes were the coolest looking bikes. Back in the day one of my dream bikes was an XR-750. HD. Even though I was strictly into 2 strokes.
I bought a 1969 Harley Davidson ERS 350 and raced it in District 36 at Fremont and Hayward as well as Lodi, Calistoga and Orland. I was very competitive with it even in the 1/2 miles. I took several 1st places in the 350/360 novice class. Then at a San Jose 1/2 mile I was helping Mert Lawwill unload his bike(getting in the way I am sure) I asked how I could make it more competitive and his response was "get a Yamaha". The next year I was not on a Yamaha but on a Champion framed Kawasaki Bighorn. Then my good finishes became first places and I started moving up and turned pro Novice. I remember my first lap on it the very first time I raced it was at an Orland 1/2 mile. I went out on the track for practice and just twisted the throttle as hard as I could going down the back straight. Passed a couple of guys and was thinking "Oh S!!t, this is fast". Then I realized I was already at turn 3 I was too late to slow down for the turn and barely made it through. I slowed down for a couple of laps to get a feel for it. After that is was great! Still love both those bikes and wish I still had them. I have to agree, those bikes were the best!
I raced a 360 Astro in 1975 then handed it over to my next younger brother who won many races on it, including the Michigan state short track championship 2 years running. 30 years later my youngest brother dusted it off, put gas and oil in it and won a few vintage half miles with it!
Got a slow project, road legal mk6 Pursang chassis (box section swingarm?), with a 350cc grass track motor (173). Previous owner thinks maybe have been flat tracked in US?
Sir you did a fantastic job on these bikes. Being a flat tracker from the seventies, I truly believe the Astro was the best flat tracker ever. Where else could you go to the show room and buy this bike and take it to the race track. All you needed was numbers for the number plates and you were off. Great video, you should be very proud!
And he has grey hair like me......Oh how I still want to jump on and take off.....but the Hospital says No - No - No ! Old people don't bounce like young people do.
Sure they do, they just don't recover as well, but they bounce fine.😉 I have actually thought of putting together a Class C bike for District 36 and racing in the old man classes. Then reality hit me. Two titanium knees, fused back and a painful hip. Who am I fooling.
All that painting and buffing just flys out the window when they just sit in the barn.Got big and fat and dont ride any of them much any more.Shame on me.
My Dad owned an Ossa Stiletto and my older brother had a 250 Pursang. That Ossa ran forever and ever. The Pursang had a finicky clutch and transmission. However both were a ton of fun to ride. As a 13 year old I liked my brothers Pursang because it had a lower seat height than contemporary Japanese bikes at the time. You have some beautiful machines there. I have always wondered what made the Astra such a desirable flat track bike?
Those are 3 beautiful examples of why I've always drooled over Bultacos! Love the paint scheme! I always wanted a 125 Pursang when I was a teen, hoping to achieve success like my idol, Jim Pomeroy. Was never fortunate enough to get one but life ain't over yet!
You mentioned a couple of times how proud you was of those Bikes. I’m sure you are proud! Heck I proud that I ran across this video!! There all rolling works of very fine art!! Thanks for sharing.
VeryNice work liked the Tank i tried on a Mark 4 Pursang Tank thoe should of been the Mark 5 Tank got them mixed up as wasn't well and ruined my good Tank made me give up Spraying as looked like a Child`s work. Still looking for a Astro selling 2 of the my Sherpa`s as Project`s today hopefully.
@@noelsens1393 You deserve the Credit you put a lot of work in and money to build Two. Build anymore Astro`s your be starting a Museum with the ones You have
Beautiful Astro they just look amazing. Keep looking every day to find one to buy. Anyway of to shops to buy fiberglass filler for Pursang boat base. Seen a Astro seat going for around £330 on Ebay so if goes down black Friday will buy it.
Hi Noel looked into buying from States for Parts the shipping and duty cost a lot more than item. Just put the Bultaco 250 Go Kart engine in. Can not find any information on Bultaco go Karts engines or Vids on them anywhere.If No Good have 3 Pursang engines to full back to. Anyway better go as could write for ages asking you questions on Flat Track.Thanks for info
Beautiful Bike just purchased a Pursang 250 mark 4 model 68 of E bay. So looking for a second hand Astro seat for it as don't like the boat seat looks weird to me. Going to see if feasible to build a Astro from my Pursangs till a Astro magically appears on eBay UK
Nice still looking to buy one bought 3 Pursang projects to play with. Hopefully after Brexit and pound recovers against dollar see if get dealer to sell with shipping
