Bultaco Matador

• Ima Nottelling says:

  03/04/2021 at 7:53 am

  Hi.. Can someone please tell me the difference between a 350 Matador Mk 9 and a Mk10 In pics they look the same. Can’t remember which it is and bike is in storage after being fully restored in 1988. Don’t know the serial number off hand sorry. Frame was replaced by Bultaco after accident within first 12 months of being purchased new from Newells in brisbane. Was road registered. It has been stored under cover for 32+years..Any idea what it is worth. Cheers..

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• larry smith says:

  12/14/2016 at 2:43 am

  I HAVE A COUPLE MATADORS , I PUTTING TOGETHER FROM PURCHASES E BAY , A MODEL 26 ENGINE I PURCHASED FOR 100. $ AT AUCTION AND FOUND OUT IT WOULD ONLY FIT , 26 FRAME , SO PURCHASED FRAME , AND SPECIAL BACK WHEEL ONLY FITS WIDE FRAME BOLT WITH SPROKET COVER , I PUT A NEW PISTON RINGS , POINTS COND , STATOR , OIL , CLEANED IT UP PAINTED , , INSTALLED , WITH A FEW KICKS STARTED UP RUNS LIKE A TOP , IM NOT FINISHED WITH IT , , I ALSO PURCHASED A MODEL 4 MATADOR ON E BAY AUCTION 350$ JUST ENGINE WAS TOLD IT WAS A RUNNER , I ENDED UP PURCHASING THE HOLE BIKE , NO SEAT NO TANK , , I STARTED LOOKING UP NUMBERS ON WHATS AV ON ALL WEB SITES , ,, M 405222 ENGINE B403500 FRAME COULD NOT FIND ANY WHERS THOUGHT IT WAS MK1 ,, I THINK THERE WAS SO MANY MADE THE NUMBERS – WERE NOT KEPT STRAIGHT , I THINKING IT MK2 , ENGINE WAS CHANGED SOME WHERE , LOOKS SAME AS MK1 , I HAPPY JUST TO OWN A OLD BULTACO , I WORKING ON PAINTING FRAME , , HAVE FEW PLASTIC TANKS LOOK VERY SIMULAR , AND SHORT SEAT , , THERE GREAT PROJECTS –

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• Dave T says:

  02/29/2016 at 2:48 am

  Replies welcome, after owning my Bul for nearly 50 years now, I have now for the first time taken a look at the serial numbers. They match.

  What puzzles me is the title reads 1964, and I always thought it was a Matador. Serial numbers on the charts I found on line show that year Mat. to be 400.448 to 401.418. My number is 401.525! I do not find that number anywhere.

  I always felt she was sort of a nice slow mule. I could go anywhere. When the mud was too deep or the brush to thick, it still kept going. I did get caught in a creek one cold day and had to give up.

  I left her there over night. Next day my Bro came back with me and pulled her out. She’s been in storage for quite a few years and today I pulled her out, (it was apart). I am missing the front fender, one rear shock, one clip on, and the chain. Them mice are really a problem around here.

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• William H David says:

  05/11/2014 at 3:58 pm

  Bback in ’72 I had a 250 Yamaha and was in an enduro race. I had made friends with a couple Germans that were also racing, one had the 250 Matador and the other brother had the 360 el Matedero??? Anyhow, Hauns let me take his 250 Mat’ for a ride. Unbelievable, the difference in power of the two, (Yamaha and Bultaco). I fell in love with that bike and told my friend, I will own one!!! 58 years old, not yet, but it will come to me before I die, beautiful bikes. No matter how old, stay on the pegs.

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  • john fosmire says:

    06/28/2017 at 5:23 am

    If you are still interested in a matador, I am building one. 1970 model 26 250c.c. all stock. Chromed aluminum fenders. Some patina but mostly
    repainted. Still working on it. Almost there.

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    • Anonymous says:

      09/18/2018 at 12:05 am

      John – You told me yours was a ’69. Now its a ’70. And what does “model 26” refer to? Clement PS: Use e-mail to reply.

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