Francesc Xavier Bultó Marquès (
Barcelona, 17 May 1912
– Barcelona, 3 August 1998), popularly known as Paco Bultó, was a Spanish
Catalan businessman, founder of
Montesa along with
Peter Permanyer
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and Bultaco. He was born into a family of Catalan
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dedicated mainly to textiles. He is known as a motorcycle engineer and designer.
In the first company, Permanyer was the businessman and manager, and Bultó had experience of motorcycles. They produced light bikes with
two-stroke engines, which outperformed heavier English bikes with four-stroke engines. In 1958 Spanish government demanded some cuts from industry, and Permanyer wanted to abandon the sport bike branch. Bultó coined his famous motto "market follows the chequered flag" and left the company. Together with some former employees he started his own venture called Bultaco. The first model, Bultaco Tralla 101, came to the market 1959. The bikes were manufactured at Bultó family farm, and his children acted as test drivers for all prototypes.
Francisco Xavier Bultó died on 5 August 1998, at age 86.
File:Montesa A-45 98cc 1945 b.JPG, Montesa A-45 98cc (1945)
File:Bultaco Tralla 101 125cc 1959.JPG, Bultaco Tralla 101 125cc (1959)
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1912 births
1998 deaths
Businesspeople from Catalonia
Spanish industrialists
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