Post Listing Update: This Mercurio again did not meet reserve, this time despite 16 bids up to $3,601 on eBay.
4-7-19 Update: Almost a year later, this Mercurio is back up for sale. Nothing seems to have changed since bidding stalled out at $3,733 last time, but here’s your chance if you missed it in June. Find this Bultaco for sale in Boise, Idaho with bidding up to $2,025 and the reserve not yet met
Post Listing Update: This Mercurio did not meet reserve despite 16 bids up to $3,733 on eBay.
The Bultaco Mercurio (Mercury) debuted in 1960 as a 125cc, though by ’64 it had grown to a 175 for the Model 13, a motorcycle that was exclusively sold as an export to the US.
Bultaco stated that the 175cc motor was good for 18 horsepower and a top speed of 80 mph. The Mercury logo was a stylized face of the Roman god that, while Bultaco’s slogan for the model was “Big Gun, Small Price!”
The Mercurio logo, image from Moto Guapa.
This example (VIN: 13066000) was restored with “original and some NOS parts”. The seller lists all the work has that has been completed, including NOS rubber pieces, a NOS exhaust, and new Betor shocks. Find this Mercurio for sale in Boise, idaho with bidding up to $710 and the reserve not yet met