{"id":11546,"date":"2022-03-08T15:37:59","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T15:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advwisdom.com\/a\/taco-time-crd-whips-up-a-bmw-homage-to-a-classic-bultaco-3\/"},"modified":"2022-03-08T15:37:59","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T15:37:59","slug":"taco-time-crd-whips-up-a-bmw-homage-to-a-classic-bultaco-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/advwisdom.com\/a\/taco-time-crd-whips-up-a-bmw-homage-to-a-classic-bultaco-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Taco Time!!  CRD whips up a BMW homage to a classic Bultaco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Spanish motorcycle customization shop <a href=\"https:\/\/caferacerdreams.es\/\">Cafe Racer Dreams<\/a> has built a lot of bikes, but one recent creation paying homage to legendary Castilian bike maker Bultaco has definitely caught our eye.<\/p>\n<p>CRD calls the machine\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/caferacerdreams.es\/moto\/crd128-bmw-street-tracker\/\">CRD128<\/a>\u201d but the unusual bike is a tribute to the 1977 Bultaco Frontera Gold Medal 370 (below), itself a tribute to the winning off-road Bultacos of the 1960s and 1970s.  Bultaco produced mostly dual-sport (then called \u201cenduros\u201d) motorcycles, but also race bikes, from 1958 to 1983.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_74939\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74939\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-74939 jetpack-lazy-image\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bultaco-Frontera-370-Gold-Medal-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bultaco-Frontera-370-Gold-Medal-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bultaco-Frontera-370-Gold-Medal-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bultaco-Frontera-370-Gold-Medal-100x66.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bultaco-Frontera-370-Gold-Medal-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bultaco-Frontera-370-Gold-Medal-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bultaco-Frontera-370-Gold-Medal-900x599.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bultaco-Frontera-370-Gold-Medal-1050x700.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bultaco-Frontera-370-Gold-Medal-1200x799.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bultaco-Frontera-370-Gold-Medal.jpg 1500w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bultaco-Frontera-370-Gold-Medal-750x500.jpg?is-pending-load=1\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74939\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-74939\" src=\"https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bultaco-Frontera-370-Gold-Medal-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bultaco-Frontera-370-Gold-Medal-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bultaco-Frontera-370-Gold-Medal-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bultaco-Frontera-370-Gold-Medal-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bultaco-Frontera-370-Gold-Medal-100x66.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bultaco-Frontera-370-Gold-Medal-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bultaco-Frontera-370-Gold-Medal-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bultaco-Frontera-370-Gold-Medal-900x599.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bultaco-Frontera-370-Gold-Medal-1050x700.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bultaco-Frontera-370-Gold-Medal-1200x799.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bultaco-Frontera-370-Gold-Medal.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-74939\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The original Bultaco Frontera 370 Gold Medal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Among other wins, Bultaco machines were victorious at the Scottish Six Days enduros in 1965, 1967 and 1968. Fun fact: Ex-MotoGP racer Sete Gibernau is the grandson of the founder of Bultaco and raced with Bultaco&#8217;s iconic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/402992970534\">\u201cthumbs up\u201d logo<\/a> on the back of his helmet.  The CRD bike includes the logo on the gas cap.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_74947\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74947\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-74947 jetpack-lazy-image\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CRD-Bultaco-BMW-4-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CRD-Bultaco-BMW-4-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CRD-Bultaco-BMW-4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CRD-Bultaco-BMW-4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CRD-Bultaco-BMW-4-100x66.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CRD-Bultaco-BMW-4-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CRD-Bultaco-BMW-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CRD-Bultaco-BMW-4-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CRD-Bultaco-BMW-4-1050x700.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CRD-Bultaco-BMW-4-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CRD-Bultaco-BMW-4-1800x1200.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CRD-Bultaco-BMW-4.jpg 1949w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CRD-Bultaco-BMW-4-750x500.jpg?is-pending-load=1\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74947\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-74947\" src=\"https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CRD-Bultaco-BMW-4-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CRD-Bultaco-BMW-4-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CRD-Bultaco-BMW-4-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CRD-Bultaco-BMW-4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CRD-Bultaco-BMW-4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CRD-Bultaco-BMW-4-100x66.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CRD-Bultaco-BMW-4-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CRD-Bultaco-BMW-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CRD-Bultaco-BMW-4-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CRD-Bultaco-BMW-4-1050x700.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CRD-Bultaco-BMW-4-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CRD-Bultaco-BMW-4-1800x1200.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.advrider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CRD-Bultaco-BMW-4.jpg 1949w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-74947\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Cafe Racer Dreams<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Bultaco brand was revived in 2014 as an \u201cebike\u201d maker but the machines are clearly thinly veiled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bultacobikes.co.uk\/\">electric off-road motorcycles with pedals.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While the original Frontera was a 2-stroke single, the CRD128 custom is based on a 1983 BMW R80T airhead boxer that&#8217;s been stripped of a claimed 100kg (over 200 pounds) of unneeded bits and wears an authentic Gold Medal gas tank and bug screen.\n<\/p>\n<p>CRD says they rebuilt the Bultaco Boxer from the ground up and added some nice touches including a pair of stubby Supertrapp exhausts, modern Tokico brakes on the stock front rim, and even gold coloring for the dual Bing mixers.  Here&#8217;s their video, but unfortunately, some loud music drowns out any exhaust noise.  The video is in Spanish so hit those subtitles for a translation.\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Premiere #CRD128 BMW R80 RT \u25cf Cafe Racer Dreams\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lYeetGcsnHk?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>CRD calls the bike a \u201cstreet tracker\u201d in their description but it also has a bit of caf\u00e9 flavor and enduro bits as well, and commenters and CRD get into some tiffs about that on the bike&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/fb.watch\/boW4uQ5aeG\/\">Facebook post<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re interested in your taking on the CRD128?  Cool?  subscription?  Whatever you think, CRD is happy to get it dusty and loft the front wheel in their video, and the bike is clearly a runner at least, and not just a garage ornament.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t\t!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n\t\t{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n\t\tn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n\t\tif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n\t\tn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n\t\tt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n\t\ts.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n\t\t'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\t\tfbq('init', '1142841732811135');\n\t\tfbq('track', 'PageView');\n\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spanish motorcycle customization shop Cafe Racer Dreams has built a lot of bikes, but one recent creation paying homage to legendary Castilian bike maker Bultaco has definitely caught our eye. 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