If you don't know Montesa they are Spanish, and known mainly for their trials bikes though they had a wider range of small two-stroke road and enduro bikes during their peak in the 50's through to early 80's.
In 1985 Honda effectivley bought out the dwindling company and Montesa is considered to be the Spanish subsidiary of Honda. In 1994 the last Montesa-designed engine was dropped and the Honda 250 2-st trials known as the "Montesa 315" was built for some years until the current 4RT came in 2005.
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The 4RT uses a physically tiny 250 4-st engine and quite a technological marvel it is that has been tweaked and weight reduced ever since, the latest bike is apparently 73kg dry....
My interest in this company is from my first bike, a Montesa Cota 247 trials, and I have a 349 in many pieces in the garage for when I get some time....
Back to this new machine and its very light of course, fuel-injected but starts surprisingly easy on the kicker, and over 5 grand for a bike with no seat!
We sold a few though,and a couple were converted to the "trail" version 4Ride, with a high enduro style seat. A super-lightweight trail bike:
https://www.honda.co.uk/motorcycles/ran ... rview.html
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