These bikes featured six-speed, bolt on gearboxes, in semi-unit construction, with all gears running on needle-roller bearings. In the early 1950s, Montesa entered many races in the 125cc class of road racing. The bike was entered in by the factory, being ridden by Bultó and G. This model went on to enter the 1951 International Six Days Enduro. As a successor to the previous model, Bultó designed a new 125cc roadster, which was tested in many of the trail-type rallies and semi-enduros that were popular in Spain at the time. The next year, the partnership focused on production improvements and meeting the growing demand for their bike. Despite some setbacks, they sold 22 of these units in the first year of production.
This led to the creation of a bike powered by a 95cc two-stroke engine with no rear suspension. Permanyer and Bultó teamed up in Barcelona and created a light-weight motorcycle. Permanyer began to produce his own gas engines, which allowed for a new area in motorcycles to be explored and expanded into.
Their first Montesa prototype was based upon the French Motobécane models of that time. Montesa was formed in 1944 by Pedro Permanyer and Francisco Xavier "Paco" Bultó. The company exports 75 percent of its production to Europe. Montesa Honda is the Spanish subsidiary of Honda, which assembles several models of motorcycles, bicycles and parts at its Barcelona plant.
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