![]() ![]() Ossa had a motorcycle for every type of off-road racing, from observed trials, to short track. By the late 1960’s despite a somewhat spotty dealership and parts network, Ossa was making a name for itself in the United States, with bikes like the Pioneer, Super Pioneer and Stiletto. Within a few years Ossa sales were booming with a reputation for building quality machines, known for handling and reliability. Those Spanish motorcycle titans were a tight knit bunch it seems. The founder of Ossa, Manuel Giro was a Spanish sidecar champion on a BMW, and together with his copilot (monkey) Francisco Bulto (Founder of Bultaco) the pair racked up wins all across Europe in off-road sidecar competition. It seems every major motorcycle company from Harley Davidson to BSA to Yamaha copied the same 125cc two stroke DKW, down to the last bolt. Remember the Ossa, that oddball Spanish motorcycle with the four-leaf clover insignia? Started from humble beginnings as a manufacturer of movie projectors, in 1949 Ossa began producing motorcycles based on the design of a pre-war DKW 125.
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