Francesc Xavier Bultó

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{{Infobox person

| name = Francesc Xavier Bultó

| image = Francesc Xavier Bulto.jpg

| alt = A black-and-white photo of a man in a flat cap and sunglasses holding a cigarette.

| caption = Bulto in 1963

| native_name = Francesc Xavier Bultó Marquès

| native_name_lang = ca

| birth_name =

| birth_date = 17 May 1912

| birth_place = Barcelona

| death_date = 3 August 1998 (aged 86)

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| nationality = Spanish

| other_names =

| occupation = Industrialist

| known_for =Motorbikes Montesa and Bultaco

}}

Francesc Xavier Bultó Marquès (Barcelona, 17 May 1912{{Cite book|author1=Herreros, Francisco |author2=Aznar, José Luis |year=1998|title=Historia del motociclismo en España (en castellà)|place=Barcelona|publisher=RACC & Hipòtesi Edi-Balmes Edició SL|pages=94–98|isbn=84-920886-5-6}} – Barcelona, 3 August 1998),{{Cite web|url=http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.es/preview/1998/08/05/pagina-22/33872820/pdf.html |title=Necrológicas. Don Francisco X. Bultó Marqués |accessdate=10 December 2010 |work=Hemeroteca |editor=La Vanguardia |date=5 August 1998 |format=PDF |language=Spanish}} popularly known as Paco Bultó, was a Spanish Catalan businessman, founder of Montesa along with Peter Permanyer, and of Bultaco.{{Cite book | last =Freixa| first =Elena| title = Catalunya, bressol d'èxits de dues rodes| url = http://www.ara.cat/ara_premium/cronica/Catalunya-bressol-dexits-dues-rodes_0_443355718.html| publisher= Diari Ara | editor = Edició de Premsa Periòdica ARA, SL | place = Barcelona | series = núm. 104 | date = 13 March 2011 | pages = 30–31|language=Catalan}} He was born into a family of Catalan bourgeoisie dedicated mainly to textiles. He is known as a motorcycle engineer and designer.{{Cite book

|chapter=45. El senyor Bultó

|pages=79–80

|last=Pi

|first=Pere

|authorlink1=Pere Pi Parera

|title=No tinc 200 anys. Les vivències de Pere Pi

|date=July 2012

|publisher=Autoedition (Service Point)

|location=Barcelona

|language=Catalan

|isbn=9788461590353}}

In the first company, Permanyer was the businessman and manager, and Bultó had experience with motorcycles. They produced light bikes with two-stroke engines, which outperformed heavier English bikes with four-stroke engines. In 1958, the Spanish government demanded some cuts from industry, and Permanyer wanted to abandon the sport-bike branch. Bultó coined his famous motto "market follows the chequered flag" and left the company. Together with some former employees, he started his own venture called Bultaco. The first model, Bultaco Tralla 101, came to the market 1959. The bikes were manufactured at Bultó family farm, and his children acted as test drivers for all prototypes.{{Cite web|url=http://www.elperiodicodelmotor.com/epm/articulo/exposicion-de-bultaco/1819|title=Motocicletas que perviven en el recuerdo|publisher=El Periodico del Motor|language=Spanish|url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322151013/http://www.elperiodicodelmotor.com/epm/articulo/exposicion-de-bultaco/1819|archivedate=22 March 2014}}

Francisco Xavier Bultó died on 5 August 1998, at age 86.

File:Montesa A-45 98cc 1945 b.JPG|Montesa A-45 98 cc (1945)

File:Bultaco Tralla 101 125cc 1959.JPG|Bultaco Tralla 101 125 cc (1959)