The watercooled merlin trial
In October 1987 Merlin was in full production of the 1988 air cooled 350cc Fius in red. This model was a modification of the previous years white Trials bike.
A small trickle of news of this prototype is starting to leak out (I couldn't help myself) about Merlin producing a prototype watercooled trials bike.
Here is a letter the United States importer mark Oldar recieved from Merlin at this time
This letter says that they are gratefull for the interest of the water cooled 250cc MERLIN.
They think it wont be ready for the begining of 1988 but hope it will be ready for the end of this season or year.
They attach in the same envelope of this letter, information sheets of the bikes that nowaday are producing and the of the DG-2 model.
When i meet Ignacio Bulto i will ask him about this. Perhaps he still has the prototype?.
A small trickle of news of this prototype is starting to leak out (I couldn't help myself) about Merlin producing a prototype watercooled trials bike.
Here is a letter the United States importer mark Oldar recieved from Merlin at this time
This letter says that they are gratefull for the interest of the water cooled 250cc MERLIN.
They think it wont be ready for the begining of 1988 but hope it will be ready for the end of this season or year.
They attach in the same envelope of this letter, information sheets of the bikes that nowaday are producing and the of the DG-2 model.
When i meet Ignacio Bulto i will ask him about this. Perhaps he still has the prototype?.
