The revolutionary MAR, with its unique look (white with a diagonal green stripe) defined an era and was a real sales success. OSSA and Mick Andrews won the Scottish Six Days Trial three times and two European championships in 1971 and 1972.
The trade press of the day wrote the following regarding a test of the MAR published in December 1971: “its finishings are close to perfect; it is the best trial motorbike in existence”.
The brand’s diversification extended to enduro and motocross with such emblematic bikes as the Desert series and the Super Pioneer, as well as the unforgettable OSSA Phantom motocross bike.
The OSSA Phantom was the first production motorcycle with a chrome molybdenum tube chassis and an aluminium swingarm: it weighed six or seven kilos less than the competition’s bikes. Hakan Carlquist and Gaston Rahier, riders who would later become world champions, helped develop it.
Models such the 250 T, the famous OSSA Copa, and the OSSA trial bike on which Toni Gorgot won the Spanish Championship were later developed.
OSSA finally closed in 1985.
