History of Blata

Blata Pocket Bikes

Pavel Blata started his involvement with minibikes in the early
1990s. After a successful run at constructing air cooled MM2.5 bikes
equipped by 2.5kW Italian engine , Blata soon decided to move on
to design complete line of fine racing minibikes and scooters.
Pavel Blata then met Rastislav Brodsky at the 1992 MotoVelo Fair in
Prague. Ras was at the time working for the Czech industrial agro-
computer company, which had refocused its business model after
the revolution, and had been building their own small motorized
scooter called the "Zoom" since 1990. The scooter was designed
with styling design help from a professor, and dean of design at the
University of Zlin, Czechoslovakia, a division of the Technical
University of Prague, and another well respected Czech technical
designer, and was being manufactured by the Czech aircraft
company, Moravan.
Ras Brodsky soon joined forces with Pavel Blata in 1992 when they
designed new Blatino scooter line, and by 1993 Blata had already
designed and were racing the new Elite 11 models, which they
would add to the lineup in 1994. In 1996 Blata organized the Blata
Cup Racing Series in the Czech republic, and starting with the 1998
series, the winners of the Blata cup have gone on to compete in the
European Championships. In 1999, Blata cup winner Jan Prudik
finished 2nd in the European Championships in his class riding a
new Blata Elite 12. He then followed it in 2000 with a Blata cup win
and a European 1st place win, where rounding out the podium was
Blata rider Ondrej Jezek, with a European 3rd place finish. Blata's
racing team even includes female riders, and in the 2001 European
Championships, 10-year-old Andrea rode to a 3rd place win in the
Junior class. Blata 2.5 bikes have proven extremely popular among
younger Junior Class racers because of their low cost, and easy,
controllable acceleration.
Over the years, Blata's product popularity has continued to grow,
and the company itself has grown to include a mostly very young
workforce - the Blata company employees range from 18-40 years
old, with the majority of its employees under the age of 30. Ras
Brodsky has moved to Florida to better represent Blata's expanding
interests in the US market, and help develop Blata's racing efforts in
the USA.
In 2000, Blata distinguished itself as being the first company in
Czechoslovakia to design a product entirely using CAD-CAM
computer modeling, in its design of the new Blata Elite 13 model.
The event was covered by TV Nova, and was featured in CAD
Magazine.
The new Elite 13 model features an all-new design, now
incorporating Blata's very own engine, which was designed with
help from a world renown Czech 2-stroke tuner and engineer,
known for his work with many of today's top manufacturers' racing
teams. In 2002 Blata designer’s team developed a completely new
midibike – the Blata Origami B1. Origami B1 sets new standards to
minibike racing and moves it to new higher level. Blata has recently
relocated to a brand-new facility and expanded its manufacturing to
keep up with the ever-increasing popularity of its products. Blata is
a very young company, with the ability to re-invent itself and its
products, and will undoubtedly continue to be a serious contender in
minibike racing scene in Europe, USA, and abroad.