15th Nov, 2023 13:00

National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands

 
Lot 361
 

1970 BSA B25 Starfire
NOW NO RESERVE

Sold for £2,645

(including buyers premium)


Lot details

Registration No: EVG 925H
Frame No: CD08574 B25S
Engine No: CD087574 B25S
CC:
250
MOT: Exempt

  • Attractive B25 Starfire 250 finished in Metallic Red
  • Extensive engine rebuild only 1000 miles ago
  • Supplied with a BSA Club Dating Certificate and a V5C

The Birmingham Small Arms factory was established in the Small Heath area of Birmingham in 1861 and, as the name suggests, manufactured weapons. Around the turn of the century they started making bicycles and progressed onto motorcycles a few years later. BSA went on to become one of the world's largest producers of motorcycles up until its demise in the early 1970s. The B25 Starfire was one of the last of a long line of ‘learner legal’ 250s offered by BSA over the years, with an old-fashioned but solid single-cylinder OHV engine developing 20bhp.

This well-presented Starfire left the Small Heath factory on the 14th May, 1970, being dispatched to the BSA distributor in Paris. First registered in June, it spent the next 10 years in France before reportedly being displayed in a museum in Japan for over 30 years. Once repatriated back to the UK, it was bought by the vendor who decided to keep the bike as original as possible. It seems whilst it was on display in Japan the fuel and oil tank had been internally coated with a waxy solution that had soaked into the engine, so a complete rebuild was carried out including a new piston, crank bearings, oil pump, clutch plates and carburettor with an electronic ignition system fitted at the same time. The fuel tank was cleaned out and repainted due to some previous scratches with care being taken to match the original colour and the speedo recalibrated to MPH. Once completed the previous owner used the bike regularly on vintage rallies, last running it this summer, see video. The bike comes supplied with a BSA Owner's Club Dating Certificate and a current V5C.

For more information, please contact:
Ian Cunningham
ian.cunningham@handh.co.uk
07415 871189

 

Auction: National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands, 15th Nov, 2023

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