Description
H&H Classic Auction @ National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands
30th Oct, 2024 11:00
1969 BSA B25FS Trials
Twin-shock trials trim
Estimate
£1, 800 - £2, 200
Registration No: URM 858H
Frame No: XC9007 B25FS
MOT: Exempt
Ex Police B25FS Fleetstar converted into trials specification
Alloy tank and mudguards, single seat and upswept exhaust
Still road registered with a current V5C
The Birmingham Small Arms factory was established in the Small Heath area of Birmingham in 1861 and, as the name suggests, initially manufactured weapons. Around the turn of the century they started producing bicycles and progressed onto motorcycles a few years later. BSA went on to become one of the world's largest producers of motorcycles until its demise in the early 1970s. The B25 range was the last of a long line of ‘learner legal’ 250s offered by BSA over the years, with a simple tried and tested single-cylinder OHV engine developing around 20bhp. The B25 has become a popular model for conversion into lightweight twin-shock trials bikes over the years.
This B25 appears to have started life in December 1969 as a Fleetstar model according to the engine and frame numbers. It is thought that only 449 models were produced with over half of these going to the Police and this example shows its one previous owner as being the Cumbria Constabulary. Part of a deceased estate and kept an enthusiast's small private collection since 1979, it has been converted into trials specification at some point in its life. It now sports a lightweight alloy fuel tank, single seat, alloy mudguards and an upswept exhaust with all unnecessary items stripped off. Not run for several years it will need recommissioning before use and is offered with a current V5C.
