As a seventeen year old, this was my first proper motorbike, which I rode on L plates until I passed my test. I loved this little 250. My friends all had the Japanese 250's of the day and I was surprised at how it could hold it's own against all but the RD's. The engine would spin up to 10K, which helped in drag races. The only issue I had with the bike over the three years or so I rode it was the kickstarter dogs crumbling. I can't remember how many I had to replace. In the end, I perfected bump starting her and left the kickstarter for high days and holidays or when I wanted to impress. The handling was second to none I recall, she's so light and flickable. Yours sounds very sweet and looks lovely and clean. I hope you get to cover many troublefree miles on her. I'm on the lookout for a TR5T Trophy Trail, which as you know was a Triumph bitsa utilising the same frame but with a Daytona 500 engine shoehorned in. Back in the 70's, riding the 250, the Adventurer or Trophy Trail seemed like the holy grail of bikes. A friend had a B50SS not long after we passed our bike tests. The engine characteristics were so different from the peppy 250 as to be quite deceptive when out on the road. I recall glancing at the speedo on the B50 and being surprised at how fast I was going for the engine speed.

hi angus, good to see you out on the b25, good to see no bad oil leaks b25 as it should be sounds good too not to much clatter, would be interesting to see what the ignition is set at and the advance unit advance degree, looks to be a very good bike like to see more of it.

I had one of these as my first bike. Bought from Leather and Simpson's in Sheffield and paid £220 for it. It was like the red and black ones but blue and white. Unfortunately my 17 year old self couldn't do the necessary to keep it running for more than a couple of days and I spent as much time pushing it as riding it. It probably was for the best because if I'd spent all my money on a Suzuki GT250 I like my mates did I would definitely gave crashed. Eventually I sold it to a friend who I believe still has it, but he moved away and I haven't seen him for years now. JWE 8J still shows up on a dvla check so it is probably still out there somehere.

What a cool machine!!! Changing the oil in the oil in frame machine was, and obviously still is, a pain in the ass. I would definitely check out what new and modern lubricants will work better since that machine was built 50+ years ago. Thanks for sharing.

Always nice to see you out on the road, hoping it will be less of a rare treat in 2023 !

Great to see this little machine on the road. I am a fan of the BSA unit singles. Indeed, I wish the new BSA had started with an update of these rather than the, to my eye, rather frumpy retro machine they came up with.

Nice to see you out and about again, mate. Must admit I've never seen a Gold Star 250SS before -- been away a while!!! Just what is the advantage (or otherwise!) of the oil-in-frame as opposed to the normal oil tank? Cheers.

Hi Angus. Great to see you're out and about and enjoying the B25SS. You have Rupert Ratio to thank for it not being too rattly, as I set the valve clearances as per his method as explained in his book.

Great stuff Angus. Thank you so much from Wisconsin USA. 🌞🏍🙏🏻

Hi Angus, good to see you're back and riding the handsome little B25👍. Are the instruments working? Regards Claus

Hi Angus, are you going to upload anymore ride outs on the B25SS. Keen to see how yours runs in comparison to mine.

Sounds really good! But how come it was okay to put the oil filler cap up near the headstock on the singles but down near the rear of the petrol tank on the twins? They lost a lot of capacity doing that on the twins but I read they were worried that people would confuse the filler with the petrol cap!

Goldstar? Really - I have a B25B and its a Starfire, not a goldstar. Dont think mine has oil in frame tho, its a dry sump.

Good to see you back Angus

Lovely looking and sounding bike. Well done.