BSA hailed the event as "The finest
record ever established at Daytona by any motorcycle manufacturer.."
and it was.
Yet they did very little to capitalise
on the success in the UK and the passage of time has not been much
kinder - the event had not earned more than a passing comment in
books about BSA or Motorycle racing history.
So 50 years later a group of
enthusiasts in Scotland and the USA decided to hold a 50th
anniversary celebration of this historic win by restoring two of the
Daytona racing bikes.
These were displayed at a
number of special events organised during Bike Week at Daytona,
Florida 2004. The events were attended by the original BSA riders,
other famous racers from that period, ex- BSA
 employees
and hundreds of BSA fans.
It was the the biggest BSA event of the year!
But if you didn't get there enjoy the words and pictures recorded in
our Daytona Diary.
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