Gene Thiessen
One of the few surviving BSA ‘wrecking crew’ that achieved BSA’s historic win at Daytona in 1954 has left us – Gene Thiessen died on July 12, 2021, aged 93.
Gene may not be well known to many vintage motorcycle enthusiasts, but he played a critical role in establishing BSA in the USA in the late 1940s and early 50s, when US sales were so important to their economic survival post-Second World
