issues . please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message this article includes a list of references but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations . please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . september 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message harris performance products limited type limited company industry motorcycle founded lester harris and steve harris headquarters hertfordshire hertford england key people lester harris steve harris steve bayford products motorcycles and racing parts services consultancy parent royal enfield india website harris performance.com harris performance products are a british motorcycle racing and parts manufacturer . background edit the family run company harris performance products limited is based in hertford . established in 1972 by lester harris and his brother steve harris with a third director stephen bayford the company designs develops manufactures and markets road and racing motorcycle chassis and components . over 2 200 road bikes have been produced and sold from one off specials to the harris magnum range . this included approximately 20 laverda based magnums amongst others . harris motorcycles have been successful in all classes of road racing including grand prix superbike world championship world championship endurance isle of man tt and top irish road races . in 1991 harris became one of only two companies worldwide to be licensed by yamaha to buy factory race engines for installation in harris designed and built chassis for the blue ribbon 500cc grand prix world championship class . harris continues to diversify and is a technical partner to the official yamaha uk supermoto team . 1 they are best known for their harris yamaha 500 gp machines which were produced from 1992 onwards . they ran the official suzuki factory world superbike team in 1996 1997 and 1998 . harris performance products founded by lester and steve harris is not affiliated with l.f. harris international which was founded by leslie frederick harris no relation . in 2003 harris performance teamed up with world championship motorsports wcm to build new racing bikes under the name harris wcm . royal enfield a subsidiary of eicher motors an indian automaker company on may 11th 2015 acquired harris performance for an undisclosed sum . harris performance had had a long standing relationship with royal enfield and was responsible for the chassis development of the brand s continental gt cafe racer model . references edit harris performance products . archived from the original on january 30 2009 . retrieved 2009 02 28 . external links edit harris performance products website formation of harris wcm photos of harris wcm team dead link this motorcycle scooter or moped related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title harris performance products & oldid 738958459 categories motorcycle manufacturers of the united kingdommotorcycle stubshidden categories articles needing additional references from september 2013all articles needing additional referencesarticles lacking in text citations from september 2013all articles lacking in text citationsall articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from june 2016all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran aisitalianonederlands edit links this page was last modified on 12 september 2016 at 00 29 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view