Royal Enfield, the two-wheeler division of Eicher Motors, has acquired UK-based Harris Performance Products Ltd for an undisclosed sum. Under the terms of the deal, Royal Enfield will acquire all assets, employees, trade names, technical know-how and intellectual property of Harris Performance Products Ltd, the company said in a statement without disclosing the deal value.
Established over forty years ago by brothers Steve and Lester Harris and Stephen Bayford, Harris Performance is one of the leading experts in designing and manufacturing of specialised high performance motorcycle chassis and components. Harris Performance has had a long standing relationship with Royal Enfield and was responsible for the chassis development of the brand’s iconic Continental GT cafe racer model.
Alongside successful relationships with the Royal Enfield brand, Harris Performance has been the only manufacturer from the UK to have been officially commissioned by Yamaha and Suzuki to design, develop and manufacture race bikes for Grand Prix and World Superbike.
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About Royal Enfield and Harris Performance Products Ltd
- Royal Enfield is an Indian motorcycle manufacturing company based in Chennai.
- Harris Performance Products are a British motorcycle racing and parts manufacturer
- Harris are best known for their Harris Yamaha 500 GP machines which were produced from 1992 onwards.
- In 2003 Harris Performance teamed up with World Championship Motorsports (WCM) to build new racing bikes under the name “Harris WCM”.
