Tuesday 17th February 2009

The “saviour of the British motorcycle industry” Leslie Frederick Harris, who resurrected the Triumph Bonneville in 1983, died aged 69. His company built the Triumph Tiger motorcycles used by the Royal Corps of Signals White Helmets Motorcycle Display Team and at his funeral at St Matthias Church, Torquay, six soldiers from the team carried his coffin and provided a ‘throttle roar’ in his memory.