page_title: Les Harris (businessman)
section_title: Funeral
hierarchical_section_title: Les Harris (businessman) / Funeral
caption_attribution_description: White Helmets Royal Signals Display Team Triumph TR7V 750 Tiger Genuine British Army Royal Signals 'White Helmets' Display Team 750cc Triumph Tiger TR7V manufactured either by the Meriden co-operative or LF Harris, a businessman who took over manufacture of Triumphs under licence after the co-operative closed in1983
context_page_description: Leslie Frederick Harris was a Torquay businessman and motorcycle enthusiast who resurrected the Triumph Bonneville for a few years in the 1980s. Born in 1939, he was described as the "saviour of the British motorcycle industry". Invited to Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament, in 1987 he was visited by the Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. He died in February 2009, aged 69.
context_section_description: Harris died at Torbay Hospital on 17 February 2009, aged 69, from a long term illness of more than ten years. His company built the Triumph Tiger motorcycles used by the White Helmets Motorcycle Display Team, pert of the Royal Corps of Signals. At his funeral at St Matthias Church, Torquay, six soldiers from the team carried his coffin and provided a 'throttle roar' in his memory.
caption: Royal Signals Motorcycle Display Team Triumph TR7V Tiger built under licence by LF Harris
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