Four years ago Eicher Motors, the owner of Royal Enfield, bought the famous British company Harris Performance. Since the 1970s, Harris has been building high-performance ?specials,? and the Hertfordshire firm had already developed the chassis for the Continental GT and Himalayan.
Harris has now gone back to its racing roots with this very intriguing prototype flat track racer based on the 650 twin engine.

It?s a collaboration with Royal Enfield?s technical center in Leicestershire, and although it?s essentially a custom project, we?re wondering if it could also herald the start of a flat track race program.
?Inside Royal Enfield, we like to have a bit of fun,? says RE?s industrial design boss Adrian Sellers. ?So we?ve started working on ?Factory? builds, to push the limits of our motorcycles? capabilities.?
?To date, these have included a record breaking Bonneville Salt Flats racer, two drag bikes, two retro racers and now this new ?Twins FT? flat tracker.?
The tracker is probably the most ambitious build yet. Harris has over 40 years of expertise in chassis development, but this is the first time they?ve built a flat track chassis.

The frame is brazed steel tube?an old-school technique applied to a thoroughly modern motorcycle. The steering stem angle can be altered two degrees each way, by using specially machined inserts that locate the stem bearings at a different angle within the headstock tube.
The yokes can be adjusted 4 mm forwards and backwards too, and...