Karl Harris

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Karl Harris was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England on 21 October 1979. He is married to Jane, and they have no children as yet. He is a motorcycle racer, who in 2006 races in British Superbikes.

He started his career in 1996, moving through the junior ranks to race in World Supersport in 1999, with a best result of 4th. He then won the British Supersport title 3 times. He first raced in BSB in 2002 on a Suzuki, but this was not a successful season. For 2005 he came back with a Honda ran from their UK factory in Swindon, finishing 9th overall with a best result of 3rd. He moved to the main HRC Honda team alongside Ryuichi Kiyonari for 2006, taking a 2nd place at Oulton Park, less than 0.1 seconds behind race winner Gregorio Lavilla. A crash in the first race at Snetterton caused him to miss the second, although he was not seriously injured. After the 8th round at Knockhill round he is 5th in the championship, behind only Kiyonari, the Ducati bikes of Gregorio Lavilla and Leon Haslam, and Shane Byrne's Suzuki. He took his first pole position at Oulton Park that year.