Karl Harris (bsb) tries to eat a gsxr

**betti** · 22nd April 2008, 10:14

check this awesome footage from www.trackdayriders.co.uk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztnQMK1-qR8

wait until 1.30 into the video and see Karl try and swallow sykes gsxr!!!.

he walked away from this with cuts and bruises, and a band aid on his lip!!.

Hardcase!.

**k14** · 22nd April 2008, 10:20

OUCH!! Dang, better download those races. Looks like some damn good racing!!

**Teambwr47** · 22nd April 2008, 10:35

Originally Posted by betti

check this awesome footage from www.trackdayriders.co.uk

he walked away from this with cuts and bruises, and a band aid on his lip!!.

Hardcase!.

Karl is a very very fit guy who's walked away from some very very hefty offs over the years.

He actually ended up with three broken bones in his foot and a broken nose as a result of the interface with a GSXR at Thruxton but has stated he'll be back out there for Oulton in 2 weeks time.

I think for the first time in years he actually has a good chance of the title this year thanks to the one make tyre rule.

**betti** · 22nd April 2008, 10:51

thanks for the clarification mate, Still lucky guy!.

**Fatjim** · 22nd April 2008, 12:33

I reckon the frame snapping probably saved his life.

**007XX** · 22nd April 2008, 13:17

Amazing what adrenaline can do. He looks in a hell of a lot of pain, and yet, he's running like a maniac right after the event...now, that's what I call staunch (of course, getting out of the way of oncoming traffic must be a big motivator also, but still...

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Awesome vid, thanks for sharing!

**Toast** · 22nd April 2008, 13:26

Damn that's sick action! I suppose that the bike was still going forward at a rate of knots and the closing speed wasn't too great...still, fairly minor injuries for what could've been a far worse result.

**Shaun** · 22nd April 2008, 14:32

Originally Posted by Teambwr47

Karl is a very very fit guy who's walked away from some very very hefty offs over the years.

He actually ended up with three broken bones in his foot and a broken nose as a result of the interface with a GSXR at Thruxton but has stated he'll be back out there for Oulton in 2 weeks time.

I think for the first time in years he actually has a good chance of the title this year thanks to the one make tyre rule.

He really has had some bloody hard crashes, and just walked away, he is very very fit and STRONG- Be funny to be there, and see him and Rob M going at it

- wow bugger that

**Ozzy27** · 25th April 2008, 19:08

I was Karls Mechanic in 2000 we clocked up 37 crashes that year and he kept on going hard after each one. Wrote off a bike in ost curve at hockemheim lost the front flat out in 5th came back to pits and 3 laps later was going faster on spare bike!! He is one very tough guy!! We had a lot of very late nights that year!!!!!