Registration No: AY 7801
Frame No: U1242
Engine No: 1160
CC: 293
MOT: Exempt

• Restored by Kevin Hellowell in 1978 to a very high standard and placed in a museum
• It benefits from its original Leicestershire registration.
• Awarded 3^rd place at the Bristol Classic Motorcycle show in 2020
• This model was claimed to be the ‘Ford model T’ of the motorcycle world
• Believed to be the only restored & running example in the UK

Ernie Humphries and Charles Dawes began making motorcycles in York Road, Hall Green, Birmingham in 1899. After the WW1, the company concentrated on manufacturing one model, the OK Junior. Early bikes were only available as direct drive with the Union 293cc 2 stroke engine made by Josiah Parkes & Sons Ltd of the Union works, Willenhall.

Believed to be the only restored & running example in the UK. Once claimed to be the ‘Ford Model T’ of the motorcycle world, this rare machine was awarded 3^rd place at the Bristol Classic Motorcycle Show of 2020. No factory records exist for these motorcycles, but each bike carried a small brass plaque on to which the details of the machine were stamped. This one was built on the 23^rd of June 1920, and still carries its original Leicestershire registration number. Restored in 1978, by Kevin Hellowell, it was displayed in a museum called Automobilia in Yorkshire until it closed. The current owner has repainted and treated the petrol tank with sealer and has used this machine to participate in various VMCC events including the Banbury run.

For more information, please contact:
Mike Davis
mike.davis@handh.co.uk
07718 584217