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OK-Supreme
OK-Supreme was a British motorcycle manufacturer from 1899 to 1939 located in Birmingham. Grass-track racing versions of the machines continued to be available until 1946. History In 1882 Ernie Humphries and Charles Dawes founded "OK" as bicycle manufacturers. They experimented with powered bicycles in 1899 and 1906, before manufacturing a two-stroke motorcycle using a Precision engine in 1911. Before the First World War they had produced motorcycles with Precision, De Dion, Minerva, and Green engines. Their first entry in the Isle of Man TT, in 1912, led to a ninth place and mainly modest results came during the following years with OK-Supreme machines scoring three podium places and 34 finishes. After the war OK produced a 292 cc two-stroke motor of its own, but also produced models using Blackburne (250 cc and 350 cc, sv and ohv), Bradshaw (348 cc oil cooled), and JAP (246 cc to 496 cc) engines. The racing JAP versions did well in the 1920s ...
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Wal Handley
Walter Leslie Handley (5 April 1902 – 15 November 1941) born in Aston, Birmingham,
Kolumbus.fi Walter Leslie Handley (Retrieved 10 December 2006) known as Wal Handley, was a champion British inter-war motorcycle racer with four wins at the

Isle of Man TT

Races in his career. Later he also raced cars in the 1930s, and died in a World War II aircraft accident while serving as pilot with the

Air Transport Auxiliary

Biography

Walter Leslie Handley was born on 5 April 1902, son of John Thomas Handley and his wife Clara.
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