Excelsior Motor Manufacturing & Supply Company was an American motorcycle maker that operated in Chicago from 1907 to 1931. Ignaz Schwinn, owner of the bicycle maker Arnold, Schwinn and Company, bought it in 1912, and when he bought the Henderson Motorcycle Company in 1917 that firm became a division of Excelsior. An Excelsior was the first motorcycle officially timed at 100 miles per hour, in 1912, and by 1928 the company stood third in the American market behind Indian and Harley-Davidson. Its mainstays were the 61 cubic inch BigX V-twin and, from 1925, the 45 cubic inch Super X. Schwinn ordered all motorcycle operations to stop by September 1931 during the Great Depression.
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Excelsior Motor Manufacturing & Supply Company was an American motorcycle manufacturer operating in Chicago from 1907 to 1931.
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Excelsior Motor Manufacturing & Supply Company was an American motorcycle manufacturer operating in Chicago from 1907 to 1931.
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All motorcycle operations at Excelsior ended by September 1931.
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Excelsior Motor Manufacturing & Supply Company was an American motorcycle manufacturer operating in Chicago from 1907 to 1931.
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Excelsior Motor Manufacturing & Supply Company was an American motorcycle manufacturer operating in Chicago from 1907 to 1931.
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Excelsior Motor Manufacturing & Supply Company was an American motorcycle manufacturer operating in Chicago from 1907 to 1931.
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It was purchased by Ignaz Schwinn, proprietor of bicycle manufacturer Arnold, Schwinn & Co. in 1912.
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The Henderson Motorcycle Company became a division of Excelsior when Schwinn purchased Henderson in 1917.
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The mainstay of Excelsior production through the 1910s and into the 1920s was the 61 cu in (1,000 cc) Model BigX.
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Excelsior Motor Manufacturing & Supply Company was an American motorcycle manufacturer operating in Chicago from 1907 to 1931.
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The Excelsior Super X was a motorcycle manufactured by the Excelsior Motor Manufacturing & Supply Company from 1925 to 1931.
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