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Excelsior Motor Manufacturing & Supply Company
Excelsior Motor Manufacturing & Supply Company was a U.S. motorcycle manufacturer operating in Chicago from 1907 to 1931. It was purchased by Ignaz Schwinn, proprietor of bicycle manufacturer Arnold, Schwinn & Co. in 1912. In 1912, an Excelsior was the first motorcycle to be officially timed at a speed of 100 mph. The Henderson Motorcycle Company became a division of Excelsior when Schwinn purchased Henderson in 1917.〔〔Hatfield, pp.76-77〕 By 1928, Excelsior was in third place in the U.S. motorcycle market behind Indian and Harley-Davidson. The Great Depression convinced Schwinn to order Excelsior's operations to cease in September 1931.
==Excelsior BigX==
The mainstay of Excelsior production through the 1910s and into the 1920s was the Model BigX. This had an inlet-over-exhaust v-twin engine, firstly with belt drive then with 2 speed and then 3 speed gearbox. Colors were grey with red panels in the early teens, the 'Military Model' of the late teens was in khaki (a green-brown shade) and 1920s models were in a very dark blue with fine gold pinstriping. Production was in limited quantities compared to the giant Indian Motocycle Company, and many were exported - Europe and Australia receiving a number of shipments. A very small amount of BigX motorcycles were manufactured with engines in the 1920s. Production of the BigX continued until 1924, after which it was replaced by the SuperX.
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