Excelsior Motor Manufacturing & Supply Company was an American motorcycle manufacturer that operated in Chicago from 1907 to 1931. The bicycle maker Arnold, Schwinn & Co., run by Ignaz Schwinn, bought the firm in 1912, and when Schwinn also bought the Henderson Motorcycle Company in 1917 that business became a division of Excelsior. By 1928 Excelsior stood third in the American motorcycle market behind Indian and Harley-Davidson. Its products included the 61 cubic inch BigX V-twin, made through the 1910s and into the 1920s, and the 45 cubic inch Super X launched in 1925. The Great Depression convinced Schwinn to pare back to bicycles, and he told his department heads in the summer of 1931 that motorcycle production would stop, with all operations 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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The Excelsior Super X was a motorcycle manufactured by the Excelsior Motor Manufacturing & Supply Company from 1925 to 1931.
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Production was moved to Schwinn's Excelsior Motor Mfg. & Supply Co., 3701 Cortland Street, Chicago, Illinois.
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Production was moved to Schwinn's Excelsior Motor Mfg. & Supply Co., 3701 Cortland Street, Chicago, Illinois.
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Production was moved to Schwinn's Excelsior Motor Mfg. & Supply Co., 3701 Cortland Street, Chicago, Illinois.
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Production was moved to Schwinn's Excelsior Motor Mfg. & Supply Co., 3701 Cortland Street, Chicago, Illinois.
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Production was moved to Schwinn's Excelsior Motor Mfg. & Supply Co., 3701 Cortland Street, Chicago, Illinois.
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Production was moved to Schwinn's Excelsior Motor Mfg. & Supply Co., 3701 Cortland Street, Chicago, Illinois.
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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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It was purchased by Ignaz Schwinn, proprietor of bicycle manufacturer Arnold, Schwinn & Co. in 1912.
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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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