Excelsior Henderson
To me, the only real Excelsior Henderson Died in 1931.
The Hanlons tried to bring it back but couldn't do it, even though there effort was extremely valiant.
The problem was that their hearts weren't focused just on the bikes.
Here is the REAL Excesior Henderson story.
| The Excelsior Motorcycle
Co. was started in 1907, building 29ci single cylinder powered bikes.
The company was then bought by bicycle maker Ignatz Schwinn in 1910, who
continued production of inlet-over-exhaust singles and V-twins of up to
61cu. in. In 1917, Ignatz bought out Henderson and his company became
Excelsior-Henderson. In 1925 the Super-X was introduced, it was the
first 45ci v-twin motorcycle. Its stellar performance prompted Harley
and Indian to both introduce 45cu machines into their companies
line-ups. Due to the coming onset of the great depression, Ignatz Schwinn brought an end to his companies motorcycle production with the words: "Today we quit!" In 1990, the Hanlon Manufacturing Co. bought the rights to the name Excelsior Henderson. They manufactured an Excelsior Henderson Motorcycle and are now out of business. So, to me the REAL Exselsior Henderson died in 1930. |
This will take you to my Henderson Page.
This will take you to my Super-X Page!
This will show you the new Excelsior Henderson Super-X.
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