Excelsior motorcycle parts

Excelsior motorcycles were produced between 1896 and 1965. The Excelsior motorcycle parts factory produced a wide range of machines with engines from most major manufacturers. In the early years they used Minerva, De Dion, MMC and possibly a Condor 850cc single. After the Great War the company was taken over by R. Walker & Sons and moved from Coventry to Tysley, Birmingham, next door to AKD, where they continued building motorcycles with power units by Blackburne, JAP and Villiers. During the interwar period they obtained considerable competition success, particularly with perhaps their most famous model, the Manxman, introduced in 1935 and available in capacities of 246cc and 349cc.

The Excelsior-Henderson Motorcycle Company was founded in the early 1990s in Burnsville, Minnesota. Inspired by the design of old bikes such as the Henderson DeluXe Four, Daniel Hanlon and a group of enthusiasts made a valiant attempt to revive an American motorcycle brand. In 1998, they opened the factory in Belle Plaine capable of manufacturing 10,000 motorcycles per year. The aim was quite ambitious – to build a proprietary OEM motorbike, a heavy and powerful cruiser. And they did it, having invested a hundred million dollars approximately. It was the Super X model, and the experts considered it as one of the fastest in its class.