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Love this. #seattlespeedometer #gauges #gaugerestoration #gaugerepair #excelsiorhenderson
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Love this. #seattlespeedometer #gauges #gaugerestoration #gaugerepair #excelsiorhenderson
Does anyone knows this bike? It's a excelsior-henderson, saw one of this at the into the badlands show. It looks cool, and it sounds amazing!!! #motorcycle #excelsiorhenderson #coolshit
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This might just be the first motorcycle I ever fell in love with. At 17, I’d never really seen anything that compared to it. The novelty of the name alone intrigued me and I had to know more...
BEHOLD! The 1999 Excelsior Henderson Super X. Made for only 2 years, production stopped just short of 2000 total units. It was the first all new American cruiser for decades and, arguably, it failed miserably.
When the company was brought out of mothballs in 1992, no one could fault them for being ambitious. They designed and built a brand new bike from the ground up. No crate motors for these dudes (lookin’ at you early 2000s Indian Motorcycles). Everything was a new design; from the 1386 cc 50 degree (weird) v-twin to the 5 speed box and hydraulic clutch. Along with a dealer network in more than 180 locations, everything looked ready to roll. Under capitalization did not seem to be a problem.
That being said, nothing worked particularly well. The cooling system (air & oil) was inadequate. Factory tolerances were set too tight causing early bearing failures, and OH SOMETIMES THE TRANSMISSION WOULD LOCK AND KILL YOU.
Possibility of death notwithstanding, it is a really beautiful ride. The green/cream paint is my favorite combo; and how sick are those forks?!
There were, last I checked, several factory fresh examples still for sale in Southern California in the $5,000-$7,000 range. Buyer beware of course. You should be able to find some that have had all the bugs worked out. Excelsior Henderson became aware of the issues with the Super X and offered kits and plenty of tech manuals to overcome the factory defects. Make sure, if you’re in the market, to get one that’s had the work done to it already or you’ll be dropping another couple grand at least.