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Motorcycles => Old Vintage Motorcycle, Parts & Accessory Advertisements => Topic started by: smallengineshop on March 13, 2024, 08:28:24 PM

Title: The Most Powerful Single Cylinder Engine Ever Put In A Motorcycle
Post by: smallengineshop on March 13, 2024, 08:28:24 PM

That's a big claim from Excelsior Supply Co, and maybe it was true in 1909. Here's a 1909 Excelsior magazine advertisement boasting about the power, reliability and craftsmanship of their single cylinder motorcycle engine. I wonder what they mean by "auto cycle?"

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(http://www.thesmallengineshop.net/pics/forumContent/1909 Excelsior Motorcycle Engine 1_small.jpg) (http://www.thesmallengineshop.net/pics/forumContent/1909 Excelsior Motorcycle Engine 1.jpg)