Production
Excelsior-Henderson introduced it first production model, the Super X, in December 1998, and commenced production in Q1 1999. It was a several month later start than the company had projected. The company established approx. 140 existing OEM dealers throughout the United States. The motorcycles averaged an MSRP around $18,500. Via the assembly line, the company produced for retail sale approx. 1900 motorcycles in various configurations; 1161 units in model year 1999, and 720 units in model year 2000. VIN number 0001315 was the last 1999 model produced, and the 2000 model year began with VIN 0001316. In total, the company produced an estimated 1950 motorcycles, which would include motorcycles produced and not designed for retail dealer sales; such as dealer promotional bikes, test prototypes and non-assembly line produced motorcycles.
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