{"id":9985,"count":2,"description":"Excelsior, based in Coventry, was Britain\u2019s first motorcycle manufacturer, starting production of their own \u2018motor-bicycle\u2019 in 1896. Starting out as a bicycle company making penny-farthings in 1874 under their original name: Bayliss, Thomas and Co, although they changed the company name to Excelsior Motor Co. in 1910. In the early years of motor-bicycle manufacture they used Minerva, De Dion, MMC and possibly a Condor 850 cc single but went on to produce a wide range of machines with engines from most major manufacturers. In 1914, they offered a JAP-powered twin. A deal to supply the Russian Imperial government with motorcycles ended with the Revolution and Excelsior wound up with an excess inventory as a result.\nThe Walker family (father Reginald ands son Eric) took over after World War I and made a range of motorcycles from 98 to 1,000\u00a0cc, mostly powered by JAP, Blackburne and Villiers engines, plus an 850\u00a0cc Condor engine. The new company put more effort in competition and racing....","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/excelsior\/","name":"Excelsior","slug":"excelsior","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/9985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=9985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}