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Help ID this 1920s Elgin Motobike..

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TrustRust

Finally riding a big boys bike
This Elgin is my newest old bike and a bit out of my wheelhouse.. It has been kicking around a long time so figured it's about time I found out more about it..
I have read several threads going around and around on these Elgin Motobikes from this era regarding who made them and when....

Is it made by Excelsior Mfg Co Michigan City Indiana ?? What year ????
The serial number is A23355
Somewhere along the line at a bike show years back a gentleman then in his 80s told me it was a 1923..
Then he added that's when he was born lol..

Thanks in advance for any help...

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This Elgin is my newest old bike and a bit out of my wheelhouse.. It has been kicking around a long time so figured it's about time I found out more about it..
I have read several threads going around and around on these Elgin Motobikes from this era regarding who made them and when....

Is it made by Excelsior Mfg Co Michigan City Indiana ?? What year ????
The serial number is A23355
Somewhere along the line at a bike show years back a gentleman then in his 80s told me it was a 1923..
Then he added that's when he was born lol..

Thanks in advance for any help...

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I have a toolbox tank that would look awesome on that !for sale
 
Before Excelsior, Davis built Elgin bicycles for Sears; but then Davis closed about 1923. We see the “23” in the serial numbers, but I don’t believe that that is the code. I have seen Excelsior built Elgin bikes with and without letters in the serials, and I thought that the letters meant later than those without; (but then “A” is the first letter).
The chain ring sprocket reminds me of the Reading Standard design built by Great Western Mfg for Montgomery Ward Hawthorne bicycles.
 
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Thanks for all the input, photos and the ad guys....
I am still hoping someone chimes in with some Serial number information?
 
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