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                                                                      EXHIBIT 24

                EXCELSIOR-HENDERSON MOTORCYCLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY

                                 Power of Attorney
                             of Director and/or Officer


          The undersigned director and/or officer of Excelsior-Henderson
Motorcycle Manufacturing Company, a Minnesota corporation, does hereby make,
constitute and appoint Daniel L. Hanlon and David P. Hanlon, and either of them,
the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power of substitution,
for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, to sign and
affix the undersigned's name as such director and/or officer of said Corporation
to an Annual Report on Form 10-K or other applicable form, and all amendments
thereto, to be filed by said Corporation with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, Washington, D.C., under the Securities Act of 1934, as amended, with
all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and either of them, full power and
authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or incidental to the
performance and execution of the powers herein expressly granted.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set the undersigned's
hand this 31st day of March, 1998.



                                        /s/ John B. Donahue
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                                        John B. Donahue


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                EXCELSIOR-HENDERSON MOTORCYCLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY

                                 Power of Attorney
                             of Director and/or Officer


          The undersigned director and/or officer of Excelsior-Henderson
Motorcycle Manufacturing Company, a Minnesota corporation, does hereby make,
constitute and appoint Daniel L. Hanlon and David P. Hanlon, and either of them,
the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power of substitution,
for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, to sign and
affix the undersigned's name as such director and/or officer of said Corporation
to an Annual Report on Form 10-K or other applicable form, and all amendments
thereto, to be filed by said Corporation with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, Washington, D.C., under the Securities Act of 1934, as amended, with
all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and either of them, full power and
authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or incidental to the
performance and execution of the powers herein expressly granted.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set the undersigned's
hand this 20th day of March, 1998.



                                        /s/ Wayne M. Fortun
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                                        Wayne M. Fortun


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                EXCELSIOR-HENDERSON MOTORCYCLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY

                                 Power of Attorney
                             of Director and/or Officer


          The undersigned director and/or officer of Excelsior-Henderson
Motorcycle Manufacturing Company, a Minnesota corporation, does hereby make,
constitute and appoint Daniel L. Hanlon and David P. Hanlon, and either of them,
the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power of substitution,
for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, to sign and
affix the undersigned's name as such director and/or officer of said Corporation
to an Annual Report on Form 10-K or other applicable form, and all amendments
thereto, to be filed by said Corporation with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, Washington, D.C., under the Securities Act of 1934, as amended, with
all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and either of them, full power and
authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or incidental to the
performance and execution of the powers herein expressly granted.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set the undersigned's
hand this 31st day of March, 1998.



                                        /s/ David R. Pomije
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                                        David R. Pomije


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