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On Oct 17, 2023 Last updated Oct 17, 2023 The 1974 Hercules W-2000 used a Sachs-sourced Wankel, single-rotor, rotary engine. Felix Wankel (born 1902 in Lahr, Germany) had the vision for his.

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Displacing just 690cc, this "Rotron" unit generates 220 hp at 10,500 rpm. That's 319 hp per liter, naturally aspirated - more than the chart-topping Koenigsegg Jesko gets out of its 5-liter,.

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The Suzuki RE5 is a motorcycle with a liquid-cooled single-rotor Wankel engine, manufactured by Suzuki from 1974 to 1976. Apart from its unusual engine, the RE5 is mostly a conventional roadster, albeit with some peculiar styling details thanks to Italian industrial designer Giorgetto Giugiaro . Wankel engined motorcycles

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Hercules W-2000: The First Rotary-Powered Motorcycle By Greg Williams 1 / 12 1976 Hercules W-2000 Photo by Ken Richardson Hercules W-2000 Engine: 294cc air-cooled single rotor Sachs Wankel, 8.5:1 compression ratio, 32hp @ 6,500rpm Top speed: 90mph Weight (dry): 381 lb (173kg) Price then/now: $1,900/$4,000-$7,500

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Home Motorcycles Top 10 Wankel-Engined Motorcycles By Arun Singh Pundir Published Oct 22, 2023 Forget the Mazda RX-7 and other rotary cars. Here's a list of the coolest Wankel-engined motorcycles, with Norton taking the lead. Crighton Motorcycles Key Takeaways

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Nov 2nd 2021 at 8:58AM 0 Comments Crighton CR700W 01 The automotive world hasn't seen a rotary engine in production since the Mazda RX-8 was axed in 2012. However, the Crighton CR700W is bringing.

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Norton spent most of the 1970s fiddling with prototype rotary-powered bikes, but it took until 1984 before finally creating its first production Wankel, the Interpol II. But you still couldn't actually buy one. Not unless you were a police force or breakdown service, that is.

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This is one of the original Norton Commander P52s from the 1980s, it's an exceptionally rare motorcycle with just 253 PS2 models made in total. They were developed for use by the police, and this one was sent to Dubai where it was evaluated by the Dubai Police Force. The Commander is powered by a 588cc twin rotor, liquid-cooled Wankel rotary.

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The bike, once stationary, can be "switched" into charging mode. The multi fuel rotary can be decoupled from the drive of the bike and run the DC brushless motor as a genset. The rotary makes 12 HP in idle mode and will power the electric motor to an output capacity of 10,000 watts of usable power with the potential to do more. This system.

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Crighton Motorcycles - founded by the engineer behind Norton's rotary-powered racing successes in the 80s and 90s - has unveiled the CR700W as the most advanced Wankel-engined motorcycle ever seen.

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Unveiled in 1973, the OCR 1000 was the world's first production motorcycle to feature an automotive-derived, twin-rotor engine, and its creators dubbed it the finest, most technologically advanced.

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A former mechanic at Norton, Brian Crighton is a U.K. motorcycle engineering expert with a track record…literally. 1973, 74 and 76 saw the man on a self prepared highly modified 4 stroke Honda, securing the British 50cc championship for his team.. Prior to his resignation from Norton (around 1986), JPSNorton tells us that Crighton took on the creation of a rotary-powered bike into his own.

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More torque across its rev range than any other motorcycle. 220hp for 129.5kg dry. The highest power-to-weight ratio superbike in the world. 319hp/litre AND 1.68hp per kg.. Designed and made by the creator of the world's most successful rotary-powered race bikes - Brian Crighton. The CR700W encapsulates all Brian's vision, knowledge and.

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Frame Number: 480005105 Engine Number: 7587381 According to the owner: In the 1970's, with the rotary craze in full swing, the Hercules Motorcycle Company turned out two fantastic models of the W-2000 machine with the Wankel rotary engine. This is a later oil-injected example. No need to mix the gas and oil in the tank!

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The $116,000, 21st century evolution of the Norton rotary engine. Crighton Motorcycles has unveiled the CR700W, a track-only machine powered by a rotary engine that's said to make 220 hp.