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Top 10 Wankel engined bikes Rotaries might have been a blind alley, but plenty went down it… Visordown Tue, 3 Mar 2015 APART from providing endless schoolboy sniggers the Wankel rotary engine is one of the greatest near-misses of 20th century engineering.
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December 19, 2023 10:02 am 23 Comments ADVERTISEMENT Back in the mid-1970s, Suzuki hit the road with what it thought was going to be the future of motorcycling. The Suzuki RE-5 married the thrill of riding with the then-still novel rotary engine. It promised buttery-smooth operation, long touring legs, and advanced technology.
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The Suzuki RE5 was a Wankel rotary-engined motorcycle developed in the early 1970s. It was to be a showcase the future of Suzuki's motorcycle division but it would quickly turn out to be an expensive and public failure, losing the company millions of dollars and resulting in many thousands of unsold bikes.
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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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This 1975 Suzuki RE5 Rotary can be found listed here on eBay in Strafford, New Hampshire, and the current bid price is just over $1,500 but the reserve isn't met yet. The Suzuki RE5 was introduced in late-1974 and was made for two model years, 1975 and 1976 in two models: the 1975 RE5 M model and the 1976 RE5 A model.
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1975 Suzuki Re5 rotary, factory water cooled wankel single-rotor engine, rare first year "wurlitzer " M model, period custom with ultra-rare Lester mag wheels, fully chromed frame, chromed swing-arm and polished aluminum accessories. fresh repaint in restro-mod fire-mist blue, OEM graphics with matching Suzuki factory touring package (not shown).
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Rotary Engine Motorcycle? 1975 Suzuki RE5 - Jay Leno's Garage Jay Leno's Garage 3.57M subscribers 419K views 2 years ago This misunderstood motorcycle boasts an incredibly smooth rotary.
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An illustration of the rotary engine's operation. Although effectively simple in design, describing the engine on a rotary motorcycle is not easy, and Suzuki went to great pains in its own advertising material to educate motorcyclists on the theory of its new engine for the Suzuki RE-5.. Unlike a conventional four-stroke where a piston travels up and down through two complete crankshaft.
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The Suzuki RE-5 rotary motorcycle. Photos by Rick Schunk 1975 Suzuki RE-5 Claimed power: 62hp @ 6.500rpm Top speed: 105mph Engine: 497cc liquid-cooled single rotor Wankel rotary engine Weight (dry): 507lb (230kg) Fuel capacity/MPG: 4.5gal (17ltr)/25-35mpg Price then/now: $2,475 / $4,000-$7,000
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The motorcycle and rotary would come together in the RE-5, but not without hurdles. Suzuki overcame challenges in cooling the engine, and kept apex seal wear at a minimum. Hardened rotor housing plating stopped excessive wear and chatter marks that haunted others on the path to a consumer-friendly rotary. Once chatter marks grooved the rotor.
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Rotary Recycle founder Costanzo bought three NOS models at that time and paid $2700 for all three machines, just slightly more than the 1975 MSRP of $2475 for one bike. Estimated total sales for the Suzuki RE5 range from 6300-6500 units sold. In hindsight, it wasn't a bad motorcycle; it just wasn't a better motorcycle, at least not markedly.
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Ressources for Suzuki Re5 Rotary owners. Welcome The Suzuki Re5 is sometimes describe as one off the worst bike ever produce, Cycle world has written: "The mechanical simplicity of a 747, the sound of a out-of-tune B-29, the performance of a fair-to-middling 350 and the aesthetic appeal of a high-speed train wreck, all in a highly unsalable motorcycle".
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Specifications: Engine: Single Rotor Rotary Type: Liquid Cooled Displacement: 497 cc's Compression Ratio: 9.4 : 1 Ignition: Capacitive Discharge Carburetors: 2-stage, 2-barrel 18-32 mm Mikuni Starting: Kick & Electric Horsepower: 62HP Primary: Gear Driven Clutch: Wet, Multi-Plate Final Drive: Chain Transmission: 5-Speed Frame: Tubular Steel
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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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Suzuki presented its first, and only, rotary engine powered motorcycle at the Tokyo Show in late 1973. The RE5, as the model was called, was Suzuki's technic.
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Engine: 497 cc NSU water-cooled two-barrel Wankel rotary. 62 hp (45.6 kW) @ 16 500 rpm, 74.4 Nm (7.59 kg-m / 54.9 lb-ft) @ 13 500 rpm Click on the image for larger format. 1975 Suzuki year code: M 1975 Suzuki RE5 color options: Red, Black, Blue