Motorcycle powered by a Rotary engine?
04-23-04, 02:59 PM
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Motorcycle powered by a Rotary engine?
My friends have been talking about putting together a motorcycle powered by a rotary engine. Has anyone in the past tried this unique idea?
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If you can figure out how to keep it cool. Thats what made most people step out of the rotary motorcycle game, they couldn't keep it from overheating.
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Suzuki had the RE5 in the early seventies. It nearly bankrupted the company 
. Norton had the Commando race bikes in the early 90's. Absolutely dominated at the Isle of Mann TT. Then it got banned. Would you beleive it was actually air-cooled!
. Norton had the Commando race bikes in the early 90's. Absolutely dominated at the Isle of Mann TT. Then it got banned. Would you beleive it was actually air-cooled!
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Re: Motorcycle powered by a Rotary engine?
Originally posted by sobelik
My friends have been talking about putting together a motorcycle powered by a rotary engine. Has anyone in the past tried this unique idea?
My friends have been talking about putting together a motorcycle powered by a rotary engine. Has anyone in the past tried this unique idea?
Mate it to a strong sportbike transmission.
Wheelies anyone?
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Suzuki not only built the RE5, they built a prototype dirt bike powered by a rotary. It was called the Roto-Trail. Unfortunately, it never got past the prototype stage.
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Here are the others:
http://www.der-wankelmotor.de/Motora...otoraeder.html
and when I was in Lahr (Germany) in 2002 to celebrate the 100th birthday of Felix Wankel, there were a few special rotary bikes too...
http://www.der-wankelmotor.de/Motora...otoraeder.html
and when I was in Lahr (Germany) in 2002 to celebrate the 100th birthday of Felix Wankel, there were a few special rotary bikes too...
05-02-04, 10:54 PM
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This only hafe way relates, way back in the mid 60s some one but to getter a bike useing a corvair engine amd as I remember it wsa mated to a shaft drive bike, some what remember details. But the thought is some thing like that, a doner bike like one of them 6 cly gold wings
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Check out rotaryrecycle.net. They usually have a few RE- 5s for sale . They are not cheap for an old bike and parts are almost non-existent. The engine was the only really unique part of the bike as i recall.
05-17-04, 08:37 AM
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Originally posted by rotary emotions
Van Veen used a NSU based engine, and Norton build a rather nice number of rotary powered bikes
but a selfbuild one? not that I know of...
Van Veen used a NSU based engine, and Norton build a rather nice number of rotary powered bikes
but a selfbuild one? not that I know of...
http://www.hurleyrotary.com/concord.aspx
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