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1. What is a rotary engine?

   ... the era of ‘why the hell shouldn’t we?’. To say the rotary engine was a perfect fit for this era is an understatement. Buried ... a bite out of the mechanicals of it all. That is a rotary engine. Why choose the rotary engine? ...

   Simon Hancocks - 18/10/2019 - 10:20 - 1 comment

2. Ultra-light rotary engine makes 160bhp and weighs 15kg!

   ... AN American start-up firm is reigniting the rotary engine concept, after revealing a modular system that has massive power ... and it’s called the Omega 1 turbine engine. The idea of a rotary engine is nothing new, Felix Wankel was messing with the idea in the ...

   Simon Hancocks - 20/01/2022 - 11:43

3. Volume up! Rotary Crighton CR700W is a spiritual homage to Norton RCW588

   ... There aren’t many motorcycles in a rotary engine configuration that history hasn’t quietly forgotten, but the ... his eponymous CR700W - was also the brains that developed rotary power for the RCW588, a model that broke new ground with its ...

   Ollie Barstow - 01/11/2021 - 11:56

4. Mazda RX-7 rotary engined bike

   ... part is the engine, which is from a Mazda RX-7. The rotary engine has two power strokes for every dead stroke and these engines can ...

   Visordown News - 19/09/2018 - 03:49 - 0 comments

5. Rotary Norton NRV588 'could go 200mph+'

   ... have been at Bonneville all week speed testing their NRV588 Rotary engined racer. The team clocked a top speed of 173mph on the salt ...

   Ben Cope - 19/09/2018 - 03:49 - 0 comments

6. Watch Guy Martin spanking the Crighton CR700W around Cadwell Park

   ... CADWELL Park reverberated to the sound of a rotary race bike earlier this year, as Guy Martin swung his leg over the ... because Micheal Crighton was the man behind the Norton rotary race bike that competed in the late 1980s. The bikes were instant icons, ...

   Simon Hancocks - 10/05/2023 - 08:51 - 0 comments

7. Top 10 Wankel engined bikes

   ... APART from providing endless schoolboy sniggers the Wankel rotary engine is one of the greatest near-misses of 20th century engineering. ... Norton spent most of the 1970s fiddling with prototype rotary-powered bikes, but it took until 1984 before finally creating its first ...

   Visordown News - 23/09/2019 - 00:52 - 0 comments

8. The 10 Biggest Biking Blunders

   ... Evidently not.  Suzuki TL1000S The Great Rotary Damper Fiasco Suzuki’s TL1000S was launched in 1997 with a revolutionary rotary rear damping system. The idea was that by separating the spring and the ...

   Visordown - 23/09/2019 - 00:52 - 0 comments

9. Grand Plans | The Top 10 worst innovations in motorcycling

   ... and expensive. 3 Rotary engines Yes, we all joyously remember the years of the Norton rotary racers of the early 1990s: the black and gold ‘evil empire’ that, in ...

   Ollie Barstow - 29/08/2022 - 10:30

10. McGuinness to ride Hislop's 1992 winning Norton at the Classic TT

    ... A special Classic TT Parade Lap,  Norton the Rotary Years,  will run on Monday August 31, showcasing the Rotary Nortons of the 1980s and 1990s.  There will be 18 original factory Rotary Nortons at the Classic TT along with a number of famous JPS liveried ...

    Samantha Wanless - 19/09/2018 - 08:01 - 0 comments

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