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Re: Re5 Suzuki rotary project bike
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 12:47 pm
by Demannu
Rotary engines, full of pingfuckits!
Cant remember if the RE5 had 2 piece tip seals or single. Get some 2 piece if you can!
Most probably the side plates have wear and the motor will be a very nice paper weight.
As a piece of advice, dont just fire it up and then switch it of, good way of killing plugs!
Rotary's like to get warmed up properly.
Re: Re5 Suzuki rotary project bike
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 1:00 pm
by KungFooBob
The Mazda rotary engines inject small amounts of the engine oil into the chambers to help lube the apex seals/rotor tips (everyone complains that they use oil, but it's actually by design.
A common mod is a secondary two stroke tank that squirts 2t in as well.
Wonder if just mixing two smoke in with the fuel would help keep the tips healthier?
Re: Re5 Suzuki rotary project bike
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2021 1:46 pm
by Le_Fromage_Grande
KungFooBob wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 1:00 pm
The Mazda rotary engines inject small amounts of the engine oil into the chambers to help lube the apex seals/rotor tips (everyone complains that they use oil, but it's actually by design.
A common mod is a secondary two stroke tank that squirts 2t in as well.
Wonder if just mixing two smoke in with the fuel would help keep the tips healthier?
Works for piston rings on two strokes, you'd need to go up a size on the mains and pilots to be safe
Re: Re5 Suzuki rotary project bike
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2021 5:54 am
by Hairybiker84
I'm pretty sure the RE5 had oil injection for the combustion chamber, if memory serves me correctly the same tank served the automatic chain oiler too.
Re: Re5 Suzuki rotary project bike
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2021 10:41 pm
by GuzziPaul
Hairybiker84 wrote: Wed Jul 21, 2021 7:29 pm
The real top trump is the VanVeen
The VanVeen came to my mind as soon as Top Trumps was mentioned. The Speyer Technical Museum in Germany has 26 Munch Mammoths.
Not seen an RE5 in that colour before.
Re: Re5 Suzuki rotary project bike
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2021 10:55 pm
by Bigyin
Horse wrote: Wed Jul 21, 2021 1:17 pm
Norton
The F1 road bike was loosely based on it, with the Commander (?) tourer (mainly sold to police and RAC.
And only viable for racing due to how the cc of a rotary is calculated.
Also depends how they calculated it despite it being badged as a 588 ....... by fudging the results and calculations Norton managed to enter it in classes with a 750 cc limit, classes with 1000cc limit and even managed to get it into 500cc GP with a couple of appearances as i remember thinking at the time "how the fuck did they get that into a 500cc class". Ron Haslam raced it in the British GP early 90's and also the support Superbike race that weekend which were for 750's of the day ..... Got hammered in the GP race but won the Superbike race
Re: Re5 Suzuki rotary project bike
Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2021 10:22 am
by Cousin Jack
Bigyin wrote: Wed Sep 01, 2021 10:55 pm
Horse wrote: Wed Jul 21, 2021 1:17 pm
Norton
The F1 road bike was loosely based on it, with the Commander (?) tourer (mainly sold to police and RAC.
And only viable for racing due to how the cc of a rotary is calculated.
Also depends how they calculated it despite it being badged as a 588 ....... by fudging the results and calculations Norton managed to enter it in classes with a 750 cc limit, classes with 1000cc limit and even managed to get it into 500cc GP with a couple of appearances as i remember thinking at the time "how the fuck did they get that into a 500cc class". Ron Haslam raced it in the British GP early 90's and also the support Superbike race that weekend which were for 750's of the day ..... Got hammered in the GP race but won the Superbike race
Norton, playing fast and loose with numbers. Obviously a tradition in the company.
Re: Re5 Suzuki rotary project bike
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2021 5:49 pm
by The Spin Doctor
Horse wrote: Wed Jul 21, 2021 5:40 pm
Skub wrote: Wed Jul 21, 2021 4:21 pm
That's a rare old thing,even back in the day they were never plentiful.
Don't think I've ever seen (or heard) one running. That said, the DKW was even rarer.
A German buddy of mine had three of them, plus assorted engines. He completed the Iron Butt on one.
Re: Re5 Suzuki rotary project bike
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2021 5:52 pm
by The Spin Doctor
Cousin Jack wrote: Thu Sep 02, 2021 10:22 am
Bigyin wrote: Wed Sep 01, 2021 10:55 pm
Horse wrote: Wed Jul 21, 2021 1:17 pm
Norton
The F1 road bike was loosely based on it, with the Commander (?) tourer (mainly sold to police and RAC.
And only viable for racing due to how the cc of a rotary is calculated.
Also depends how they calculated it despite it being badged as a 588 ....... by fudging the results and calculations Norton managed to enter it in classes with a 750 cc limit, classes with 1000cc limit and even managed to get it into 500cc GP with a couple of appearances as i remember thinking at the time "how the fuck did they get that into a 500cc class". Ron Haslam raced it in the British GP early 90's and also the support Superbike race that weekend which were for 750's of the day ..... Got hammered in the GP race but won the Superbike race
Norton, playing fast and loose with numbers. Obviously a tradition in the company.
ISTR that the entry into the British GP was a special dispensation.
Re: Re5 Suzuki rotary project bike
Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2021 3:18 pm
by Bigjawa
Bigyin wrote: Wed Sep 01, 2021 10:55 pm
Horse wrote: Wed Jul 21, 2021 1:17 pm
Norton
The F1 road bike was loosely based on it, with the Commander (?) tourer (mainly sold to police and RAC.
And only viable for racing due to how the cc of a rotary is calculated.
Also depends how they calculated it despite it being badged as a 588 ....... by fudging the results and calculations Norton managed to enter it in classes with a 750 cc limit, classes with 1000cc limit and even managed to get it into 500cc GP with a couple of appearances as i remember thinking at the time "how the fuck did they get that into a 500cc class". Ron Haslam raced it in the British GP early 90's and also the support Superbike race that weekend which were for 750's of the day ..... Got hammered in the GP race but won the Superbike race
Raced at the NW200 and UGP in the 750s, I can remember Robert Dunlop hanging on for grim death up through Dhu Varren, christ they were loud!
Re: Re5 Suzuki rotary project bike
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 11:39 pm
by rodbargee
