SECOND TIME ROUND: REVIVING A ROTARY ENGINE MOTORCYCLE

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SECOND TIME ROUND: REVIVING A ROTARY ENGINE MOTORCYCLE

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Re: SECOND TIME ROUND: REVIVING A ROTARY ENGINE MOTORCYCLE

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It's Wankel
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Re: SECOND TIME ROUND: REVIVING A ROTARY ENGINE MOTORCYCLE

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LOL. The hole under the seat has migrated to under the tank!

It's interesting and some nice work on it but can't help thinking they might as well have restored it to original. Performance mods aren't exactly needed, the discs look out of place, the hipster mirrors ditto. Generally a bit :hmmm: on this one but might read a bit more about that engine.
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Re: SECOND TIME ROUND: REVIVING A ROTARY ENGINE MOTORCYCLE

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I like it, the hole above the engine makes a change from the usual hole where the airbox used to be.

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Re: SECOND TIME ROUND: REVIVING A ROTARY ENGINE MOTORCYCLE

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I might not need a top box if I owned that.
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Re: SECOND TIME ROUND: REVIVING A ROTARY ENGINE MOTORCYCLE

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Rotary. Hmmm....probably won't wheelie as it rotates in the same direction as a shaft drive.
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Re: SECOND TIME ROUND: REVIVING A ROTARY ENGINE MOTORCYCLE

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Look like they've made a good job of it, but it's not for me. I'm just too used to the look of normal engines to like it.
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Re: SECOND TIME ROUND: REVIVING A ROTARY ENGINE MOTORCYCLE

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Heh.

It's kind of cool,however those duct tape like patches on the wheels are gash.

The rider looks really uncomfortable.
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That's proper economical use of a pipe bender.
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Re: SECOND TIME ROUND: REVIVING A ROTARY ENGINE MOTORCYCLE

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Despite it being Wankel, I actually quite like it.
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Re: SECOND TIME ROUND: REVIVING A ROTARY ENGINE MOTORCYCLE

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Count Steer wrote: Thu Jul 14, 2022 9:48 am Rotary. Hmmm....probably won't wheelie as it rotates in the same direction as a shaft drive.
IIRC with a rotary, it is only possible in bends, to one direction.
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