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Rotary Motorcycles
New Rotary Engine Sports Huge Power-To-Pound Ratio
A report from TopSpeed has us musing about the future of the motorcycle community when it comes to rotary-powered engines – or if there’s even a potential for a resurgence in the cards at all. It’s a tempting thought to consider. With Rotary engines of yore (such as the units created by Crighton, a man with …
Total Wankel: A Brief History of Rotary-Engined Motorcycles
Like many teenagers in 1980s Australia, I was a willing participant in the Japanese rotary-engined street racer phase that swept the country at the time. Hell, there was even a magazine called Fast Fours & Rotaries that sold here like hotcakes. But for me, the whole thing crystallized when my mate Daryl rolled up in …
