But this time, they actually delivered. For the 1973 Tokyo show, they revealed the RE-5, probably the world’s best-known rotary motorcycle. The Wankel engine design Sukuzi settled on here was a single ...

Brian Crighton pioneered the use of twin-rotor Wankel motors in race bikes in ... delivers the most tractable and useable power of any motorcycle engine in the world today," says Crighton ...

Post-war, Wankel was imprisoned briefly but was later able to partner with German auto and motorcycle producer NSU in 1951, where he continued his rotary engine research and development.

After Felix Wankel presented his innovative motor in ... premium appearance was enough to draw those in attendance at the 1974 Cologne Motorcycle Exhibition to the Van Veen booth, the feature ...

placing it in an enclosed motorcycle called the Flying Hammock. In 1956 it reached 122 mph at Bonneville, by virtue of its aerodynamics and a rotary supercharger inspired by Felix Wankel.

The Wankel engine never really fulfilled its promises and hopes, though over its history over 25 major automobile, motorcycle, tractor, and aircraft companies, ranging from Suzuki to Rolls-Royce ...

Shortly after, in 1951, Wankel partnered with motorcycle and car manufacturer NSU and just six years later he and NSU completed a prototype rotary engine called the DKM. This first working ...

New Wankel rotary engine design from America gives ridiculous power-to-weight ratio, could revolutionise motorcycle design. New Wankel Engine Design Gives 160bhp from 33lb The death of the Wankel ...

After the slow-motion trainwreck that was the demise of the British motorcycle industry in the 1970s ... with a whole line of Wankel-powered high-end motorcycles and ultralight/drone aircraft engines ...

This concept from French company Furion pairs a twin-rotor, compact 654cc Wankel rotary engine with a 40-kilowatt electric motor to produce a massive 180 hp (134 kW) and a ludicrous 151 lb-ft (205 ...