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.

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 ...

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 ...

Ralf Pfeifer//Wikimedia Commons Wankel’s 1954 motorcycle compressor. Wankel's original rotary design featured both a triangle-esque rotor like the one we know today, but with a combustion ...

Mazda, along with an enormous list of automotive and aircraft manufacturers and a couple of motorcycle makers, licensed the Wankel from NSU and developed their own versions. Only Mazda really went ...