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Old Jun 19, 2005 | 07:47 PM
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Is there one in existence? I was just pondering b/c wankels are small by nature and would surely fit in a bike frame.
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Old Jun 19, 2005 | 10:08 PM
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suzuki http://www.suzukicycles.org/RE5/RE5-Rotary.shtml
norton http://www.monito.com/wankel/norton.html
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Old Jun 20, 2005 | 01:31 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by koolb &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">suzuki http://www.suzukicycles.org/RE5/RE5-Rotary.shtml
norton http://www.monito.com/wankel/norton.html</TD></TR></TABLE>

for 500cc (suzuki) that's some amazing hp given it was in the 70s imagine what numbers could be put down now...
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Old Jun 20, 2005 | 06:53 AM
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I've riden one of the suzuki rotaries back in th early eighties... quite scary given the tire and brake technology... but so was the kawasaki H2, which seemed a lot faster and a lot more mind altering
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Old Jun 20, 2005 | 07:08 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by MSchu &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I've riden one of the suzuki rotaries back in th early eighties... quite scary given the tire and brake technology... but so was the kawasaki H2, which seemed a lot faster and a lot more mind altering </TD></TR></TABLE>

h2's are some scary fun ****
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