Riders are a sentimental lot, and we love to get nerdy about motorcycle history. As with anything, some niches invariably lay claim to your heart more than others. Still, those familiar with Norton ...
The automotive world hasn’t seen a rotary engine in production since the Mazda RX-8 was axed in 2012. However, the Crighton CR700W is bringing it back in spectacular fashion in a machine billed as the ...
Today's Nice Price or No Dice Suzuki is one of only a handful of rotary-powered motorcycles ever produced. It's also one of the best looking. Let's see if the price of this unique bike makes it worth ...
The world’s first Wankel-engined motorbike was the air-cooled Hercules W-2000. Fellow German DKW, England’s Norton and Dutch Van Veen also produced rotary motorbikes, yet on the Japanese side, only ...
In the grand history of motorcycles, some of the most fascinating bikes didn’t come from massive factories or decades-old racing programs. They came from stubborn optimism and a refusal to accept how ...
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 Nm) ...
The extraordinary Crighton CR700W extracts an incredible 220 hp from a 690cc twin-rotor Wankel engine, and weighs just 129.5 kg (285.5 lb) dry for a MotoGP-level power-to-weight ratio. Its maker ...
The Rotary Club of Branchburg recognized a local motorcycle club, Dawn Patrol, with its "Champions of Cause" award. This award has been created by Rotary Club of Branchburg to honor local people and ...
After the slow-motion trainwreck that was the demise of the British motorcycle industry in the 1970s, only the beleaguered Meriden Co-Op (reduced to practically cottage industry-levels of Triumph ...
The folks behind the SilentHawk ‘stealth’ motorcycle have shared some additional information about their innovative Special Forces machine, which is entering a Phase II trial funded by the Defense ...
The Van Veen OCR1000 was a rotary-powered engineering flex and one of the rarest motorcycles ever made. And now, it can be yours. In the grand history of motorcycles, some of the most fascinating ...