Suzuki also made one. Slow, heavy, and the exhaust was so hot , that
they had to have fresh air intakes at the front of the mufflers which
were under the front foot pegs to keep the pipes turning blue all of the
time. The bike was a flop !!
Rich
> ----------
> From:
> tjhiggin(at)alpine.b17a.ingr.com[SMTP:tjhiggin(at)alpine.b17a.ingr.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 28, 1997 6:52 AM
> To: alpines(at)autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: V-8 sunbeam Alpine
>
> Marc James Small writes:
> > At 05:44 PM 2/27/97 -0800, Barrie Henderson wrote:
> > >I think you are referring to Wankel - a German engineer - he
> designed the
> > rotary engine and Mazda was the only company that actually put them
> into
> > production - as far as I know.
> >
> > My heavens, NO! There were a series of NSU RO cars in the '60's.
> NSU was
> > merged into Audi which was then purchased by VW, so Volkswagen owns
> the
> > rights to the Wankel engine. Every time Mazda sells one, they send
> a
> > ten-spot or so to Wolfsburg.
>
> I remember seeing a Wankel-powered motorcycle once in the 1970s. I
> think it was an NSU. Very unusual looking!
> --
> T.J. Higgins
> tjhiggin(at)ingr.com
> Huntsville, AL
>
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