The ones that I knew were around 750cc. Big heavy street bike.
A real loser
Rich
> ----------
> From: Jarrid Gross (Yorba Linda, Ca)[SMTP:GROSS(at)UNIT.COM]
> Sent: Friday, February 28, 1997 8:06 AM
> To: 'alpine clan'; tjhiggin(at)alpine.b17a.ingr.com
> Subject: Re: V-8 sunbeam Alpine
>
>
> TJ wrote,
>
> >I remember seeing a Wankel-powered motorcycle once in the 1970s. I
> >think it was an NSU. Very unusual looking!
>
>
> Perhaps, but Suzuki made and marketed a single rotor 125cc cylcle that
> seemed never to gain popularity.
>
>
> Jarrid Gross
>
>
>
> 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.
>
> --
> T.J. Higgins
> tjhiggin(at)ingr.com
> Huntsville, AL
>
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