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shinyribs

Rotary Suzuki?!

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http://roanoke.craigslist.org/mcy/3133055102.html

Never heard of these. Way out of my price range,but I am really interested in this bike. Anyone have any info or experience with these? Too cool.

seestheday

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That is super cool. That said, parts for rotary engines are notoriously hard to come by. Would probably be a money pit to maintain.

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There is a guy in the Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club here that has three of them. Motorcycle Classic magazine did a full story on them a few issues ago. They said there is a guy in (I think) TN that has a salvage yard just, for them, and NOS parts.
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Link to Wikipedia article on this bike.

Holy bat guano, Batman! This is one complicated piece of machinery. I did not read the full article, but what I did read, was... Over the top, in the engineering department (water cooling, oil cooling, three different oiling systems, exhaust gas cooling, stainless steel inner muffler, chain oiler, engine oil flows at 100 PSI!!!). Interesting, but not a bike I would want to ride, or have. To each their own, however. Cheers!

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shinyribs

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Well put Sarge. Definitely a one of a kind bike,just not one of the kinds I could afford to keep up.

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There is one of these bikes in a garage in the town i live in.
It looked like new. Very rare wankel engine.

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