How a rotary engine works. Norton’s rotary was a development of the German Sachs twin rotor Wankel engine, a licence for which was originally bought by Norton owners BSA-Triumph in 1972.

To German financier Joe Siefert and partner Richard Negus nothing compares to a motorcycle with a rotary engine. So the pair have bought the stock of rotary parts of Norton cycles with hopes of ...

A former mechanic at Norton, Brian Crighton is a U.K. motorcycle engineering expert with a track record…literally. 1973, 74 and 76 saw the man on a self prepared highly modified 4 stroke Honda, ...

Legendary Norton engineer builds 200bhp, 136kg race bike – and this is just the start. When Norton launched the rotary-engined RCW588 in 1989 it took the racing world by storm. Despite being a ...

Mazda has sold rotary-powered cars since introducing the Cosmo Sport in 1967, while Suzuki briefly sold a rotary-powered motorcycle in the ‘70s and Norton sold some rotary motorcycles in the ‘80s.

It was probably a decade ago that I discovered the Norton F1. There are plenty of reasons why the F1 is an amazing bike . The most obvious one so far is that it doesn't have a standard, piston-engine.

No, it’s not the 1970s again — Furion Motorcycles of France plans to resurrect the Wankel rotary engine for their hybrid M1 motorcycle that also has an electric motor. Rotary engines were big news in ...

Most of these were built by Norton back in the '80s, ... While most corporate executives thought little of the rotary engine, he saw greatness in it. Photo: Crighton Motorcycles.