Suzuki made rotaries?

[ducatilover]

Then of course there was the rotary engine used in WWI aircraft - the Gnome - where the crankshaft was bolted to the airframe and the cylinders rotated with the propeller.
And to stay on topic Gnome made motorcycles between the wars
http://www.animatedengines.com/gnome.shtml

People seem to call them a rotary radial (From what I have heard/talked to people about) I saw a rotary radial in action a year or two ago, very, very strange thing to witness when it's running. I didn't know anything about them and when it was started I shat myself....

[Bass]

A mate's old man is an avid model aeroplane builder and he has a single rotor rotary engine that would fit in the palm of your hand.

Those model rotaries respond surprisingly well to a two stroke style tuned pipe - big power increase but also big fuel consumption increase

[Kickaha]

Kick, you'd actually find that there's more Jotas in the country than MHRs

That may well be true but I wouldn't be betting money any money on it, I've seen Jotas on the road or displays about as often as Suzuki rotaries (which was fuck all and the original topic)

Actually thinking back I've twice seen an RE5 being ridden in Christchurch in the last 10 years which is way more often than I've seen a Jota

[T.W.R]

That may well be true but I wouldn't be betting money any money on it, I've seen Jotas on the road or displays about as often as Suzuki rotaries (which was fuck all and the original topic)

Actually thinking back I've twice seen an RE5 being ridden in Christchurch in the last 10 years which is way more often than I've seen a Jota

Don't worry old fella, just remember I was riding Laverdas & a MHR mille back when you just dreamt about them

As for RE5 there's two sitting in a garage not 15mins drive south of where I am and there's at least 6 Jotas around the district and not just dolled up 3CLs either

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Those model rotaries respond surprisingly well to a two stroke style tuned pipe - big power increase but also big fuel consumption increase

Pretty sure those RC rotaries are 2-strokes. There's one on the net in an rc car with a Mazda 787b bodyshell.

Edit; just done some google searching, they are actually 4 stroke