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1970s Custom rotary engine Hercules, I'm so confused but also I want one! (lemmy.world)
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[–] Pipster@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Norton made a few, the Commander (not Commando) in the late 80s and early 90s was the main one, they bought the tooling from Hercules. Didn't really work out in the long run.

[–] Schmuppes@lemmy.today 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Norton were pretty successful racing those bikes too, but they were too thirsty and had inherent heat issues.

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

Suzuki made one too, the RE5.