Here's a rare one:

http://louisville.craigslist.org/mcy/3472328305.html

 

Vetta fairing too. Combine that with the rotary engine and you've got a one-of-a-kind combination for sho!

 

There's a guy around here somewhere that has a couple of those and a couple of Van Veen bikes. He's really into rotaries. Brings a few to our bike show every year.

 

I remember the Van Veen but never saw one in person.

 

That's actually the 2014 Zook MGP bike prototype.....

 

I love the dash on those. You can seit in the second picture. Had a curved lexan cover over the gauges. When you pressed a button it would slowly retract back.

 

I know that the rotary car engine is notorious for being very loud, how is it on a bike?

 

Had a different note but quieter than a factory piped two stroke.

 

I will kick your @ss.

 

Meh, I'd rather have a wankel.

 

Love the combination oil filter and frame slider!

 

That was only on the first-year RE-5, IIRC.

Bizarre, heavy bike. A friend of mine rode one across the USA as part of Suzuki's intro/release promotion of the bike. He said it was like riding an appliance for 5000 miles. It has no "personality" at all.

 

A local enthusiast has one. I rode it...when you give it heavy throttle, the bike fucking leans! I dont remember if it's left or right but the bike would literally lean. Torque steer of some sort.

 

Is it a two-stroke or four-stroke?

Who knows.

-jim

 

Want one? A friend has one for sale in the mid-west. He travels a lot, btw.
He's had it a while, & you'll get a straight deal.

 

Isn't there a thread for Craigslist ads...?

 

I knew some guys who raced one in WERA in the early 80s. They removed the rev-limiter and turned it close to 10,000, IIRC.

 

Like Putter, one-stroke.

 

ALL longitudinal crankshaft engines lean. Re5, MotoGuzzi, BMW, Hercules, DKW, Gold Wing, Silver Wing. Basic physics.

 

There was a CL ad in Birmingham a couple of days ago for a Honda CX-650 Turbo. Haven't seen one of those in many, many years. Looked to be a in great shape.