Joeyfingis@lemmy.world to Motorcycles@lemmy.world · 19 days ago1970s Custom rotary engine Hercules, I'm so confused but also I want one!lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1133arrow-down11
arrow-up1132arrow-down1external-link1970s Custom rotary engine Hercules, I'm so confused but also I want one!lemmy.worldJoeyfingis@lemmy.world to Motorcycles@lemmy.world · 19 days agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squarePipster@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·19 days agoNorton 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.
minus-squareSchmuppes@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-219 days agoNorton were pretty successful racing those bikes too, but they were too thirsty and had inherent heat issues.
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.
Norton were pretty successful racing those bikes too, but they were too thirsty and had inherent heat issues.
Suzuki made one too, the RE5.