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  • @Angelus12308

    Actually google was losing money with youtube. That's why they began putting adds.

  • that sounds well!

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  • Ugh, who made this guy admin. Also, Rich, make me mod.

  • when these were racing at the IOM one nearly touched 200 mph

  • @cardiffmc I have always had a bike from the age of 16, so was never a born again biker. I can't see anything wrong with getting back on a bike later in life though.

  • @cardiffmc It's 'their retorts', not 'there retorts'

  • @cardiffmc I can see from your name that English may not be your first language so I guess it's understandable you find spelling hard work.

  • @cardiffmc Learn how to spell buy! for fricks sake. And stop bloody swearing.

  • @jonnyspurdog I've never ridden a 125, I passed my test on a 250.

  • Haha! The wind ruble in the mike sounds ominous. And then the Norton bursts along. Brilliant! Even sounds mean on the overrun (did I get that right?).

  • I like Pineapples.

  • i like Pink Pineapples.

  • i watched one of these at donington a couple of days before this eyars motogp.........the sound is awsome

  • It looks pretty quick, but it sounds mighty wierd. WTF's going on with all that revving?

  • Its because its a rotary, rotary race engines seem a little like that. From what ive seen anyway

  • the reason why a rotary sounds like it is revving really high is because a rotary engine has combustion on every single rotation of the rotor, but a 4 stroke piston engine has 1 full cylinder movement (up and down) where there is no combustion so it doesnt sound like it is revving as high.

  • Wrong.

    A single rotor has THREE combustions for every rotation of the rotor. The rotor turns at 1/3 the speed of the crank. The crank needs to turn 1080 degrees to fire all six rotor faces.

    1080Deg = 6 pulses

    6 divided by 3, times 2 = 4 pulses over 720

    So a twin rotor has 4 firing pulses per 2 crank revs, just like a 4 cyl motor.

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  • Yeah, you are wrong. And now you are just looking stupid. Are you trying to say now that rotaries have no distinct induction-compression-expansio­n-exhaust stroke?

    Disprove what I wrote, go on, try!

    Back to school kiddo.

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  • Oh my God, you don't quit!

    I'm going to quote you.....

    "because a rotary engine has combustion on every single rotation of the rotor"

    This statement IS WRONG!!!!

    Here is your schooling for the day....

    When the rotor turns one complete revolution, it will have made THREE combustion events!

    I know, I know, I should have typed slower for you and used small words so you could understand, but hey, I'm just mean.

    Check Wikipedia, type in WANKEL ENGINE. Very nice explanations for you there.

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  • Face it, you got OWNED! Can't prove me wrong, can't deny what you wrote was utter shit (and I quoted you), so you resort to calling me a bogan. Nice one tiger.

    If you find error in the Wiki entry, please, enlighten us all with your wisdom. Tell us all where it is wrong. Otherwise, just shutting up would be a sensible option.

    You need to learn some debating skills sonny. Just saying something is wrong, doesn't make it so. You need to give reason and logic, and fact.

    Keep trying though. Hugs.

  • "because a rotary engine has combustion on every single rotation of the rotor"

    a rotor doesn't have a gap between combustion cycles like a 4 stroke engine (thats why its called a 4 stroke!)

    tell me how this comment is wrong?

  • hey i think you guys should keep this argument up im really quite enjoying it!

  • leon, your wrong... one rotation is 3 compression strokes. one rotor is basically the equivelant of three pistons.

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  • @scfitch actually 2 pistons once the eccentric shaft is figured in....

    A 2 rotor engine fires the same # of times as a 4 cyl at the same RPM.

  • Children will never learn. Open a book, find some websites or pull appart a rotary engine. It will do you good.

  • Seems a bit weird....

    Sounds like the bike is not running strong.

  • I must have one! I simply must!

  • lol

  • oh shit

  • what is this bike?

  • the new norton NRV 588... rotary engine... :)

  • benny bear, 1995? what, you mean this version or the norton/rotary concept alltogether? if the latter, then 1975 would be nearer the mark but things really took off between norton/wankel engines during the mid 80's to mid 90's. steve spray/trevor nation then later on, robert dunlop and jim moodie(i think). hizzy did very well on it at the TT aswell. brian crighton the man who made it all happen, not sure if he is involved in this project or not. awesome sounding bike.

  • This thing has been long overdue! Been in the pipeline since 1995! Come on Norton!

  • This thing has been long in the making! Since 1995! Come on Norton!!

  • my mate has one of the 90's version with terry rymer on it. sat in his conservatory..lol.

  • Yeah ! That doesn`t surprise me !! Ron Haslam raced a couple of GPs in `91 ! Came 15th in the British GP ! Not bad for its first race against the 500 two strokes !! Rule change in order eh !!

  • i love wankels

  • i am so imature to laugh at that.

  • get the quick shifter sorted, and it might sound even better!!!!!

  • Awesome !! An increase in capacity and that could tale on the Moyo GP bikes!! Dont you think !! I want the road version so bad I`d pawn my Granny !!

  • mate, i'll pawn your granny for free.

  • they wont be in moto GP. the rules state that the engines have to piston based design

  • what in the hell is that noise? did he just short-shift up every gear coming onto the straight? or was it purposely on & off the throttle? why so herky jerky?

  • I think hes just trying to control a wheelie :)

  • Yea

    Wankels (ahaha) have so much Toque They just lift the front up so he was just trying to keep it down

  • The beautiful rotary engine sound!!

  • wooohoooo......whats is this thing on 2 wheels? Thats probably the most beautiful noise I have ever heard from a bike, only after an R1 though.......

  • 588cc twin-rotor, 170bhp, 285lbs

    This bike is sex. More please.

  • I would call it a wild brit boar :-)

  • ive been there on a trackday this day and i was wondering what bike it is. It was soooo loud and backfireing like crazy .. really cool :))))

  • Sounds ace man!

  • donington is a pretty track

  • sounds....different!!

  • heheh first.

    can't wait to see it properly. :D sounds like... wow.. but is it running right? D:

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