Comments on: Hercules W2000 Rotary Engine Motorcycle

By: philip e foster

philip e foster — Sun, 03 May 2009 05:01:21 +0000

Did bmw ever make rotary engine motorcycle

By: kkkkkk

kkkkkk — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:23:55 +0000

Don’t forget avtovaz …

http://www.rotaryaviation.com/rotaryhistory.htm#Part%205

By: Rich Peabody

Rich Peabody — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:20:39 +0000

As I recall, the Hercules came through Penton….I could have offered them as a dealer.

The RE 5 had 221 parts in the carburetor and a guy named Bill Condon, in Ashtabula, Ohio, had about a half dozen RE 5s….

The Herc was incredibly slow, which I found odd, because their enduro bikes were fairly quick.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:54:17 +0000

But what about that Hercules styling.
Looks like a CB350 with a bad goiter!

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:45:35 +0000

I’ve ridden an RE5, from Picton to Christchurch (so 300km of beautiful coastal road) and what I really remember was how smooth it was. It had “classic” 70’s handling (a lot like a GT750 waterbus) but it was vibration free right up to an indicated 180kph. A friend of mine bought it because he’d always wanted one, but subsequently sold it. Isnt the big issue with them heat and fuel consumption though?