Guy Martin onboard a ROTARY bike

foreign [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] this is no ordinary bike from the exhaust which is shaped in the style of a rotor to the carbon fiber fairing adorning the name of the machine and its creator the Crichton cr700w [Music] this bike was built in a workshop in rural Wiltshire UK by a team of passionate Engineers led by none other than Brian Crichton a man who was instrumental in the success of the Norton rotary engine bikes through the 1980s and 1990s in National and road racing alike [Music] foreign ERS of the engine even on tick over immediately lets you know that this certainly isn't any run-of-the-mill Superbike it boasts an impressive 220 horsepower 142 newton meters of torque and weighs just 130 kilograms that's more than 1600 horsepower per tonne and yet despite all of that it has zero Rider AIDS truly analog machine in a digital world the 700cc twin rotor bike is equipped as you might expect with Superbike specification forks and rear shock taken care of from by tubo and the braking is taken care of by Brembo there are also carbon fiber wheels from BST all in an attempt to give any Rider a fair chance of taming the Beast beneath them [Applause] foreign I'm super pleased to bring you this week's video with the support of WSC performance it doesn't matter whether you ride on the road off-road or on the track WSC has you covered from chain and sprockets to alls to fork seals and much much more Simon at WSC has got everything to make sure you can keep your bike in fine fettle as a little extra bonus if you spend 30 pounds or more unquote I like motorbikes at checkout then you'll get a free gift for the first 10 people who use it you'll get a muck off clean protect and Lube kit for the next 20 people you'll get a muck off nanotech cleaner to make sure your bike looks Tip Top for the final 30 people you'll get a muck off Pfizer and goggle cleaner so your vision is clear while you twist the grip off it all the links in the description are below now let's see how guy gets on riding this bike [Music] working with Brian is an amazing yeah I've never met him yeah Ryan is an amazing brain and he's just you know he's just saw the potential for racial engines back here years ago and he helped us develop all the stuff helicopters and art of our other applications and then so we kind of just kept this going at the same time and that's how this kind of thing evolved but it's been 10 years yeah we started out with slightly smaller engines guy was engrossed in the detail of the bike and full of questions over the engineering challenges and benefits soon though it was time to ride but not before a brief from Alex head the managing director of wrote from Power about what to expect and which engine parameters to watch while riding [Music] if you haven't already now is the time to turn your speakers up and listen to this engine how for the next few minutes [Music] um yeah foreign [Music] [Applause] foreign [Music] [Music] [Applause] foreign foreign [Music] mmm foreign foreign foreign foreign foreign [Applause] [Music] [Applause] foreign [Music] [Laughter] [Music] I think top down the back I'm going down three so I think I'm inside I think yeah I think you're riding position is a bit wrong I think he's too much on the front I think you could be a bit lower for me that's not an education needs a quick shifter needs a blueprint yeah just to make it keep them all settled yeah I think I need to adapt for that because I've never felt anything like it yeah more than those two things just because you've need a different riding Style well overall then it was a positive report from guy Martin and I'm sure you'll agree that Brian is one incredible engineer and this is one very special bike no it doesn't have the latest and greatest technology on there but it has something else it has an engine unlike any other on the market and that's what gets people excited problem is though if you want one of these bikes they're 95 000 pounds and even if you could get one there's only 25 produced that means that you're unlikely to ever see one in the flesh and let alone get your bum on one I really hope you've enjoyed this video and if you haven't you want to learn more about the bike you can click the link over here where I interview Brian and we talk about his life story working at Norton and also this rotary bike as well it really helped me out if you want to click subscribe after this and if you do the buttons up here I'll be really grateful for now though I'm going to leave you with more clips of this bike and we'll catch you in the next one thanks for watching [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music]

Channel: I Like Motorbikes

Views: 2,017,082

Keywords: crighton cr700w, crighton cr700w sound, rotary bike engine, rotary bike sound, cr700w, cr700w sound, cr700w top speed, guy martin, guy martin cadwell park, guy martin rotary bike, guy martin cr700w, guy martin crighton cr700w, rotary motorcycle, rotary engine track, rotary engine motorcycle, rotary engine sound idle

Id: SHtz8tlavY0

Length: 16min 44sec (1004 seconds)

Published: Sun May 07 2023

Reddit Comments

[u/ar243]

For reference:

Harley Fat Bob: 100 hp, 306 kg, 0.3 hp/kg

Yamaha R3: 40 hp, 170 kg, 0.2 hp/kg

Yamaha R6: 120 hp, 185 kg, 0.6 hp/kg

Yamaha R1: 200 hp, 201 kg, 1.0 hp/kg

Kawasaki H2R: 326 hp, 216 kg, 1.5 hp/kg

This bike: 220 hp, 130 kg, 1.7 hp/kg

[u/pfroo40]

Lies, that thing is clearly powered by a 700cc nest full of hornets

[u/daevl]

so i hope you haven't seen this yet, but the specs alone are stunning to me. enjoy the sound and riding i guess.

"an h2r is alright, but fucking boring"

[u/Hopefound]

Man that thing sounds lovely.

[u/Super_Colossal]

As soon as I saw that it was at Cadwell, my first thought was "damn, what a confined space for that monster." I wanna see it really stretch its legs! What a machine.

[u/thefooleryoftom]

No wonder the Nortons dominated.

[u/[deleted]]

Awesome, but it shakes so much at low speeds.

[u/taticalgoose]

Is a rotary really that much lighter than a V4? If not, where does the ~80lb weight savings over a Panigale superlegerra come from?

[u/fastingemotions]

Nice video. Thanks OP