OldMotoDude 1975 Hercules W2000 Rotary sold for 8,000 at the 2016 Mecum Las Vegas Motorcycle


Hercules W 2000 / Werkstattwerke

The Hercules W-2000 is a motorcycle which was made by Hercules in Germany. It was the first production motorcycle with a Wankel engine.: 83 It was designed in the late 1960s, first shown at a German trade show (Internationale Fahrrad und Motorrad-Ausstellung IFMA - the International Bicycle and Motorcycle show ) in 1970; the prototype had a Sachs KM-914 engine and a BMW 250 gearbox and shaft.


1974 Hercules W2000 Wankel

This 1976 Hercules W-2000 (serial 480005185) is one of 1,800 built in Germany between 1974 and '77. One of only a handful of production Wankel rotary engine-powered motorcycle designs, this one is said to be all-original with 8,550 miles from new, and it looks quite well-preserved in photos. The seller adds that it starts very easily, and.


1978 Hercules W2000 L side Classic Sport Bikes For Sale

Jetzt Hercules Motorrad bei mobile.de kaufen. Finden Sie viele günstige Motorrad Angebote bei mobile.de - Deutschlands größtem Fahrzeugmarkt.. Hercules von 09/1968 222 MFH mit Sachs 2-Gang Motor. EZ 09/1968 • 999.999 km. Mofa/Mokick/Moped • Andere • Automatik.


Hercules W 2000 (1975) für EUR 17.800 kaufen

Post Sale Update: After 24 bids on eBay, this Hercules sold for $6,100. In the early 70s, Suzuki, Norton, and DKW all brought rotary-powered bikes to the market, but DKW was the first. Outside of the UK, it was marketed as the Hercules Wankel 2000, or W2000. If you ignored the unique powertrain, the rest of the bike was fairly conventional.


Hercules W2000, erstes serienmäßig hergestelltes Motorrad mit Wankelmotor, von 197479 wurden in

1974 Hercules W2000 294cc Rotary. Looks to be in good original condition with only 26279KM on the clock. Uk registered with V5C log book. Comes with a good file of history and some spares. This is a very rare motorcycle that's ready to ride and enjoy! History; Felix Wankel first began to conceptualize his rotary engine


Hercules W 2000 (1975) für EUR 17.800 kaufen

Das Konzept des Wankelmotors war genial, aber erfolglos. MOTORRAD Classic war dem Mythos auf der Spur und erfuhr die Faszination im Sattel der vier bekanntesten Wankelmodelle: Hercules W 2000, Norton Classic, Suzuki RE5 und Van Veen OCR 1000. Alles dreht sich, ein dumpfes Brummen und Dröhnen durchdringt den Schädel.


The Rare Hercules W2000 A ProductionBuilt Rotary Powered Motorcycle

Hercules W-2000 Engine: 294cc air-cooled single rotor Sachs Wankel, 8.5:1 compression ratio, 32hp @ 6,500rpm Top speed: 90mph Weight (dry): 381 lb (173kg) Price then/now: $1,900/$4,000-$7,500. When Ron Schavrien got into motorcycling, he approached it from a different perspective than most people. He wasn't a piston-crazed high school student, studying the latest motorcycle magazines to.


Hercules W 2000 (1975) für EUR 17.800 kaufen

The W2000 up for was made in 1977, the final year of production. It features a 32HP engine, a luggage rack, and only 8,550 miles on the odometer. It looks to be in great condition. The auction is.


Hercules Wankel W2000 (1974) Motorrad fahren, Motorrad, Kraftfahrzeug

Fichtel and Sachs, meanwhile, who had built motorcycles in Germany since 1904, gambled on a rotary engine motorcycle called the Hercules W2000 in 1974. Suzuki built the very complicated water-cooled RE-5 briefly in 1975-76, but Hercules bet on a fan-cooled single-rotor engine of 294 cc. Initial models developed 23 bhp, later increased to 31 bhp at 6,200 rpm.


The Rare Hercules W2000 A ProductionBuilt Rotary Powered Motorcycle

Dieser ist an allen Verkaufsstellen und bei der Deutschen Automobil Treuhand GmbH unentgeltlich erhältlich, sowie unter www.dat.de. Jetzt Hercules Wankel Benzin Motorrad 2000 bei mobile.de kaufen. Finden Sie viele günstige Motorrad Angebote bei mobile.de - Deutschlands größtem Fahrzeugmarkt.


Hercules Wankel W2000 BJ 1975 einmalige Hercules.

The Hercules wears 18-inch wheels at both the front and rear, and the front brake is an 11.8-inch disc, while the rear is a 7-inch drum. Period tests of the Hercules give the machine credit for its cornering stability, but fault the 6.5-inch ground clearance as a major detractor in its cornering ability.


Hercules W 2000 Tests & Fahrberichte, aktuelle Neuvorstellungen und Marktangebote

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The DKW W2000 / Hercules W2000 Rotary A Wankel Rotary Motorcycle

Kaufhinweise Hercules W 2000. Wichtige Hinweise für Kaufinteressenten Hercules Wankel 2000 von Hans-Heinrich Duensing und Wolfgang Dingeldein. Wir freuen uns sehr über das in den letzten Jahren allgemein gestiegene Interesse an der Erhaltung unserer Hercules Wankel 2000. Noch in den 1990er-Jahren war die Zahl der W-2000-Enthusiasten.


Hercules W 2000 (1975) für EUR 17.800 kaufen

The Hercules W2000 and the Wankel Rotary Engine. Felix Wankel first toyed with the ideas that would become his rotary engine back in the late 1920's and 1930's but he was unable to do practical development work on it until the disruption of the Second World War was concluded in 1945. Thus it was that he didn't produce a working prototype.


OldMotoDude 1975 Hercules W2000 Rotary sold for 8,000 at the 2016 Mecum Las Vegas Motorcycle

The Hercules W2000 was the first production motorcycle to be powered by a Wankel rotary engine, it showed the world that rotary-powered motorcycles were a possibility, a possibility that Norton would later develop into a wins in the British Superbike Championship, the British Formula One Championship, and the Isle of Man TT with their own rotary-powered motorcycles.


Hercules W 2000 (1975) für 17.800 EUR kaufen

The DKW W2000 is a rotary-engined motorcycle that was sold under the name "Hercules W-2000" in all world markets outside the United Kingdom - it was the first rotary motorcycle (in full production) in the world and its engine would go on to form the basis of the Norton rotary-engined motorcycles that would be produced well into the early.