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===Suzuki=== From 1975 to 1976, [[Suzuki]] produced its [[Suzuki RE5|RE5]] single-rotor Wankel motorcycle. It was a complex design, with both [[Radiator (engine cooling)|liquid cooling]] and [[oil cooling]], and multiple lubrication and [[carburetor]] systems. It worked well and was smooth, but it did not sell well because it was heavy and had a modest power output of {{convert|62|hp|abbr=on}}.<ref name="ncNHg">{{Citation |url= http://www.fasterandfaster.net/2006/08/remembering-rotary-suzuki-re-5.html |title=Remembering Rotary: Suzuki RE-5 |publisher=Faster and Faster |date=August 14, 2006 |access-date=2012-08-14 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120910121723/http://www.fasterandfaster.net/2006/08/remembering-rotary-suzuki-re-5.html |archive-date=September 10, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Suzuki opted for a complicated oil-cooling and water-cooling system. The exhaust pipes become very hot, with Suzuki opting for a finned exhaust manifold, twin-skinned exhausted pipes with cooling grilles, heatproof pipe wrappings, and silencers with heat shields. Suzuki had three lube systems, while Garside had a single total-loss oil injection system that fed both the main bearings and the intake manifolds. Suzuki chose a single rotor that was fairly smooth, but with rough patches at 4,000 rpm. Suzuki mounted the massive rotor high in the frame.<ref name="D1mEV">"Cycle World" Magazine March 1971</ref> Although it was described to handle well, the result was that the Suzuki was heavy, overcomplicated, expensive to manufacture, and, at 62 bhp, short on power.
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