From living room built ROTARY RACE BIKES to beating the world
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Publicado 2022-02-18
Understand the history of Brian, his journey, his passion and how he came to the point of building yet another incredible world leading motorcycle.
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Now, under Crighton Motorcycles and with the support of Rotron Power he has developed a new bike, the Crighton CR700W.
- 220hp @ 10,500rpm
- 142nm @ 9,500rpm
- 129.5kg dry weight
- 810mm seat height
- 0 rider aids!
- £95,000....
Make sure you stay to the end to hear the beast roar!
Read more here - www.crightonmotorcycles.com/
It was so special to sit and listen to Brian, his story and the development of the fabulous sounding rotary engines, I hope you enjoyed it too.
This video has been a huge project and I am so grateful and thankful to all those who have helped below.
- Brian Crighton
- Crighton Motorcycles
- Gilo Cardozo
- Rotron Power Ltd
- Greg Anthony Harris
- Sophie Bolesworth
And last, but by no means least, Richard Dolan, for his incredible film making and patience in delivering this project. Thank you!
Please take a look at his work below
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Todos los comentarios (21)
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What did you learn from this video?
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Hats off to Brian Crighton, what a great story!
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What a humble, brilliant engineer! I bet a conversation between him and Gordan Murray would be a feast of knowledge!
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It was a great pleasure to work on this one! The most humble man in the world with such a legendary history 😁
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Only just found this through a friends recommendation, and yet another gentle, humble, man who i could talk bikes and engineering to for hours if allowed to. He is the same type of man as Allan Millyard, whom i have taked to for hours ( ask my poor bored wife while at Poole bike night). Both true gentlemen, who love to talk about bikes, engineering with a passion. Thank the lord for people like these 🙏 😊
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A huge thank you to Brian Crighton for giving us the pleasure of the Norton Rotary race bikes.
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What an incredibly talented but oh so humble man Brian is. I could listen to him speak for hours. I had no idea about the bikes complex history. How wonderful.
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Brain Crighton keeping the rotary alive. I looked for 22 years after a DKW W2000 and found a 1,400 miles Hercules with a rusted out tank, rusty chrome but an immaculate rotor housing. What a hoot to ride and looks so good with its Jetsons engine. It makes not a lot of power but 100% smiles per mile.
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Always fantastic to listen to a genuinely knowledgeable man that has no intention of being anything but completely honest and straight forward.
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Now that was a proper scoop! Lovely man Brian, one of Britains best for thinking outside the box. I was racing when Rocket Ron was riding, when he came past it was like being overtaken by a Phanton jet. Incredible that the world has not embraced this configuration of internal combustion? Mazda proved it worked but it's still a black art. All power to the team to get decent backing for a crack at the TT before it's deemed uneconomic.
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Having rebuilt my first rotary in highschool 1984, I have had a love for these fantastic engines! So happy to see it working for you and cool to see what you did to make it work!!
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Wow!!! Just ...wow!!! Thank you for this video. This man is unbelievable. Genius is an understatement. Talent like this can never be allowed to retire. The new generation must take note.
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A rotary motor bike, I was talking to a friend about that the other day big respect to this man very well done
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That is an absolute work of art. Absolutely beautiful.
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I love that he is keeping the bike as "non-wired" zero driver accompanying safety measures. Keep it visceral. Keep it analog. Keep it pure. There is something to be said for a machine that is trying to kill you every second your on it. That's the rush. Controlling that monster like riding a fire breathing dragon.
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That thing is an absolute beast....would definately want to have a rip on one just for that awesome exhaust note.
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Really impressed with your interview, you obviously undertook due diligence before hand. Mr. Chrighton is a genius, why his ideas have never been taken up by a major manufacturer I will never understand
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My experience with a Rotary engine was the original Wankle twin rotor in the NSU Ro80 in about 1973/4.. To be honest a bit of a pain. I bought it because I loved the design of the car...By the time I owned it the seals were already on the way out, But I was amazed at how revy and smooth the motor was, compered to a normal reciprocating engine. This Man, dare I say it, has developed this engine to where it is now...( I well remember the raucous howl from the JPS Nortons)... A man dedicated to this design of engine....I want one, but I fear its way out of my pocket..
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Rotor motor,what an amazing bike and a very good video production. Well done
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I met Joe Erlich, the austrian two stroke guru in the 80s at a bike show in London when he was at his exhibition stand. It wasnt bust at the time and maybe some bikers were not aware of his fame with two stroke racing engine design when with a tiny budget he embarrassed the big factory works bikes then. What a sweet gentleman he was and he his manners and humility really impressed me and Brian sesems so humble and loving his work just like Joe. Its great to see these brilliant engine guru innovators and they are going down in history and Brians achievements at Norton and now in his own team and the publicity for sponsors like JPS is massive with TV and bike press and racing enthusiasts worldwide and i cant understand why some big engineering companies and machining, bearing and automotive companies to start. What a great advertisement for shocks, brake pads etc
