The Hercules W2000 had a single-rotor air-cooled engine of 294cc that produced 32-hp. 294 ORIGINAL MILES, VIN/Frame #480000925 ENGINE # 7586712. The first rotary motorcycles to go into production were from DKW in 1973, with their Hercules W200, and Suzuki with their RE5 in 1974. Henk van Veen was the Dutch importer of Kreidler two strokes, and prepared bikes for the 50cc GP category.

The Hercules W-2000 is referred to as the first mass-produced Wankel rotary-powered motorcycle. 1975 HERCULES WANKEL, ALL ORIGINAL SURVIVOR! DKW 500 SB DE 1936 Motocicleta restaurada, funcionando bien, con documentos, para poder documentar en cualquier país, batería nueva, garantizada, funcionando muy bien en la carretera, muy confiable. Then there was the Van Veen OCR-1000, arguably the best rotary motorcycle of the 1970s. Cooling was by a large fan placed in front of the engine and the slipstream breeze while riding. Envisaged in 1919 by German engineer Felix Wankel, the rotary power plant was thought by many to be an ideal engine. DKW - HERCULES 125 GS - 1973 POA. Once in a while a Hercules W2000 Rotary shows up for sale but they’re often in pretty bad shape, whether for lack of parts or knowledge of how to fix it. 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 1990s.

It had 18-inch wheels, a front disc brake and rear drum brake. 25-Jun-2020; Italy; Trade; See all stock; 1936 DKW 500 SB DE £16,800. By Paul Crowe. INTERNAL CODE: DKW00002. The Wankel rotary had far fewer moving parts than a four-stroke engine, and was theoretically more efficient. Neither of these machines proved to be reliable, and as a result, they were not popular with the buying public. The Hercules was only built from October 1974 … The rotary-powered Hercules W-2000 motorcycle is real. Es uno de los primeros modelos de motocicletas DKW fabricados … He became well known for his work in Grand Prix racing in the 1970s but yearned for … I spotted this one for sale on eBay and it looks to be in very good condition, according to the owner he had it completely restored. Hercules W2000 Rotary Engine Motorcycle. This Hercules Wankel was the first production motorcycle equipped with the Wankel Rotary engine, and represents an important part of motorcycle history… The condition of this machine is highly original and un-restored. 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. I know this, because I saw one with my own eyes at Merks Motor Museum in Nuernberg, Germany, and I’m now fundamentally changed because of it. In 1974, Hercules became the first company to offer a rotary Wankel-engined motorcycle (W2000) for sale to the general public. There was also the much less successful (actually, quite terrible) DKW/Hercules W2000 of 1974-78.