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The Rare Engine that Kills Everything it Touches

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Only one internal combustion design from the 20th century has gone into production: the Wankel Rotary. Yet every motorcycle manufacturer who tries it goes bankrupt. What’s the curse?

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20 Comments

@SteveElli-cm1jk 2 years ago (edited)

Had a boss who swore by rotary engines....he drove his wifes car most of the time cause his mazda was always broken

@no_style._yt 4 years ago

“The scariest philosophical question born in the bathhouses of Ancient Rome. Who’s wankle am I touching…. “
F9 is truly a wordsmith and a poet

@aMaff 3 years ago

"I once went to Poland in September. It was lovely! You just...can't get carried away"
OMG
😂😂😂

@evelynsahoe8896 1 year ago

4:52 is the smoothest Nazi joke I've heard since the classic Top Gear days 🤣🤣🤣

@PiXimperfect 4 years ago

This is a Netflix series for motorcycle lovers. Period.

@gustavocardoso1667 4 years ago

You're not a reviewer, you're a story teller, and that's amazing!

@kyphilburg 4 years ago

The way the paper lands perfectly on the seat at 7:58 was either unplanned or this was take 23. Either way, the fact that Ryan seemed not to notice was the best part.

@davidbeckham 1 year ago

4:21 is the best frame of all Fortnine.

@marke1464 4 years ago

I live in the town where Felix Wankel had his workshop and lived while engineering the rotary engine. My mother knew him. Had a small dog apparently. He also developed a boat which could dive under waves. That's why his workshop is a few feet away from lake constance. The facility is owned by Audi today.

@amlukewarm 4 years ago

Can we all agree that Ryan from Fortnine is a freaking living legend in the motorcycle community.

@brianrainey2739 4 years ago

Rumour has it that Mazda has never actually stopped developing their rotary in their secret labs deep down underground. As a former RX8 owner, I sold before seal failure, I love the rotary and would love to have another….

@BRedFilms 1 year ago

Fun fact the dive bomb sounds actually came from the Japanese fixing trumpets to their planes to make them more intimidating to the enemy when suicide bombing was the tactic. Wont happen on normal flying objects, just pointing that out.

@jjstuartonwriting8150 4 years ago

The greatest mystery from the ancient bath houses of Rome, “who’s Wenkel am I touching?”

This has got to be one of the best lines I’ve ever heard. Omg, you need your own syndicated television show.

@BCpov 4 years ago

The episodes about weird and extinct bikes/technologies are my favourites.

Thanks guys 🙂

@stk0308 4 years ago

My parents were a Hercules dealer in the late 70's. Couldn't sell any of the 3 bikes initially sold to them by the company. So, the oil injector model(yes there was one you didn't have to pre-mix for) went to a business partner/investor. The 2 pre-mixers, dad road raced. One was a sprint race bike, the other the endurance bike. Never won anything, but never finished last. He ran them until about 1983.

@kadddddshad1424 3 years ago

I once went to Poland in September, you just can't get carried away, he says. 🤣🤣🤣

@CarComparos 4 years ago

You just make a Masterpiece EVERY time don't you.

@amirbechor3768 4 years ago

Ah yes, the ol' Rotary.
it's like a genius kid to divorced parents, there's so much potential, but it all hides under heaves of hardships and trouble.

@bartstaton2059 4 years ago

"I once went to Poland in September, It was lovely! you just can't get carried away" lines like this are an example of great writing! some of the best out there