Guy Martin onboard a ROTARY bike

This bike is no ordinary bike. From the exhaust shaped like a rotor, to the carbon fibre fairing adorning the name of the machine and its creator.
The Crighton CR700W
A 220hp, 142nm, 700cc twin rotor rocketship weighing just 130kg! Built in rural Wiltshire UK and comes with no rider aids.
The price is £95,000 and there is a limited production of just 25 bikes planned!
Watch as it gets taken through it's paces by road racing legend, Guy Martin at the infamous Cadwell Park circuit in Lincolnshire.
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If you want to learn more about this bike and the creator, Brian Crighton, check out the video where I interviewed him
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[@ILikeMotorbikes]

Where would you like to see Guy ride the CR700 the most?

[@flintstoneengineering]

Assen.

[@ILikeMotorbikes]

@@flintstoneengineering it would be epic to see!

[@kurluk04]

TT 😂

[@paulmaxey6377]

It has to be the TT but that will never happen but to see how good it really is it has to be in a proper race against other top machinery. Otherwise it is just words. It is easy for anyone to say that the bike they built or pay someone to say that it is the best thing they ever rode, but there is only one way to proof it. On track.

[@beninqdyet]

Against other bikes but would love to see it get flat out, sounded like he never really got past half throttle, wanna here it top rpms

[@Herkulez1981]

What a masterpiece, 130kilo and 220hp is amazing and the sound is nothing more then mesmerising and it’s all built in a workshop not a big brands factory . Piece of art

[@JohnSmith-ws1dp]

From 700cc 👌🏻

[@TarmanYoloSwag]

@@JohnSmith-ws1dp 700cc every 360 degrees. So it's 1.4l compared to a piston four stroke ( every 720 degrees).

[@opiumtrail7032]

than*

[@Herkulez1981]

@@opiumtrail7032 ”ok”

[@billallen4793]

I'd love to have this style of bike 🏍 with a turbo 2stroke twin cylinder with 280hp, and the same weight!..from Wyoming USA 🇺🇸 👋🤠

[@Derpderpson123]

If guy says it's fast, then it is bloody fast

[@ILikeMotorbikes]

Absolutely! He's not backwards about coming forwards

[@alexkeohane143]

Definitely

[@LNVACVAC]

A single rotor wankell engine has a torque pulse distribution stable and equivalent to most inline 6 engines, internal unbalanced inertia and transience is reduced. With a single cylinder it could weight as much as a v4 and it would still beat most v6s on a motorcycle. Now consider this whole bike weights as much as 125cc single cylinder "delivery" bike. The only way to make it faster is resumed to turning it into a superkart. This thing is above v10 and v12 era F1's.

[@maniakmotorofficial2651]

He Never tasted a MotoGP bike tho

[@paulymc]

​@@LNVACVAC hahaha, better than the last F1 BMW 3 litre v10? that's just utter nonsense

[@grisslebear]

Every rotary engine EVER was born pissed, & never got over it. What a glorious feat of engineering.

[@swilleh_]

It's all because every big race event has banned rotaries🤬. RX-7 GT300/787 B was such an amazing race car. All because of those fucking f1 rules that went to the every racing event. Fuck f1

[@TexRobNC]

I love watching legends work. If you watch the first bit of this, Guy quickly learns the bike does not like being near idle and in gear. Then after he realizes it's best to push it a bit because of that, he realizes you shouldn't be off throttle on this bike in turns, rather you need to hold a throttle after a firm braking period. You can see him figuring this all out in real time.

[@GonzoDonzo]

Yeah it only took about a lap in a half. Looked quite scary down low with those pulses bucking the whole bike

[@artbyamyk]

He's a smart cookie

[@icosthop9998]

TY

[@MrAussieCrasher]

Rotary engines have no engine braking and the power is instant so Guy worked that out instantly .

[@cbr1thou]

All bikes are like that ya dingus

[@FYNXGFX]

Just think it needs to be mentioned why this is the successor to the CR700P and that’s because it has a water cooled eccentric shaft, i.e water runs through the centre of the shaft helping aid cooling on the rotor bearings making it way more reliable and helps keep temps down a lot more. No one seems to talk about it though, which is a shame because it could be the difference needed to make these engines a lot more efficient and reliable. This isn’t your standard run of the mill rotary engine it has a lot of R&D in to it. My grandad is a genius and deserves more recognition for what he’s doing! Cool video I like the clips round the track!

[@paul8161]

Just found your wonderful comment shaun..many thanks for that great information and there's no doubt your grandad is a genius...no doubt at all..I wish this technology could filter down to the masses for everyone to be able to experience such engineering excellence..I remember the previous bike and that was a weapon. .this one is a guided missile..it's everything a race bike should be. Light, flickable, powerfull engine with great handling..great job...the bike should sit in the bracket as brittons 1000cc v twin beast..

[@racerex340]

Sport bikes are the perfect application for rotary engines, as rotaries have issue with low / constant RPM both with carbon buildup and case cooling. It looks like your granddad has been chipping away at some of the challenges that rotaries have presented over the years. One of the biggest is the inability to tune intake/exhaust overlap, in a rotary, both are fixed ports on the rotor housing, so intake/exhaust timing is handled by the length of the port and the proximity of the intake to exhaust ports from one another. Getting a rotary like your granddads to scream with a huge powerband up above 5K RPM is pretty easy with rotary, but always comes at the cost of low-RPM power and drivability, as you'll notice the motor will tend to sputter and break up under 3000 RPM. Bridge porting will greatly increase power in the high-RPM, but also at the cost of a lumpy idle and poor low-RPM throttle response, like having a huge camshaft in a piston engine, and peripheral porting / semi-peripheral porting will turn a rotary into an F1 engine but the low-end performance is abysmal. I'm betting your granddad's rotary is using peripheral or semi-peripheral setup. So, unlike a piston driven car with cams that can have variable valve timing to provide a wide range of performance or economy depending on demand, with the exception of variable length peripheral intake ports, rotary engine intake/exhaust timing, size (lift), duration is static, so an engine built for the maximum high-RPM horsepower will always suck at lower RPM's, gobble fuel and clog itself up, while a rotary built for lower-RPM torque and better economy will be pretty anemic up top. There was a team that was working on electronically actuated port-valve along with peripheral ports on a rotary engine, sort of like VVT or VTEC for rotary, where a special valve is inside the rotor housings that is actuated to change it's size and location, so you have this gigantic peripheral port, but the valve inside can move forwards or backwards to adjust timing / overlap, up and down as well as back and forth to adjust port size and geometry. If they perfect that technology, that would solve so many of the negatives of rotaries. Anyway, you're grandfather is a rad dude!

[@glennllewellyn7369]

G’day mate! Australia

[@SoLDMG]

Cracking granddad you have mate! Wouldn’t mind a bring your kid to work day in this family 😂

[@Showmethosevideos]

Thanks for pointing it out! I love the rotary engine but it has it's drawbacks ofcourse. This is a major improvement!

[@cannonEDHA]

I think the sound speaks for itself, what a sound

[@LegalLowGround]

Bruh all sportbikes sound almost EXACTLY like this....I'm guessing you're not a rider...

[@NeFjuS]

@@LegalLowGround sureee, might be you being deaf from all the fucking riding you do without hearing protection.

[@fidelcatsro6948]

sounds like a 2 stroke cricket

[@MrDenisio77]

Il suono è unico, un 4t 6c con qualche nota 2t. Motore perfetto per una moto da corsa, leggero, compatto e potente.

[@anttij2973]

Nothing sounds like this. Get your ears checked.

[@papapetad]

Guy's review is fn hilarious. I'm no bike expert but I reckon these are pretty fast based on his feedback 😂 It makes me happy that there's still plenty of love for the rotary architecture out there.

[@christophersmith2107]

Guy just commented it’s fast! Well then this bike has to be real real fast. Watching Guy learn the bike’s personality was absolutely fascinating. He figures out in 3 laps it wants power thru the turns, hates idle, and just listen to his shifting pattern from lap one to two to three and his operating range from 3 to 4 to 5...fantastic job men. Well done

[@thefontofallgarbage8480]

The power of an RSV4 1100 and just lighter than an RS250, terrifying.

[@imtheguvnor]

Holy Smoke - It's got a higher power to weight ratio than a Hennessey Venom GT2

[@dr.hugog.hackenbush9443]

I'd daily it.

[@maguslascivious4980]

@@luko560 That's the best part.

[@razorkortex3426]

Best first bike fr

[@paulstreesofwalthamabbey2007]

No Awesome!!

[@peterflynn9123]

😂😂😂 Guy's reaction is priceless. "Foookin Hell boy - that is FAST"

[@ILikeMotorbikes]

It was a brilliant sound bite 😂

[@Nicnic-yr8gg]

❤

[@Skafiskafnjak51]

You can see that he is full of adrenaline while speaking about bike, even his neck vein is poppin out that bike must be hella fast if your body reacts like this :D

[@michaelmather7352]

"technical term "

[@johnvilla4973]

When Guy says "they are all mopeds" compared to this bike says it all. Guy is praising it and warning about the power with child like passion as he says ' you have to adapt to that not making it adapt to you'( paraphrased) . One of the legends of the sport is literally laughing as he speaks. My old days of RX7 tinkering come back listening to that beautiful exhaust sound (so much HP on light chassis) ahhhh yeasss!!! Thanks for a great video!!!!

[@deltavee2]

Literally a new level. Guy can turn blinders like no one else so to see him get off the machine so pumped he can hardly talk speaks volumes. And when he points to a parking lot full of superbike and refers to them as "scooters" that tells me what he thinks of it.

[@stunter2875]

It doesn't matter if it's a master chef, painter or whatever. There is something special about watching people that have unbelievable passion and talent doing what they love and sharing it with the world.This bike just screams to get on,twist the throttle and have fun.

[@podulox]

Guy Martin on Masterchef... Interesting...

[@solidfuel0]

I don't feel that something special, if I'm not into the thing, it seems silly to me 😢

[@podulox]

@@solidfuel0 The Vid or the idea of Guy Martin on Masterchef? EDIT: Lol - I can see if you're not into rotary engines, this Vid doesn't seem all that special...

[@abdelhamidcherragui]

Thank you for not adding any music to when Martin was riding the bike.

[@lenbong1234]

Best Orchestra I've heard in a Long time!!! Thank you for not putting music over the sound of the bike

[@jimbodee4043]

That footage you have shown in this video was absolutely fantastic. The bike speaks for itself in this video. Fantastic find on KZbin.

[@JLSJakartaLoveStory]

I like how Guy at the beginning didn’t seemed very impressed, like ‘yeah, I have seen it all’. And after taking the bike for a wild ride came back like ‘fucking hell’ and so excited 😆 it looks an amazing bike

[@michaelgraves5925]

Sounds like an old 2 stroke! Awesome!!

[@dannymostarac1799]

Kewel😊

[@SummerTriangle]

I don't think Guy was impressed! He just was nice to the engineers team!

[@davefarmery8180]

​@@SummerTrianglehe was

[@moustachio334]

Guy is on a pure adrenaline rush after that run. To say his H2R feels like a moped compared to this is insane. I wonder if the lack of engine braking is a challenge but it's so light the brakes would have no problem stopping it. This is insane and it's just a 700cc. Mr. Wankel was a genius.

[@yinyangyin]

i believe it has two rotary chambers, side by side. so 1400 ? in a 250 gp frame ! gulp 🏴‍☠️ & yes wankel was brilliant.

[@seinfeld11123]

i own RX7's and yes the deceleration is an issue. the engine has a lot of inertia because its spinning rather than going up and down. so its a challenge. you can alter the ignition mapping and fueling to get it to slow down. its kinda like when F1 had the blown floors and they were using ignition cut to keep it going . its the same as that. 2nd issue is the low end. big ported rotaries are very lumpy down low and you can see how it runs quite rough down low. this is not fixable its how they run. so those are the 2 issues rotaries have. but as you can see the top end and overall power is nuts. plus there is a lot less power losses through drivetrain again spinning not going up or down like pistons. so there are some advantages

[@mwlo8635]

@@seinfeld11123 I mean the second issue isn’t really an issue on the track, right? Only the start is a bit rough but after that you won’t hit the lows anymore

[@rahowherox1177]

​@@seinfeld11123 and reliability, a big issue for Wankels

[@MerlinOpeth]

Imagine putting a 13b or 20b ?

[@SPHYNX99752]

I love the sound! I can tell he was just beginning to get a feel of the wide open power... He changed his shifting rate and rev point after the 2nd and 3rd laps. ❤

[@akilagun1]

What a project, what a bike, what a rider. Beautiful sounding motorcycle and an engineering master piece :) Thank you

[@stepparentingmadeeasy]

Guy is a living legend. Such humbleness from an exceptional man

[@peterherrington3300]

Humility

[@samteks125]

​@@peterherrington3300 No need for petering around

[@dougiemiller5030]

Absolutely agree. Ironically, against all he is saying in the video, if I was designing & building a bike, I'd listen to every single one he says. He sucks in engineering knowledge like a savant. What a bike! What a good lad. Great video.

[@salty3958]

I did not expect to see this come up in my suggested! I actually machine the rotors and the housings for these, had one of the completed bikes in our work a few years ago to 3D scan it. Can't beat the sound of the rotary :)

[@williamchamberlain2263]

Good work :)

[@slammerf16]

The Algorithm cannot be defeated and it absolutely will not stop! :)

[@icosthop9998]

​@@slammerf16 lol

[@maccmike8]

Love it. Thanks for sharing. Sounds incredible.

[@rabcspaniel5679]

Fantastic, and I remember races where they were 30 seconds ahead ! Great sound too.

[@joesoap4863]

That sound is like an old two-stroke and MotoGP combined! Awesome! Love the sound!

[@martinstone3656]

Just love the sound of a rotory engined bike, spent many wonderful hours at circuits round the country following the JPS Nortons, just couldn't get enough of them. Great video thanks, you just took a 64 year old man back to 80's

[@jimclements3190]

Me too mate, (64)😅

[@howardosborne8647]

The day Hizzy won the 92 senior TT on the Abus sponsored rotary is unforgettable. A great day at the races indeed.

[@aaxa101]

There is a po-po-po in the low rpm and the bike looks like shaking.

[@thewoodster8607]

@@howardosborne8647 I had the privilege (and I use that word sparingly) of being there to see it. Foggy plays it down nowadays but Hizzy and the Norton won it fair and square.

[@pauln6803]

​@@aaxa101 It's Caldwell park, not some super smooth purpose built Gulf state vanity project F1 circuit!

[@shepardman993]

Absolutely incredible thank you soo much for sharing this

[@ahmadfarrall2097]

Guy is a legend and humble too. Really enjoyed this

[@Unfunny_Username_389]

I never appreciated just how light this bike is. Incredible.

[@ILikeMotorbikes]

Oh it is incredibly light! I've pushed it around and it feels like nothing

[@protopigeon]

love your profile pic mate haha :)

[@Unfunny_Username_389]

@@ILikeMotorbikes Interesting. Does that translate into amazing handling?

[@Unfunny_Username_389]

@@protopigeon ; - )

[@ILikeMotorbikes]

@@Unfunny_Username_389 I'll let you know if I ever get to ride one 🤣

[@TheNFAProductions]

The fact that he compared a Fireblade to a moped after riding speaks volumes for this company

[@twobeer3945]

Wow, this is a wonderful racetrack! Must have been a joy for Guy to ride this bike. Beautiful stuff, I always enjoy watching Guy riding, gives me a warm smile...

[@johnlightbody9942]

The sound off of this thing is sublime!!

[@matthewb8229]

Sounds like a freakin' F1 car going around the track. How marvelous! Add on to it the fact that Guy Martin is one of my favorite riders/motorsports personalities and this video is outstanding. Once he got comfy, and really started giving it the beans...holy hell.

[@1970vlad]

It's good to see that there are still people with passion following their dreams and build monsters like this

[@matthewlardner5328]

Well said Sir 🙏🏻

[@mrmando69]

Absolutely

[@tdog54]

That will never end 🫶

[@snorring_worms]

best sounding bike ever! the sound at the load change is pure eargasm

[@lupo10]

Nice edited video dude, really enjoyed this. Watched it already for the riding sounds, but just watched it again while relaxing and I really enjoyed it. 👍

[@lisamcevoy6221]

I love Guy Martin, his enthusiasm and excitement and adrenalin is contagious,

[@scouseJC]

No ordinary rider, Guy Martin is a legend. Loves everything mechanical

[@jamesb2876]

Great to see guy back on a bike, and the bike sounds awesome.

[@jdstaley3710]

Awesome! Absolutely excellent. Love the power to weight ratio.

[@timreed2269]

Love what Brian and the guys have built with this bike and love Guy Martin to bits, what a character he is and like someone has already said, ‘if Guy says it’s fast then it’s proper quick!!’

[@simondusil9614]

exactly. it was nice to watch how he got used to it and lap after lap you could see that he allowed himself to add gas, give him this motorcycle for a month and he would only show what's in it. Martin is the devil 😁💪

[@AllTheRamenOnTheSky]

The fact this thing weighs less than 300lbs is absolutely bonkers

[@sed8181]

Lighter than a ninja 250 and 10x the power. Unbelievable.

[@mikaelkanerva1591]

​@@sed8181 Pretty sure ninja 250 has more than 22 hp

[@jordanvang9865]

@@mikaelkanerva1591 According to Kawasaki "36 from the engine, 26 to the wheel"

[@tuchesampho2047]

​@@mikaelkanerva1591 lol facts

[@Jason-rn4jk]

There’s no starter mechanism or radiator or coolant.

[@nippelpierre9821]

He is one of my favorites pilotes...crash on TT14 years ago..alive litteraly miraculus Fanatic of all mecanics machines, i like him and his passion

[@hansmartingrotefend8202]

thank you very much for this video . i like the sound of the rotary engine very much .

[@pk-so1mj]

I’m so happy that stuff like this is still being developed. Yeah, electric stuff is quick and interesting but it also has no soul and doesn’t create the raw excitement of something like this! Awesome!

[@RobertBalejik]

and weighs ~200kg not 130

[@Metal-Possum]

Electrifying is such an obvious thing to do in our modern world, but it's also very underwhelming to see or read about. Some company claims to be developing an electric bus? What they really mean is they saved up their pocket money and put the most mediocre battery, motor, and controller into a bus all while claiming they're pioneers and innovators. The three major components of any electric vehicle is a battery, motor, and controller, and the technology for those hasn't changed much in the past decade or so. Everyone's relying on third parties for components, especially batteries. There's nothing particularly clever about any of it. Electric vehicles make a lot of sense for a lot of reasons, but between the engineers who aren't really engineers and the relative simplicity of an electric drivetrain, there just isn't much to get excited about. Tesla come close to being interesting only because they've managed to exploit the shit out their batteries with their BMS, which some claim is 10+ years ahead of the competition, but in reality is just down to how they're programmed.

[@CONEHEADDK]

@@Metal-Possum The car drives into the station, the driver goes to take a leak. When he comescback, the standard dimension battery (so "everybody" can work on making better bateries) has automaticly been swapped from underneath, and he is off in under two minutes. The difference between the batteries is paid for electronicly - THEN electric cars are redy for ordinary use.

[@Metal-Possum]

@@CONEHEADDK If that's the case, batteries should be rented not owned. Tesla already trialed this idea and very few of their customers actually wanted it. You'll also be hard pressed to find a successful company like Tesla agreeing to conform to someone else's less good standards, or the complex relationship between Tesla allowing a competitor to use Tesla's superior battery modules, and the competitor actually wanting to use Tesla's modules at some expense. However, that's not the point I was getting at. The point is that when I see people "developing" battery powered buses or trains or trams or boats. I don't see any actual innovation. It's usually just a bunch of enthusiasts wondering what they can stick a third party electric motor into next, with results that could just as easily be calculated... *yawn*. I want to see some actual breakthroughs, something revolutionary that actually convinces the world electricity isn't just some experimental vehicle made from some Radioshack electronics kit for 10 year old kids. Powering a bus with a potato doesn't tell us anything we don't already know, we need to be exceeding expectations rather than merely pander to them, and that's going to take a company that's actually willing to invest in technological developments, rather than just buying off the shelf components and half-assing something that could have been exactly the same 10 years ago.

[@CONEHEADDK]

@@Metal-Possum I understood your message. I just see through Joe Average's eyes (the danish Joe - I live in Denmark, and "all" anybody seems to care about is recharging fast, so the cars are as functional as real cars. So if you can't recharge fast enough, you swith the batteri like in your toy cars. 90-99% of users don't have a clue - they ust want a PC car that does the job (and don't really give a fook how many black8 yos have been poisoned digging for materials for it) - in the colour the wife has chosen..

[@thecheshireadventurer8392]

What an amazing bit of engineering 👌👌

[@ILikeMotorbikes]

It's mega isn't it?

[@aliann7892]

I worked for Norton in the 80s. Brian is an absolute genius! I'd love to see Guy fly around the track on this beauty. 🖤

[@richardt.4224]

I remember watching The Norton back in the day. Great to see a new bike coming out of the UK's motorcycle engineering. I say NEW, more like "the rotary concept". I have a lot of time for Guy, thanks Guy. Only negative comment I have, what a shame there was no front facing GoPro! Hoping to see more of CR700. But the sound Wow, I've only had that spin tingling feeling when listening to the Triumph Tripples on FULL song back in the 70's Great Video THANX (more Please).

[@ILikeMotorbikes]

Thanks for the kind words. Sadly I was limited by the placement options for gopros as directed by the team so apologies for that. Glad you liked it!

[@julianhunter9455]

Guy talking Guy Martin when buzzing on adrenalin is priceless! What a legend! 😂

[@delboy868]

I've seen this bike before, but what guy said about it made me want to jump on a big bike again and go flat out, what a bike

[@teddyjones8027]

Absolutely love this motorcycle and it would be a dream come true to ride this beast.... It's incredible sound, looks, and performance are just pure genius. Thank you very much for sharing, everyone keep yourselves and love ones safe and healthy and remember to SMILE 😊😊

[@Yarrow54]

Love guys enthusiasm, bike looks and sounds sick..and pleased to see your channel doing well.

[@ILikeMotorbikes]

Glad you liked it and cheers for the well wishes

[@mavericktriple9488]

What a machine. When the rotary Norton's came out years ago they were fast but this is on a different level again. would love to see it go around the TT course one day. A brilliant ride by guy as usual and good feedback from the experience 😅😅.

[@STUCASHX]

If Guy Martin says it's f**kin fast, it's VERY F**KIN fast. Important thing to know about Guy Martin, not only is he both talented and experienced in riding fast bikes, his opinion is also not for sale. People who know him, know.

[@loranroberds308]

I'm 58 and still ride . I have a gsx 1250 now but the last was a zx9 . I would love to give this one a test drive . Gave me goose bumps listening to that rotary wind . What a sound . And guy martin is a legend only thing that would make riding that beast better is to meet guy martin

[@ralphdavidson9542]

Having been to gatherings at Betws-y-coed, I'd say you are a youngster!

[@johngaller278]

Ive loved and raced bikes for years. If I could be in Guy's body for one hot lap I think life would be over for me. Inner peace. Such an amazing sounding engine. So unique . it barks. I miss the sound of two strokes, but this... this is in a world all it own.

[@DeadFront1319]

Boy that partial throttle sure is a wild ride aye?! Beautiful piece of engineering!

[@ipoopmuffins]

ive never been a huge fan of rotary engines, but the rotary engine is the perfect candidate for sport bikes.

[@f0XxXxXxX]

787B ❤ (sorry it's a car)

[@meanlean3095]

It was always great in outboards as well just as powerful as a 2 stroke but lasts 3 times as long & only used half as much oil as a 2 stroke… great compromise imo…

[@georgebarnes8163]

Not suited to race bikes though, what category can it be raced in given its engine capacity.

[@ipoopmuffins]

@@georgebarnes8163 they’re absolutely suited to race bikes. small displacement, small physical size, high revving, high horsepower, and relatively high maintenance (insert apex seal joke here). You’re correct that there’s not really a class they suit at the moment, but that’s why classes like super bike and Supersport have different displacements per a given engine layout. Classically for example, 750cc inline fours would race against 1000cc v twins. And more recently they allowed 750cc v twins and 600cc in-line fours race with 675cc in-line 3s. It’s just a matter of horsepower to displacement math to determine what class a rotary COULD race in.

[@ipoopmuffins]

@@f0XxXxXxX yes I always loved the Mazda 787B, beautiful, fast, and sounds amazing. I just never dug the idea of a rotary engine for like a daily driver. Personal preference I know, because I would love an FD but won’t ever be able to afford one lol

[@beeawesome7140]

The sounds are spectacular.

[@gregatkinson5929]

Cool test by Guy, Amazing bike very special place in History for this motorcycle and the Team whom acheived this great result.

[@jonpowell8014]

I was a teenager when the 588 Nortons were racing, the sound of the 700 still sends a shiver up my spine...

[@haydengreensmith6894]

Can’t believe this company is only 10 minutes down the road from me! Awesome sound 👍🏻

[@fidelcatsro6948]

go ask them how much for the engine.. steal the engine plans and sell them to me..i will sell to suzuki and ask them to mass produce these in north korea so the whole world can enjoy this at affordable peasant prices🐱👍🏿

[@MHZul]

​@@fidelcatsro6948mf 😂

[@grooviefan]

Thank you for this video. Simply amazing. 🏁🏁🏍🏍

[@ivandrago23]

Hard to imagine a super bike being that light! Would love to get a test ride and see how it feels. Awesome vid bro!

[@willsilk1492]

Great to see, and especially hear, this bike. Was a big fan of Steve Hislop on the Norton Rotary in the early '90's. This is truly great stuff. Guy Martin is a real character, loved his reaction to riding what looks like quite a beast!

[@nomojo1110]

Holy shit. Mr. Crighton just did a "Hold my beer" to himself. Take a bow gentlemen. This and the Suter are the finest machines since the JPS and the 500cc GP era's (respectively). We all know Guy's nuts have their own gravity, so no need to reap praise on him ;) Cheers for the awesome video.

[@MarkoVukovic0]

Superb! Great to see that there are still people invested in rotary engines.

[@Jojo-hx1pi]

People who listen to their voice

[@martinhealy8525]

What a beautiful machine and the sound ❤

[@montypythonish]

Nice video. Guy definitely has a way about him. A genuine bloke with miles and miles of experience on multiple machines. Thumbs up.

[@Banditmanuk]

A really great video. Had the pleasure of chatting to Brian Crighton at the National Motorcycle Museum about the bike and his time at Norton. Fascinating man. Love the noise that bike makes and Guy's reaction

[@reallybadaim118]

Love it. Thanks for sharing it.

[@michaelblandford5087]

That was awesome, back in the eighties I worked in a Tyre shop here in Auckland, a regular customer had a rotary Norton which looked and sounded beautiful, I think it was a 70cc from fading memory, but privileged to see it, even if it was only twice, thanks for the video bro

[@gerrybailey447]

598 cc I believe, with twin rotors.

[@dereknicol5284]

Its great to hear that sound again. I owned a Norton Rotary with a race rep exhaust for 15 years but had to let it go because it sounded so amazing when thrashed that i just couldnt resist (im not getting any younger). It didnt sound as crisp as this monster though.

[@simondusil9614]

One of the most beautiful sounds I've heard recently ❤️ I want more videos .. nice from the circuit performed by Guy Martin 💪😁

[@CorePathway]

I’m know, I just love the sound of Guy talking. The bike made some good music too.

[@Trail.X]

Super rad! A rotory bike and guy Martin full send 👊🏼✊🏼👊🏼✊🏼 Hell yeah 🤘🏼

[@LucasMembert]

It sounds so good! Congratulations!!!

[@ragnarrock8747]

What an exhaust note! Wow.. Guy is one cool dude! Awesome riding as usual.. Seems like the bike wants to go even faster.!!! . What a masterpiece..

[@waynewelland7044]

Guys analysis is spot on and its great to see such a public figure and big name be so humble, in admitting that even with his qualifications. a rotary engine vehicle let alone sportbike requires a completely different approach to racing, and where and how you can push the vehicle. But in saying that, hopefully they still keep in mind his advice about the quickshift/blipper aswell as the gearing not quite being short enough.

[@Alex000113]

Distinctive engine sound, sounds great accelerating, to my ear sounded rough when the engine not loaded. My friends' RE5 sounded similar but smoother. Nice to see Guy excited and on 2 wheels. Kudos to such inventors !

[@andrewpaulstancer5704]

I had an RE5 and a GT 550 Suzuki and the rotary was quicker and smoother almost like a three cylinder fourstroke which of course technically it was ... But this ...this is something else !

[@pclaxton78]

Watched this so many times ,love it ..

[@marsmellow1589]

Hats off for the creator! What an amazing project.

[@matthewridley4438]

Guy martin you are a true legend. I would say you are one of the greatest riders to ever live. keep on riding brother. stay safe and let the journey take you great places.

[@Darren-jo4if]

It seems to be proper fast on camera which normally betrays the true pace, and that song it makes is awesome, definitely unique for sure, sounded and looked to be nervous when the throttle is closed or at least not wide open but as Guy said, that would be sorted with a quick shifter and auto blip.... Between that amazing new 250cc digitally injected 2 stroke British made cafe racer and this, im impressed by such design vision, the 2.0 lt V8 built in Halam Australia is another bespoke beast that will always stand out...

[@tommynikon2283]

LOVE the sound; that "burble"; Guy is always worth watching.

[@garysankey4618]

That sound, amazing.I hope Guy gets another ride when they have fitted a blipper and quickshifter? That bike suits his personality for sure. Amazing project 👍

[@turboslag]

Considering the sort of things Guy has ridden, for him to say that's fcuking fast it must be a missile! I remember watching the rotary nortons in British Super Bikes and at the Island and they were phenominal. The feature of Rotary's is the extremely light weight for the power output, and how compact they are. Just a shame about the emissions, which means there will never be a road version. I reckon Guy will be buying one of these!

[@raymondo162]

exactly: emissions and gas guzzling. the elephants in the room FOOLS

[@boogieman1200]

The burble on the over run is an awesome sound. Cool bike and extra cool rider.

[@moto46]

To say this sounds amazing is a total understatement

[@slartybartfarst9737]

After seeing the Nortons at the TT I started a hunt for a Rotary, The RE5 too heavy too complex, the Norton too expensive sooooo...Hercules W2000 hunt on, 22 years later I find a genuine 1,400 mile (rusty chrome and needs tank paint) example. Rotor housing is mint, It goes like a scolded Bantam then pulls like a 500 single revs out like a 2 stroke, farts , stutters and sings along at 90mph (in the Isle of Man officer) makes ice cubes on its inlet and has an orange glowing header pipe at night, its such a laugh to ride, no its not fast but smiles per miles and I now love rotaries. Brian Crighton the archetypal man in the shed innate engineer, 220BHP 142Nm 130Kg!

[@johnfriedl5629]

Wow his reaction is priceless. The engineering & design is really art. Would love to see reliability testing.

[@jwize386]

Cadwell Park. We used to ride on our bikes as kids over the fields from Louth and get in the back of the circuit to watch the races. Fun times.

[@superb63amg94]

Wow that's a sweet sounding bike. Symphony to my ears!

[@IgoByaGo]

Wonderful video. Thank you so much for posting this. I love rotaries and I love motorcycles. This sounded amazing. Also, Guy is gold, he was my favorite person interviewed during that TT Electric documentary "Charged".

[@lucasd1646]

The sound is insane.

[@LegalLowGround]

Literally sounds like any other sportbike flying around the track lmao....

[@hooviedoovie5220]

​@@LegalLowGround definitely a bit different from most superbikes. Sounds the most like an H2 I'd say but off throttle and partial throttle it's definitely got the signature rotary burbles and braaaps

[@lucasd1646]

@@LegalLowGround Go get your ears checked...rotfl. It sounds totally different than any other bike. Higher pitched than any inline 4 stroke at high rpm, and at idle it sounds more like a 2 stroke. Definitely unique. The guy even says turn up your volume to hear it scream.

[@Jason-rn4jk]

@@LegalLowGround anyone that’s been around bikes long enough can tell the difference of a 600 or 1000 and more even the different exhaust types like the devil or akraprovic or two brothers, to each their own they have their own unique sound. So too does this have its one of a kind sound, honestly it sounds like a souped up weed wacker rc nitro car with a hint of a mt10 roar.

[@Bigbushape]

My goodness, goose bumps all over

[@helenloughton2418]

Love the sound of rotatories the no1 norton beautiful

[@alanfrazer3291]

A rotary going around Cadwell Park again brings back memories. I still have the JPS branded umbrella! If you know you know 😉. Thanks for posting.

[@Thorsten_Kueppers]

Magnificent 🤩 That power to weight ratio is pure madness! 😂 You can hear how smooth an fast this engine revvs up.

[@captainswagger9697]

Dear god... the BRAP BRAP BRAPP from any rotary engine is literally music to my ears. I'm pretty sure I can feel the dopamine just dripping from my receptor at the sound