PRESENTING THE VAN VEEN OCR 1000 TWIN ROTOR WANKEL MOTORCYCLE

Dave shows his Van Veen OCR 1000 as it nears completion.
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[@441rider]

The Crighton Norton twin rotor was the only other 2 cyl rotary made in numbers. Awesome thanks for showing it.

[@BillLaBrie]

Always loved the way these looked. Big luscious thing.

[@anoopravi1843]

Last commented and subscribed when you had less than 20 subscribers. Really happy to see that the tribe has grown to more than 2.5k. Keep going.

[@bullpencycles]

Thanks for sticking with me!

[@anoopravi1843]

@@bullpencycles will always do. No one has so much knowledge about so many motorcycles anyway.

[@ccrider00]

Looks like a Honda gl 1000 at some angles👳‍♂️👋

[@ccrider00]

Start it up aleady❗

[@cfish64]

Wow Dave..... Awesome job dude

[@bullpencycles]

Thanks! Next is to make one run!

[@lordvalc4478]

​@@bullpencyclestoo much talking but we dont hear theat motorcycle start up

[@adamroper1197]

Vanagon still used an air cooled engine in '76, so it was a mk1 Rabbit that shared the same coolant hose.

[@bullpencycles]

Good to know. Thank you

[@adamroper1197]

@@bullpencycles No worries, great channel you've got. Thanks for the videos mate.

[@garydunn3037]

These old Van Veens are rare as "Hen's Teeth" and should be in a "Museum" I Remember seeing them in a Magazine in the "Mid 70's" But Never actually Saw One in the metal. From what I have read, these Motors were mean't for a "Car" which Never reached the development stage. So, they made a Motorcycle out of the engines. Hence the Van Veen OCR1000.

[@htimsid]

If I remember correctly, the Van Veen OCR 1000 engine was that built by the NSU-Citroën collaboration Comotor project and fitted to the Citroën GS Birotor which went on sale in October 1973 (alongside the 4-cylinder boxer Otto-engined GS cars) but was withdrawn within months after less than 850 units had been sold. And the original plan included the later, larger CX with a three-rotor Wankel (as a Trirotor) but that did not go ahead (and the CX used only 4-cylinder IL Otto and Diesel engines) - so perhaps there could even have been a Van Veen OCR 1500 :) As a boy, I was entranced by the Van Veen OCR 1000 and still have a contemporary framed poster of it and several magazine articles.

[@jamesfreeland3137]

Nice. Very interesting. I remember when I was a kid about the RO 80 from NSU. Good motor, but if something breaks your screwed. I am from Germany.😊

[@bullpencycles]

There's an RO80 for sale in Ohio, even a Citroën Birotor, but I dont want to become a masochist

[@James-sm7ju]

Nice Video Dave. I hope to see it in "person" again so to speak in the not to distant future. 👌🇬🇧

[@jamekins]

I have a picture of these two from when they were still owned by Sam Costanzo in Cleveland. Please get them running!

[@bullpencycles]

Can you share that picture? Maybe to my email [e-mail]. I've been trying to gather pictures from the museum

[@Barnabasanon]

Damn these are rare!! They look good!

[@bullpencycles]

I'm gonna get back to them soon.

[@DAVIDTORRESANI]

Beautiful bike

[@MitzvosGolem1]

Amazing...I saw that there.

[@MrJCHsteel]

My lifetime dream motorbike. Once in a while one shows up for sale in The Netherlands or Germany, they go for about 85,000 Euro, that would be around $93,000. The models that they built with old parts, the maximum they can build is 10 bikes, I believe that there are still a few that can be ordered. The price of those was 85,000 Euro without taxes I believe, not sure about the current price.

[@bullpencycles]

Obviously, I've been trying to follow them,. But the original ones don't come up for sale. One sorted would be cool.

[@besenwieslersepp1011]

Fuchs Motorrad has 2 on their website as "sold". As far as i remember the price of last one was above € 80.000. The Museum "PS.Speicher" has one in exhibition. Driving Presentation: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4aaimtom9-loLM&ab_channel=PS.SPEICHER

[@randy-pk1rb]

where did you get these motorcycles

[@bullpencycles]

These came originally from Sam Costanzo's rotary motorcycle museum in Ohio. Sam passed away a decade or so ago

[@borkumriff642]

They build only 38 OCR's in Duderstadt ......bike was designed by Jos Schurgers .

[@ChrisSwartsenburg]

there are still a few for sale, when van veen went bankrupt a few friends off mine bought all, about 20 frames and all the moulds, once a while someone sells his, but now we are all 70+ the rest might be for sale, anyone interested let me know

[@randy-pk1rb]

any of these for sale

[@bullpencycles]

You can contact me at the shop.

[@ChrisSwartsenburg]

if you have the $$$, the rest is for sale in holland (frames and moulds :))

[@daverees9344]

2 Van Veens and we dont hear either of them running

[@bullpencycles]

I'm working on it

[@edradtke287]

Its just wrong for one man to own 2 of these,now send me one.

[@bullpencycles]

You're probably right. At least the first part.