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| {{Motorcycle
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| |name = Classic Bikes Hercules W2000 Rotary
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| == Photos ==
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| [[File:Hercules_W2000_Rotary__2.jpg|600px|Classic Bikes Hercules W2000 Rotary]]
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| [[File:Hercules_W2000_Rotary__1.jpg|600px|Classic Bikes Hercules W2000 Rotary]]
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| [[File:Hercules_W2000_Rotary.jpg|600px|Classic Bikes Hercules W2000 Rotary]]
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| [[File:Hercules_W2000_Rotary__3.jpg|600px|Classic Bikes Hercules W2000 Rotary]] | |
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| == Overview ==
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| Hercules W2000 Rotary | |
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| The Hercules company opened its doors in 1903
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| Nuremberg with their first motorcycle being an engine hung on a heavy-duty
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| bicycle frame as many others were doing. Drive was direct from the engine to the
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| rear wheel via belt. Hercules outsourced engines from many other companies and
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| never did manufacture any of their own engines.
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| Hercules' main focus in its early years were small motorcycle/scooter design
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| with small capacity engines. They began to increase to larger machines in the
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| thirties and even saw some competition and long distance endurance success.
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| World War II resulted in heavy damage to the Hercules factory and production did
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| not resume until 1950. The company developed a number of new models and stuck
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| with those models for many years which helped them survive a downturn in the
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| German economy shortly after their release. Hercules became one of the largest
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| motorcycle producing companies in Germany. In 1966 the company merged with the
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| Zweirad Union which also included DkW, Express and Victoria. In 1974 Hercules
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| released the Wankel powered W2000 and were the first company to produce a
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| motorcycle with a Wankel rotary engine
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| The Hercules was only built from October 1974 to November
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| 1975. 1784 were built and the leftovers were sold each successive year as that
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| years model, right up until 1979. The early ones had a
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| and oil mix, the later ones used oil
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| injection. The Hercules was one of only a few rotary engine motorcycles to make
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| it to market, the Suzuki RE5 being another as well as the very limited Norton
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| John Player Specials.
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| == Videos ==
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| {{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BCgl2uumlI|600|center}}
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| == External Links ==
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| http://thekneeslider.com/#
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| [[Category:Classic motorcycles]]
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| [[Category:Wankel rotary engine motorcycles]]
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