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The RE 5 had a 497cc displacement engine and was one of the few [[Wankel rotary engine]] bikes ever made, was only made for 3 years. Suzuki, in 1970, was locked in a three-way competition with the other two big Japanese motorcycle makers, [[Honda]] and [[Yamaha]]. In a relentless march to improve technology and capture market share, Suzuki went after a then-untested production technology, the Wankel rotary engine, with the idea of putting it in a motorcycle' | The RE 5 had a 497cc displacement engine and was one of the few [[Wankel rotary engine]] bikes ever made, was only made for 3 years. Suzuki, in 1970, was locked in a three-way competition with the other two big Japanese motorcycle makers, [[Honda]] and [[Yamaha]]. In a relentless march to improve technology and capture market share, Suzuki went after a then-untested production technology, the Wankel rotary engine, with the idea of putting it in a motorcycle' | ||
==The Only Japanese Production Rotary== | ==The Only Japanese Production Rotary== | ||
The RX-5, Suzuki's prototype rotary, was unveiled at the Tokyo salon in 1973, one year after [[Yamaha RZ201|Yamaha's RZ-201]]. The RX-5 was technically more advanced, it was rumored to be designed by Giugiaro but is not the case as was confirmed by the offices in Italy. It went into production soon after, while the Yamaha languished at the prototype phase, In doing so, Suzuki had made the new bike, rechristened RE5, the only Japanese series production rotary and the first rotary put on the assembly line since Germany's rustic [[Hercules]] and the antiquated Dutch [[Van Veen]]. | The RX-5, Suzuki's prototype rotary, was unveiled at the Tokyo salon in 1973, one year after [[Yamaha RZ201|Yamaha's RZ-201]]. The RX-5 was technically more advanced, it was rumored to be designed by Giugiaro but is not the case as was confirmed by the offices in Italy. It went into production soon after, while the Yamaha languished at the prototype phase, In doing so, Suzuki had made the new bike, rechristened RE5, the only Japanese series production rotary and the first rotary put on the assembly line since Germany's rustic [[Hercules]] [[Hercules W2000|W2000]] and the antiquated Dutch [[Van Veen]]. | ||
==No Splash with the Public== | ==No Splash with the Public== | ||