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Norton
6th July 2005, 10:26 PM
1974 Dnepr 500
Norton
6th July 2005, 10:28 PM
DNEPR Motoprom 500
Norton
6th July 2005, 10:30 PM
1985 Russian 'copy' of the British Norton Rotary
Norton
6th July 2005, 10:31 PM
'Modern' looking DNEPR motoprom 500
Norton
6th July 2005, 10:33 PM
Not strictly speaking Russian, the East German MZ kk175w Rotary
Martiny
7th July 2005, 07:57 AM
Wow! I thought I knew my Rotaries, but I have never seen these machines before! I knew VAZ made cars but was unaware of Russian Wankel Motorcycles. Good post!
MikeLMR
7th July 2005, 11:15 AM
if someone else made it you can bet the russians made a 'copy' too :D

hence why the VAZ (Lada) rotary engines are spookily similar to mazda engines.