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Rotax engines have been used in scooters by Aprilia, NV Nederlandse Scooterfabriek ( Bitri scooters ), BMW and Lohner.
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WTP, Comer, IAME ( Parilla, Komet ), TM, Vortex, Titan, REFO, TKM, PRD, Yamaha and Rotax are manufacturers of such engines.
Dry centrifugal clutches are now used in many categories ( Rotax Max is one example ) and have become the norm as the top international classes have switched to 125 cc clutched engines as of January 2007.
In 1985, Aprilia started outsourcing engines for some models to the Austrian company Rotax.
Ultralight and microlight aircraft often use engines such as the Rotax 912 or Jabiru 2200.
This is no longer a common configuration, but some brands of automobile use such engines and it is a common configuration for smaller aircraft engines such as made by Lycoming, Continental and Rotax.
More modern Ultralights tend to use engines such as the Rotax 503, or Rotax 583 which are designed for the purpose.
Serial production started in 1954, almost all of the components being produced in house, with the notable exception of engines, made most often by company Rotax.
The former Bombardier branch, Bombardier Recreational Products, now an independent company, uses Rotax engines in its motorcycles, personal water craft, and snowmobiles.
Rotax started the worldwide trend of personal water craft to four-stroke engines with the unveiling of their 4-TEC watercraft engines.
Rotax began designing kart engines 25 years ago.
Rotax supplies aircraft engines for Ultralight aircraft, light aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles.
* List of Rotax engines applied to new-build aircraft
Some of the sleds made by Ski-doo are the Formula III, Mach 1, and Mach Z with Rotax engines.
Only two cylinder Rotax engines were equipped with rotary valves.
Sleds such as the formula III, later model mach-1's and the mach Z were powered by reed valved Rotax engines.
During the 1970s, Bombardier built the Can-Am brand of off-road competition motorcycles designed for motocross and enduro with Rotax engines displacing 125, 175, 248 and 366 500 and 800 cc.
All Can Am ATVs except the DS-70 and the DS-90 feature four-stroke Rotax engines.
The engine ended up 80 percent over budget and very expensive compared to the higher-technology Rotax engines available from outside the company.
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Engines are most often the same as, or similar to, the engines used in certified aircraft ( such as Lycoming, Continental, Rotax, and Jabiru ).
An Austrian company, Sun Flightcraft, distributes a contra-rotating gearbox for use on Rotax 503 and 582 engines on ultralight and microlight aircraft.
Rotax and been
* 100 cc Another non-gearbox class, 100 cc also was split into Heavy, Light and Junior classes, and was last contested in 2002 and has since been replaced completely by Rotax Max.
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Both bikes used a variation of a Rotax 1000cc engine.
Both of these latter two motorcycles used a variation of the Rotax 1000 cc V-Twin.
* MZ Skorpion: The 500 cc Rotax engine used on the Seymour-Powell designed prototype was replaced with a 660 cc Yamaha water-cooled engine on the production vehicle.
* Engine Type Rotax 185-fire fighting water pump engine also used as an aircraft engine
All F650 motorcycles produced from 2000 to 2007 used a 652 cc engine built in Austria by Rotax and were built by BMW in Berlin.
Aprilia's 1985 GP racing bikes also used the Rotax model 256,
Austrian engine manufacturer Rotax used rotary intake valves in their now out-of-production Rotax 532 two-stroke engine design and continues to use rotary intake valves in the 532's successor, the current-production Rotax 582.
Bombardier Transportation is the company's railroad equipment division, started in 1970 with their purchase Rotax, who made engines used in their snowmobiles as well as making trams.
Rotax and by
In 1959, the majority of Rotax shares were taken over by the Vienna-based Lohner-Werke, a manufacturer of car and railway wagon bodies.
The new motorcycles are powered by a parallel twin engine, built by Rotax.
In late 2006, the G series of offroad biased bikes motorcycles was launched using the same 652 cc engine fitted to the F650GS, although that engine is no longer manufactured by Rotax.
In mid 2006, The F Series added two new motorcycles to the lineup, the F800S sports bike and F800ST sports tourer, both which use an 798 cc parallel-twin engine built by Rotax.
The Rotax Helicon also ended up costing significantly more by production time due to fluctuation in exchange rates.
The Rotax Max is a two-stroke engine designed by Rotax, part of Bombardier Recreational Products ( BRP ), to provide cost-effective but high speed kart racing.
Competitors from the national Rotax Max Challenges in the 125 Junior MAX, 125 MAX and 125 MAX DD2 class can qualify to participate at the annual Grand Final of the Rotax Max Challenge, where most of the costs are covered by BRP-Rotax.
During the 1920s and 1930s Lucas grew rapidly by taking over a number of their competitors such as Rotax and C. A. Vandervell ( CAV ).
A new Harris “ Matchless G80 ” single was released in 1987 powered by an Austrian Rotax 4-stroke, single over-head cam ( SOHC ), 500cc engine.
Rotax and Aprilia
Aprilia factory rider Philippe Berlatier contended for the trials world championship reaching fifth place, and Loris Reggiani rode an Aprilia GP 250 with Rotax engine to sixth place in the road racing World Championship.
The Rotax engined Aprilia RSV Mille and the Aprilia RST1000 Futura both utilise a dry sump.
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