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Rotax is the brand name for a range of internal combustion engines developed and manufactured by the Austrian company BRP-Rotax GmbH & Co KG [1] (until 2016 BRP-Powertrain GmbH & Co. KG), in turn owned by the Canadian Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP).
In the mid 1990s, some of the sleds made by Ski-Doo were the Formula III, Mach 1, and Mach Z with Rotax engines. While it is a commonly held misconception that all Ski-Doo snowmobiles were powered by rotary valved engines, this is not true. Only two cylinder Rotax engines were equipped with rotary valves. As a rule, the later rotary valved ...
BRP leveraged the Rotax engine technology to create a work-focused version of the durable V-Twin Rotax engines, calibrated to offer torque: the new Rotax 50-hp HD8 or 72-hp HD10 engines. [19] The Defender 6x6 model has a towing capacity of up to 3,000 lb (1,400 kg), along with a cargo box with hydraulic power tilt. [20]
It originally used half of a Sportster 883 engine. [11] The engine ended up 80 percent over budget and very expensive compared to the higher-technology Rotax engines available from outside the company. [11] Cycle World wrote "Such an overrun would be unheard of from an outside supplier, but when your supplier also owns you, you grin and bear it."
Based on the Bultaco design principle of a standard-size frame that could accommodate a range of differently sized engines, engineers Gary Robison, Bob Fisher, and Camille Picard, and seasoned motorcycle racer Jeff Smith designed a competition motorcycle from scratch using engines supplied by the Austrian firm, Rotax, another Bombardier subsidiary.
The Rotax 914 is a turbo-charged, four-stroke, four-cylinder, horizontally opposed aircraft engine with air-cooled cylinders and water-cooled cylinder heads.It is designed and built by the Austrian company BRP-Powertrain, owned by Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP), as part of its Rotax brand.
Pages in category "Rotax engines" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. R. Rotax 185; Rotax 256;
When SWM went into liquidation Armstrong of Bolton, England bought the rights to the SWM XN Tornado, a Rotax engined enduro machine of 350cc or 506 cc. With CCM , Armstrong developed and marketed a military version, the Armstrong MT500 , which was so successful Harley-Davidson bought the manufacturing rights in 1986, [ 3 ] and further developed ...