Crighton CR700W

[Jack]

The CR 700W has a 690 cc engine, has a rated power of 220 horsepower and a 105 lb-ft (142 Nm) torque! This means that the CR 700W has a ratio of 319 HP per litre. It's more than an aspirated F1, Ferrari F2004 (309 HP / liter) engine. MotoGP is about 300 HP per litre! Crighton Motorcycles will only hand build 25 units in all, for around $ 116.000.





The CR700W has a dry weight of just 285.5 lbs (129.5 kg),

[Kwacky]

There's talk of a road legal version as well

[Jack]

I did hear that too , nothing officially announced yet though .
If BSB use the same formula Crighton have to compute the cc then I think it would be eligible for the current supersport class , which it would dominate completely , not so sure how it would fare against a full on BSB superbike as it would have a deficit in hp but an advantage in weight , it could be interesting if anyone has the money and a sense of adventure .

[duke63]

220bhp and 129kg dry weight is a mental combination. Looks good too.

[C00kiemonster]

That's ace!

[Kwacky]

If BSB use the same formula Crighton have to compute the cc then I think it would be eligible for the current supersport class , which it would dominate completely , not so sure how it would fare against a full on BSB superbike as it would have a deficit in hp but an advantage in weight , it could be interesting if anyone has the money and a sense of adventure .

That's one very rich team owner

[D41]

If BSB use the same formula Crighton have to compute the cc then I think it would be eligible for the current supersport class ,

Why would the cc need to be computed??
Is it a rotary engine, or something else as equally snazzy....??

[Stonesie]

Why would the cc need to be computed??
Is it a rotary engine, or something else as equally snazzy....??

Yeah it's a twin rotor Wankel, like the Mazda engine but much smaller.

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I'm not saying they can't get it road legal but with current and future emissions standards it would be a hell of an engineering challenge, the RX8 renesis engine has oil injection to keep the seals from eating themselves in no time which makes it a dirty engine for it's capacity and power, good fun to drive though.

Or with it being such a limited production there may be a loophole to make it road legal?

[Jack]

there are apparently a few differing ways to calculate the displacement of a rotary engine , the reason the old Norton rotary didn't compete in MotoGP was that Norton and the governing body used different formulae and were getting a different result on the displacement or so I am led to believe .

[StMarks]

I've got one of ^^ those in that picture...

Almost exactly the same, even the same colour & same black rubber tyres.!

[StMarks]

The Harris rear stand, that is..

Obviously.!

[Jack]

Why would the cc need to be computed??
Is it a rotary engine, or something else as equally snazzy....??

Yeah it's a twin rotor Wankel, like the Mazda engine but much smaller.

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I'm not saying they can't get it road legal but with current and future emissions standards it would be a hell of an engineering challenge, the RX8 renesis engine has oil injection to keep the seals from eating themselves in no time which makes it a dirty engine for it's capacity and power, good fun to drive though.

Or with it being such a limited production there may be a loophole to make it road legal?

They have a trick exhaust system that creates a vacuum which draws in fresh cold air to cool the engine and outputs it with the standard exhaust , I'm not sure how emissions are measured but mixing a load of clean air with the exhaust gases prior to measuring emissions must lower the ppm of any particulates .

[kiwikrasher]

While that’s a clever application.. it’s like mixing your 5L of toxic chemicals in a 10L bucket of water prior to throwing it in the lake. The ppm reading is better but the same amount of pollutants are still being produced.

[Jack]

I realised that it was a "cheat" but I think it's more as a result of them wanting to cool the engine more than trying to have one over on the emissions laws and as I said I'm not sure how they go about measuring whatever it is they measure when checking compliance.

[Monty]

220bhp and 129kg dry weight is a mental combination. Looks good too.

............. and apparently, no rider aids! Not sure I'd dare to ride that. **** fantastic thing though.

[Cav]

With a good throttle map, surely it'd be really nice to ride? low torque, linear power and probably a really nicely balanced chassis. You don't have to pin it

[Monty]

He said one of his aims was to give people the experience of riding a 2 stroke MotoGP bike.





^2 stroke MotoGP bike

[Cav]

They also don't want to kill all their customers. Technology has come a long old way with E-throttles which are infinitely mappable and all sorts of other tech. They could be beautiful to ride.

[D41]

.....At that price they'd better be beautiful to ride.

[Jack]

With a good throttle map, surely it'd be really nice to ride? low torque, linear power and probably a really nicely balanced chassis. You don't have to pin it

Is 105 lb - ft low torque ? From a 690cc motor ?
The Ducati V4S is only 91 lb - ft from 1000cc

fwiw I think it'd be a real beast to ride but enormous fun and very satisfying when you got things right but very painful and expensive if you got things wrong .