From a small workshop in Dresden to a critical supplier to some of the world’s most influential manufacturers
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date Rotax It is the story of how a small European workshop secretly ended up powering half the world. Water, land or air: it doesn’t matter. From Gunskirchen, in the heart of Austria, engines have been produced for motorcycles, karts, light aircraft, quad bikes, snowmobiles and even Scooters With the roof.
However, his big break came when he least expected it: WHEN Can Am I ordered original early 70’s motorcycle engines.
From freestyle bike hub to fueling adventures for half the planet
From then on, Rotax went from being the “Sachs small engine manufacturer” to its mechanical workhorse Aprilia, BMW, Buell, KTM, and Moz. Hundreds of thousands of engines, all with the same design: powerful, innovative and, above all, reliable.
The turning point that changed everything
At the end of the sixties, Bombardier Its dealers had a stock of snowmobiles, but there was nothing to sell when summer came. Can-Am is the answer. Rotax, the unexpected ally. Canadian motorcycles were the direct route to a market that was still being redefined.
Can-Am bikes with Rotax engines didn’t just enter American motocross: They revolutionized it. The company’s 250cc model won the AMA championship in its heyday in the 1970s. The recipe: two-stroke engines with new oil instead of fuel mixture, rotary valves, and cylinder heads that look like they came out of a lab and Solutions are in front of you…
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