500 Rotax (Tiger 500) engine???

[84honda200s]

Rotax is an Austrian engine manufacturer, founded in 1920 in Dresden, Germany. Operations were moved to Wels, Austria in 1943 and finally to Gunskirchen in 1947. In 1959, Rotax merged with the Vienna-based Lohner-Werke, a manufacturer of car and railway wagon bodies.

In 1970 Lohner-Rotax was bought by Bombardier, thus allowing Rotax to further develop its motorcycle motor section.

The company constructed only two-stroke engines until 1982, when it started building four-stroke engines and aircraft engines. Other important dates include 1962, when a Rotax engine was first installed in a snowmobile and 1989, when Rotax received Type Certification for its 912 A aircraft engine.


Rotax:
Sells engines to Italian Motorcycle Manufacturer Aprilia.
Sold engines to Canadian Can-Am motorcycles (Both Rotax and Can-Am's parent company are/was Bombardier).
Makes the Rotax Max range of kart engines.
Makes the four-valve, single-cylinder, water-cooled engines used in the BMW F650 series motorcycle.
Produces the Rotax 912 and Rotax 914 light aircraft engines.
The Rotax 122 & Rotax 123 two stroke 125cc engines are used in the Aprilia RS125 motorcycle.
Produces the Rotax 494 and 493 two stroke engines used in Sports Car Club of America F500 race cars.

great stats man you forgot something though they rock i love rotax engines.

im a sled guy after my trike of cource. i loved the 1980 454 l/c and the 583 in the formula and mach 1 but if i had to pick i would go with the 454 the 583 was a bear sometimes like any engine but was more offten than not. then they put the 617 then the 700 triple witch was a royal pain but when it ran it was a screamer.
i love the rotax engines because they are simple to work on.

[SYKO]

didnt atk motorcycles use rotax motors? atk 406 is one model I think, and correct me if i'm wrong I think they made a 500 at one time, I know they have a 650 4 stroker model.

[erectordale]

I would advise up front If you find a rotax/tiger 500 engine you need deep pockets if anything goes wrong. sleeves was almost gone when i bought the ones I have. pistons are stock bore only and cranks and transmission parts are exstinct connecting rods are a commonly used rotax rod so they sem too be plentiful trust me I have 4,000 worth of oem rotax parts just in case

[burnoutboy]

didnt atk motorcycles use rotax motors? atk 406 is one model I think, and correct me if i'm wrong I think they made a 500 at one time, I know they have a 650 4 stroker model.

What about the ATK 750.. that has a rotax right?