It’s a Boxer-heavy week, with two BMWs from Europe, and a Ural flat tracker from Siberia. But first, a look at the bonkers new Crighton CR700W, with a rotary engine pumping out well over 200 horsepower, and a Honda Hornet cafe racer from Brazil.

Crighton CR700W In the UK, Crighton Motorcycles and Rotron Power have just thrown the wraps off the new Crighton CR700W, and we’re swooning. Not because of its flawless lines, aluminum Spondon-derived chassis or sprawling carbon fiber real estate. Nope?this one has us hooked because of its motor.
It?s a 690 cc, fuel-injected rotary that puts out a mind-boggling 220 hp. That makes it one of the most powerful naturally aspirated motors ever made, relative to its capacity, with more hp-per-liter than a MotoGP race bike. And with a dry weight of 129.5 kilos [285 lbs], it has a power-to-weight ratio of 1.68 hp-per-kg.
As Asphalt & Rubber reports, the CR700W has been a long time in the making, and can trace its roots all the way back to Norton’s race program. A&R crunched the numbers, and describe the CR700W as ?Moto3 weights with SBK power figures.?
Understandably, the bike is rather pricey and very limited. Only 25 will be made, and each one will be hand built by Brian Crighton at the company’s facility in the UK. It takes £85,000 plus taxes [around $115,000] to get your name in the order book.

You’re getting a lot for your money though. The CR700W’s motor is built in-house, and paire...