Our model drew inspiration from the prototypical 2 nd generation molecular motor with a rotor that reassembles the structure embedded in the previously discussed motorized framework (Figure ). However, we sought to simply this molecular motif using the fewest number of particles, bonds and angles and symmetrize the rotor. This led us to our first and generic model displayed in Figure A-B and A'-B, was set to 1.5 𝜎. Notably, this arrangement can be rotated so that both azimuthal and altitudinal motion can be modelled (Figure ). Simulations of the prototypical 2 nd generation molecular motor have used excited-state MD simulations, where the mechanism for light-driven unidirectional rotation was investigated. These simulations use expensive atomistic descriptions of the MM, which indeed are useful to provide accurate details about the free energy landscape. However, these simulations are difficult to extend in understanding long timescale dynamics. To our knowledge the consistent rotational motion of these systems using classical molecular dynamics has not been described and this is an important development for the investigation of molecular motors. In literature, the motion of other important stimuli-responsive molecular machines and switches, such as azobenzene, are typical treated by two potential system. This straightforward approach describes the two long lived states, which these molecules exhibit. Depending on the molecular structure, rotary motion of MMs might involve multiple steps, however for simplicity we will consider a bistable scenario in this work.