These bikes are very well built, not perfect from the factory but can be customized to suite your riding style. After owning 2 of these for a few years you there is a great community of Rokon riders (think Alaskans, outdoors-men, x military, engineers and machinist) and you can upgrade the tires and engine. The Rokon is to ride over steep hills, directly over fallen trees, through streams, thick mud and cruise on the single track and fire trails. These are not meant to go fast from the factory.
For me destination is everything anybody willing to sponsor a sixty-five-year-old Outdoorsman and adventurer with a spinal cord injury I learn to walk again but I can't afford a Rokon is there a sponsor out there who would be willing to help this mountain man :-) I would be forever grateful and I would be willing to share videos on my one-man spinal cord 65 year old mountain man Adventures on my sponsored Rokon Adventures. Maybe Rokon would give me a bike for advertisement
My dad bought us one back in 1971 and we still have it and use it every hunting season. It’s never let us down.we still love ours.thinking about getting the new one with the front suspension
I replaced a 400 four wheeler with a 6 hp Trailbreaker. The biggest benefit this has is the fact it is narrow and light. I can fit it in the back of my truck and still have room for gear. It has a ton of low end torque and if you think you can walk there you can ride the Rokon. Another great feature is with a rear view mirror and a horn I've been able to register it for the road as a motorcycle in NH. This ads loads of trails and capabilities as I can ride the back roads instead of trucking it. Top speed is about 35 mph but I didn't get it to go fast, mostly for exploring and game recovery. I've used it turkey hunting on back trails and fields. It'll carry treestands and makes a quick trip to the truck for a sled to pull your game out if you weren't confident enough to bring it with you in the first place. You don't ride it like a motorcycle, in the woods you keep your feet out to steady yourself or just your toes on the pegs.
I would never have guessed you had much experience based off the fact you spent a considerable amount of time dismounted from the bike walking it up and over terrain that even a standard RWD bike could have skillfully negotiated. Just proves that not everyone is proficient just because they have time under their belt.
Love these. Gonna have one eventually. Nice to see someone actually make it float. Not often you would need that feature but you never know. One thing I don't like when outfitting one of these is the ammo cans. They seem to be very popular. Sure they are air and water tight but limited storage space and all those sharp hard edges. I'm more for a soft pannier. More storage and less likely to bite you in a fall.
Very interesting. I like rough terrain but I also like to keep my feet on the pegs and go fast. The Rokon feels a little suffocating. But I guess I've never had to haul an elk carcass.
Rokons don't fill with water they are built as a Military application motorcycle during 1960s for American military personnel they are the strongest most indestructible vehicles in the world and I'm sure you could snorkel these if you wanted to really go there but if you look at the design the motor isn't really exposed like a normal bike is everything is built heavy duty they will climb walls because they have about a 40-60 climb front and back and if you like to go off road Trailbreaker is what you want but ranger is street legal but trailbreakers are nostalgic and they are the original 2 wheeled tanks
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Still built right here in New Hampshire (Rochester!) :) These things are durable tanks, built to be as simple and robust as possible, these are for the rider that values utility, reliability, and simplicity, not gadgets and tech.
I just saw a video yesterday where a guy who bought a Rokon showed up with the CEO of the company that makes them at Jay Leno's garage. Jay Leno took it for a ride both on the streets and out in some rugged area.
yea it isnt going to go across a deep river like a boat with you on top your going to fall over. but you can swim it to the other side started it up and go. I wish it had a quiter muffler though. What is interesting if I remember is you can fill the tires up with liquid
If you've ever actually been around a Rokon you would be much more impressed than what this review delivered. In fact, I've yet to see a video that does justice to their abilities. Yes, they are ridden but I regard them as equipment hauling machines for really rough terrain. Chicks dig a guy with a Rokon. It's a well known fact. Yup.
Smoke Eaters (forest fire fighter) in Michigan use to (still might) use them with a water pump on the back PTO on my old one. They would parachute them to an LZ close to a water source. Then drive to it and pump water to refill the ground fighter pack packs. If the fire got close they could bug out.
It's a cool thing and very rare in Europe. I saw one recently in Ireland for 5000euro. The truth is that everything in this video can be done on any cross bike or adventure bike.
Or climb vertical obstacles. Nope. Not a chance. I've been riding my whole life. And we had one of these when I was a kid. They're dog slow, but they will absolutely go anywhere
Kinda makes sense. The level of impact should not be any greater than what any mountain biker could run into. This thing does not have the speed capability that justifies a motorbike helmet.
@@schlooonginator1227 I just treated a guy that fell off of a 6" or 8" thick pallet and fractured his skull. Wear a damn helmet. I'm an Emergency Medicine clinician.
I mean my old Honda 125 ATC actually floated. Like a small boat. I think it wad the tires but you could "glide" it across waters and itd start back up no problem
FINALLY I see a comment about the ATC....I had an 84 125 back when it was brand new, then a 200X...I've still got my air cooled 250R and a Big Red my Uncle bought brand new in 83....I fuggin love ATC's, they're so much more fun than any other off road bike....
Did not show anything that a regular bike could easily do. When the bike turned over in the water was bad. All your gear would be wet. The big tires caused it to flip and that would be real bad in a current. At the end where he says if you had 1 bike to choose he'd choose that one?
@@charlessawallich1870 my xr650l would have done all that and would never tip over in a stream. Were talking Honda's here they don't break like other bikes.
It should be half the price it sells for. It is just a lawnmower motor a frame couple atv tires and a few odds and ends to make it work a few chains one driveshaft a miter box and a seat gastank etc.. nothing special.
Under-powered for a 250 lb machine. I have a Trailmaster MB-200 with 6.5 HP engine with a torque converter and full suspension and it weighs 167 lbs. I'll be swapping out the engine for a Tillotson 9HP and replacing the 46t sprocket with a 60t and it will be unstoppable. Maybe do a comparison video of the 2 bikes in action?
Same guy who shot his thumb off in front of his kids on Natl Geo Doomsday Preppers! I was expecting him to lose the other thumb in the chain cog or something else.
The question is, wouldn't you be faster on bare legs ? imagine the routes you could use as well. All videos I've seen so far have music or muted altogether sound because this thing is loud as hell and in a bad way.
@@gerrynightingale9045 I think people who are not motorcyclist will buy this bike because it's easier to handle, for me as an old motorcyclist this bike is no fun at all, I like when my back is sliding and the speed, going in air in terrain and good sound. Why it is loud ? probably because it's cheap quality, as a four stroke should be more refined.
@@mikewilson9218 *I think the 'loudness' is due to an 'open-expansion chamber' in the exhaust* *As for 'handling' that varies from one size machine to another* *At 66 I have no interest in 'jumping' anything because I destroyed enough machines doing that when I was young...like when I was 14 with my 'Super Cub 90' and many others thereafter* *I would hardly call a very specialized machine like the $7K 'Rokon' "Cheap Quality" because if it were, it would be EVERYWHERE on 'Tube like a 'bad rash' from unhappy owners*
@@gerrynightingale9045 for 7000-8500 they charge, it's cheap. if it was somewhere around 4k it would be good. But this kind of money is too much for what it is. Also I think it's too complicated for off-road, another chain to maintain and all that... I doubt it's comfortable for longer trips too being that low and having legs so cramped. It's sweet little toy but just too high in price for what it is.
@@mikewilson9218 *I AGREE!* *I think the Yamaha 'fat-tire' 200 has the 'Best of both Worlds'...at a third the price and far less complexity in the drive-train, or just a 'plain-jane' Honda 'Trail' will do everything but 'float'* *I like the 'Rokon' but it is an 'extreme' machine made for 'Moonscapes' rather than dirt...and if anything went wrong on it in the drive-train, I would have no idea how to repair it* *I'll stay with my little '08 Honda 'Metro' that I use for groceries or just 'fun' sometimes...in 3-years it has never given me any 'headaches' at all, even with my 230lb. ass on it!* *Plus a saddle that's truly enormous*
Electric 2wd bikes are impressive, but this thing can go 230 miles on just the fuel in the tank. When you are way out back, it may be difficult to charge your batteries. You can carry more in the wheel hubs, 400 mile range. Rokons were doing this way before lithium batteries and brushless motors were even though of.
Who has the replacement parts?.are replacement parts available? where do the parts come from?...I have bought items in the past that can not be fixed.no parts available.
May not have been 2WD but I put my old 75 DT125 thru hell in tuff trails. only 2 places that this would have been better is deep water crossing and maybe bottomless sand pit. Got my DT125 stuck in a river bed where I needed a truck to pull it out.
It seems like every video of these bikes… the rider does more walking while straddling the bike. I wonder if the bike gets you there or if you spend a lot of time getting the bike there. Effective Off-road riding requires you to stand up. Paddling along with your legs just seems ridiculous.
