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Rokon Trail-Breaker
#490853 05/23/2012 11:18 PM
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It's an interesting bike (2-wheel drive) with an interesting history and still available today!

Here's a great story on the restored '72 Rokon pictured below.

The history of the Rokon bike.



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Re: Rokon Trail-Breaker
Keith #490854 05/24/2012 6:00 PM
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They had one on Pawn Stars on History channel. Pretty cool set up.


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The_Dog33 #490855 05/24/2012 7:06 PM
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IIRC, they also made an electric bike.

Re: Rokon Trail-Breaker
Keith #490856 05/25/2012 4:43 PM
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Cool, I also saw it on Pawn Stars. I think I like a little more suspension on my off road bikes.


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MACMC #490857 05/25/2012 7:27 PM
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very low geared so they dont move very fast but they will go anywhere, or climb anything. i know when you think off road you think zoom zooom but these things top out at about 10mph. used to know a guy that had one, very interesting concept, he used it to get way back in the woods for deer hunting. i think it would probably climb a brick wall hahahahaha


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newt #490858 05/25/2012 10:24 PM
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Quote:

i think it would probably climb a brick wall hahahahaha



From the article link posted above, "“It’s particularly fun to come up to a tree, give it some throttle, and simply walk up the tree trunk,” says Galbraith."


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Keith #490859 05/26/2012 12:04 AM
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Rokons are great. Go anywhere and track lightly.


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Keith #490860 05/31/2012 12:40 PM
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Those were very popular for hunting, camping, fishing and ranch work. They worked well enough, but I just can't imagine riding 2 up with a fresh killed buck.


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