I have a 1972. The only year they came without the tank wheels. They will go anywhere if you can hang on. Before I got it I thought they would be hard to steer with the front wheel pulling. On mine there is no noticable torque steer ? if thats the right word. It steers as easy as a normal motorcycle
I read about them a few years ago and really wanted one until I found the only thing that dont do well in is gumbo mud like we have where I hunt in Mississippi, so it was a no go for me.
Like a goat in the mountains from what I have read.
Hunting: Exercising dominion over creation at 2800 fps.
Posts: 3113 | Location: Southern US | Registered: 21 July 2002
I think the best one had the hollow[fillable] wheels and the west bend or chrysler two stroke engine ,i have an original test in a popular mechanics 1960s mag ,which said one use was, hauling fire hoses up sky scraper stairs ! i had the model with spoked wheels and four stroke ,why they put spoked wheels on it i dont know but that was all i could get ,once i floated it across a creek got it to the other side and it started first go and rode off .The front chain would get loose after every ride which was annoying ,clutch slipped mainly because it didnt have correct belt ,an old fellow i met said he had one, and wanted to ride it up Ayers Rock or Uluru years ago ,if you tried to do that now they would kill you .A unimog and one of these on the back would take you anywhere you wanted to go .if they improved them a bit more and made the front drive disconnectable ,they had gears ,and a few other improvements they could be alot better machines
Posts: 625 | Location: Australia | Registered: 07 April 2006
I see them for sale on ebay...not sure if they still make them. They got quite expensive for what they were, really...like a 2 WD minibike with a 1-speed lawnmower engine.
Posts: 20173 | Location: Very NW NJ up in the Mountains | Registered: 14 June 2009
They still make them and yes they are very expensive. However they are amazing bikes. They work in places no other vehicle can go. Think of a motorized horse. It will go up hills that you can't come back down. I have one of the old two stroke models and it is very handy.
****************************************************************** R. Lee Ermey: "The deadliest weapon in the world is a Marine and his rifle." ****************************************************************** We're going to be "gifted" with a health care plan we are forced to purchase and fined if we don't, Which purportedly covers at least ten million more people, without adding a single new doctor, but provides for 16,000 new IRS agents, written by a committee whose chairman says he doesn't understand it, passed by a Congress that didn't read it but exempted themselves from it, and signed by a President, with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn't pay his taxes, for which we'll be taxed for four years before any benefits take effect, by a government which has already bankrupted Social Security and Medicare, all to be overseen by a surgeon general who is obese, and financed by a country that's broke!!!!! 'What the hell could possibly go wrong?'
Posts: 2122 | Location: Arkansas | Registered: 03 June 2000
I believe the Military is currently using the ROKON in Afganistan as we speak.
****************************************************************** R. Lee Ermey: "The deadliest weapon in the world is a Marine and his rifle." ****************************************************************** We're going to be "gifted" with a health care plan we are forced to purchase and fined if we don't, Which purportedly covers at least ten million more people, without adding a single new doctor, but provides for 16,000 new IRS agents, written by a committee whose chairman says he doesn't understand it, passed by a Congress that didn't read it but exempted themselves from it, and signed by a President, with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn't pay his taxes, for which we'll be taxed for four years before any benefits take effect, by a government which has already bankrupted Social Security and Medicare, all to be overseen by a surgeon general who is obese, and financed by a country that's broke!!!!! 'What the hell could possibly go wrong?'
Posts: 2122 | Location: Arkansas | Registered: 03 June 2000
I saw a demo one time where they were driving one over a 55 gallon drum, simulation going over a down tree, which happens all the time on roads and trails in the woods..
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Posts: 16134 | Location: Texas | Registered: 06 April 2002
