2wd Motorbikes

Ahhhhhh...........it's all coming back to me now!

Too much bourbon, too many drugs........ but you said the key word that woke me from my stupor...... ROKON.

I was trying to remember it myself, but you won.

Never really took of, did they. Bit like the Auto gearbox Husky 400s.

And, who remembers the lame comments from the writers of the long gone mags on dirt bikes......."this Honda 125 SL is equipped with electric start, which is always a godsend when you stall going up a steep hill......." WTF?

Ah...... the good old days.

The Rokon is designed to float.
Maybe some 4WD manufacturers could follow suit.

Trev

There some Rokon's in Oz, there was one on Ebay a while back, went for more than I could afford.

Ahhhhhh.... that'd be ROKON of the infamous circular gear shift, shift up to 1st then up again to 2nd all the way up to 6th and you better be damn careful because if your ankle or toe snicks the lever up again you are presented with 11 million revs while trying not to go over the handlebars.

Trev, now if you could choose when to float and when to have drive that'd be technology!

Yeah the Paris Dakar model has gone and made a big stir.

Heres an email from the dog braggin about it

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Just thought I'd ask a quick question.............guess who's been riding
the new 2 wheel drive 450 Yamaha?

It really works well, very stable, holds a line in corners like it's glued
there, I'm now accepting all donations towards the "Buy Wazza a WR450 2-Trac" fund. Only 250 have been built and only 20 are coming to Australia so send me your donation yesterday.

You blokes just keep riding those old single drive dinosaurs.
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I read about Heffo doing endo's and also carrying them for a bit of a distance as well with the front wheel drive.

It's funny how the Yamaha goes wherever you point it but the KTM wants to go wide. Shows how far there is still to go. I think the KTM gets more % of drive to the front?

There are lots of riders saying they wouldn't want to lose the feel of rear drive, sliding around trying to get traction. The other thing is, look at wthat bikes are selling - big bore high performance mounts that get more wheel spin than drive, have the front end waving up in the air more often than not and are also more likely to come 2nd on a tight twisty track when ridden by joe average.

As for the price...........

Drop the price and weight, put it on the GS 1200 or LC8 and that'd be the touring weapon of choice. I bet you it's at next years Paris Dakar.