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rokon - worst dirt bikes...nklr
Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2004 9:13 am
by motopelli
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DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Lewis"
wrote:
Hindsight is 20/20. Being a Rokon dealer I can tell you that the 2wd
Rokon will go places that would make all but the best of the best
trials and dirt bike riders faint and ATV riders would hide under the
covers.
The Rokon 340 was a pig and didn't work very well, but one in good
condition will fetch a price that would have the seller laughing all
the way to the bank. I have a list of people to call should I learn
of one, in any condition, being available.
Just goes to show you, it's all relative.
Gino
Rider Valley Motorcycles
rokon - worst dirt bikes...nklr
Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2004 9:23 am
by James L. Miller Jr.
My father has 3 of the original 1970's Trailbreakers, 1 rider, and 2
parts donors. Each rim holds 5 gallons of your (or your bikes)
favorite beverage. The tire pressure is 2psi and with all the engine
mods (single cylinder Chrysler? outboard, air cooled) it will almost
pass itself. But, after watching my dad ride up 4' stone walls, and
my mother climb a pine tree (at least until it came back over) I
decided then that speed wasn't everything. They're not much for
comfort, but we spent more than one long Saturday riding without
complaint. And, yes, they will go through happily places a KLR would
have to be left to rust. Wonder what he'd sell them for.....
(actually, there is one for sale on ebay right now. More than I'd
pay.)
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DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "motopelli" wrote:
> --- In
DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Lewis"
> wrote:
> > Some of you may have owned one of these.
> >
> >
http://www.off-road.com/dirtbike/feature/2003_06/worstbikes.html
> >
> > Mark Lewis
>
> Hindsight is 20/20. Being a Rokon dealer I can tell you that the
2wd
> Rokon will go places that would make all but the best of the best
> trials and dirt bike riders faint and ATV riders would hide under
the
> covers.
>
> The Rokon 340 was a pig and didn't work very well, but one in good
> condition will fetch a price that would have the seller laughing
all
> the way to the bank. I have a list of people to call should I
learn
> of one, in any condition, being available.
>
> Just goes to show you, it's all relative.
>
> Gino
> Rider Valley Motorcycles
rokon - worst dirt bikes...nklr
Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2004 10:50 am
by Mike F
Whew! Of the top 10, I never owned any. I thought sure My Kawasaki 350
Bighorn would make it to the top 10. It was big, heavy, wide. Still, I was
able to do things on it (at slow speeds) that many others could not.
I did have some of the "honorable mentions".... Ossa, Montesa, KTM/Penton.
Mike
nklr: bike show, poker run
Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2004 10:20 pm
by J.A. Sherlock
If there be any south or central Texans here, there is a bike show of
some kind and a poker run scheduled for tomorrow. The location is
Schulenberg (sp?). It is located off of the I-10 between Flatonia and
Houston. Bike show is free, poker run is $10.00. I believe it all
starts at noon. My son and I will be there, hope to see another KLR
in the fray.
Jim
Smithville-Texas
rokon - worst dirt bikes...nklr
Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2004 11:20 pm
by bigfatgreenbike
millerized_2000@... wrote:
>My father has 3 of the original 1970's Trailbreakers,
>
They still make the Trailbreaker, and two others. Different motor, same
transmission, same drive and wheel setup.
It was the rear-wheel enduro bikes that earned Rokon a place in the
Worst List. And according to a company history I read, those bikes
bankrupted the company.
The founder of HotGrips bought the existing stock of Trailbreakers,
finished assembly, sold them and used the money to start the heated
grips company. Sold it to someone else.
--
Devon
Brooklyn, NY
A15-Z '01 KLR650
'81 SR500 cafe racer
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