In November 2019 the Rokon cost between $6975 to $8575 depending on the model. Why SO EXPENSIVE? Scout... $6975 Trail Breaker... $7775 Trail-Breaker Hunter edition... $8075 Mototractor... $8395 Ranger... $8575 Trail-Breaker Prepper edition... $8575 The Kohler engine is a Honda design that is manufacture in China since 2007. Its not American made. The Harbor freight Predator engine is the same thing and cost $100 Very cool bike, but way too much $$$
Yup, they are stupidly over-priced. Zero comfort, they don't even attempt to be upscale............except in price, which is 100% unjustified. They'd sell a million times more if they were realistically priced.
I was visiting the sperm bank six times a day, and giving blood as much as the law allows and sold myself to science trying to get enough money together to buy one of those. But wouldn't you know it, raccoons decided to chew through the gas tank on my house and it burnt to the ground! Seven years of hard physical savings gone in an instant. I had to buy a newer van (1991) to live in. Now because of the horrible wrist fatigue, the rokon is only a dream :( Rokon, please make a bike the common man can afford!!
@Thystaff Thywill That's no kidding! I have two olderRokon's. A 1966, and a 1972. Neat concept. Its fun to get the old ones running. Worth the price they were charging for them BACK THEN. It was still a piece of change. The price on the new ones are absolutely ridiculous. A two wheel drive design like Rokon offers now should be in the $3800 to $4000 range TOPS! For that price you should get a fully loaded, all the bells and whistles version. As a matter of fact, There should only be one model with one price. It doesn't even have a real motorcycle engine. A reverse would be handy too. The front suspension fork system is a fruity looking design and not worth the $575.
Wanted a Rokon since I first started riding dirt bikes in the 70s. Finally getting one. Found a 2010 Trail Breaker slightly used. Should be a fun winter. Going to hunt and ice fish with it.
I use Rokon on my farm and think they are indispensable. Going out with the hunting rifle on my Rokon is liberating it used to be even more liberating until my family clicked onto it and now they are all out as well.
I just got mine a month ago up here in southern Ontario Canada and let me tell you nothing stops this thing. I’m putting some hand guards on riding through the woods. I’m landing on getting into bison come spring S I’ll be vloooking int what’s available as attachments. Rokon on
I was really excited to see that Rokon has a new STREET LEGAL version of the 2WD cycle. They are calling it the Ranger, and as long as you don't live in the People's Repubik of Kalifornsky, you can license it on the street, yet it's still a 2WD Rokon with hollow aluminum wheels.
In BC, canada, it's law to have my quad registered, plates, insured(if you want any protection), and wear a helmet and have a valid driver's licence, and that's just to be legal to ride it offroad. It's 100% illegal to ride on streets. Yet, people can zip around on all the city streets on their scooters, uninsured, no plates or anything safety, no driver's licence, and often the riders are all medicated. And they follow NO rules of the road, riding on sidewalks, in traffic, cutting across traffic anywhere, and that's all legal. Complete government idiocy.
@@zzz7zzz9 I live in a small town in the Rockies, in lots of little towns here in the Intermountain West (Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming) it's legal to drive the 4 wheel UTVs (Polaris Ranger and RZR, Yamaha Viking and Wolverine, Honda Talon, Can-Am Maverick and other brands like Mahinda, Bighorn, Massimo, and Tracker on the streets around town, the only restriction is that if an Interstate Highway goes through town you're not allowed to enter, and if a major highway is near you can cross as long as it's clear, but you can't drive a UTV down a highway with a speedlimit above 65.
Rokon Nation a 45 minute documentary is being released on iTunes, Amazon Prime and Google Play in 5 languages and in 60 countries around the world. Pre-sale 1/8/19 and rent/buy 2/5/19.
I'm a hiker and want to get involved with Rokons or even build my own version of it. As a hiker I have a mindset of moving from point A to point B efficiently, in absence of roads ofcourse. But these guys are different - just as 4x4 offroaders they like spot challenges. So I wonder, are Rokons just a subspecies of your regular 4x4, or is it more a friend to a traveler who wants to use Rokon to cover more distance on bike rather then just on foot.
@@percyfaith11 next time I'm visiting my friend who had one I'll ask him to get out his owners manual. It says what the maximum safe angle degree is to avoid oil starvation. Something like 55° if I remeber correctly. The old two cycle engines could run at any angle.
Nice flat fender CJ @2:38!!! Wait, a what now? A "crick"? Think he meant to say a "crEEk"....wtf kinda accent is that?. Question: how many broken ankles have riders of the Rokon suffered? I mean, why can't y'all keep your feet on the pegs?
I was just given one from a guy who got it for hunting but never used it. I get it this week, god all the accessories you can do ! I’d like to find a wench to pull deer and game out of canyons or to pull stuck 4x4’s out lol
Grew up in the foothills of Denver. Before owning my own Hodaka Ace a guy loaded up a few vans with 12hp Tote-goats. He made you sign a form and rented them out at $5.00 an hour. That's where my allowances went! If you would shag guys who ran out of gas you would get an hour free. I'm 61 years young, 6'4" 250 lbs. and I'm sure the Rokon would handle that and more. I've known about this two wheel drive some 40+ years! If this is a regular event, I could schedule a visit to some old friends near by.
No one in the video has the auto grab front suspension. I was going to buy one with front suspension but I don't think I need it, or want the extra weight and maintenance.
I'm building a electric 3000w 80v 1964 rokon trailbreaker mk2 . Got the brand new maxxis bighorn tires on. just gotta get the miter boxes dialed in. I'm going to run the electric motor to the Albion 3-speed transmission with belt drive . Thinking about running DeWalt batteries
@@natenimon827 Do you think I just plucked that out of my ass and posted it for a laugh? I quote: HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE ROKON™ Here it is from the horses mouth. The following letter was posted to the Rokon World Message Board Forum by Orla Larsen, the founder of Rokon™. Orla 5:35 PM Friday January 22, 1999 To my buddy SYCO: "When starting the new company to build the TBs I wanted to get a catchy name like Radar or similar, spelled the same front or back. I had been a professional skier in Canada and had the opportunity to come to the US and start a new ski area in Vermont, We called it Mt. Snow (actually it was named after the owner of the land-Reuben Snow) after getting the ski area going, (I was the general manager and also ski school director) and it became VERY successful, I built a lodge to cater to the winter and summer business. During the excavation for the main building, the gentleman that we bought the land from came by to have a look at what we were doing. There were piles of rocks heaped all over the place from the excavation, and the original land owner said (man this place is really on the rocks) so that is what we named our lodge. When I was looking for a name for the new TB company I bastardized On The Rocks to ROCKON, but it did not look good in print, so I changed it to ROKON and that is how it all got started. Sorry about temporally impaired people that pronounce it ROWKON, but then the good lord told us to be tolerant!! "
i want to do this. i want boat body with roll bars. open and partly closed. self powered and trailer type.WHY Because handy capped guys want to play too. both quad- plegic and just old guys. A rally of 100 or more and a motel for 3 days+. just men .! except last day. no prizes. certificate of particpation ok. professional photographers ok. no money envolved. YOU ALL KNOW THAT YOU WANT THIS.. TO SEE US OLD TIMERS AND HANDYCAPPED GET MUDDY LAUGH SCREAM ETC.
cut the retail price in half new 2016 desings no major changes a better seat whoopee and a mount for your smart phone whoopee. No offense to anyone in the vids but It looks like a bunch of overweight tall men riding these things. I for one am 51 years old male olnly 5 foot 3 inches tall, how the heck am I going to ride one using the feet pedal thingy. I Love the idea and will probably get one learn to ride it my SHORT way. MESSAGE TO ROKON cut the price in half and sell sell sell. I believe they worth it but only at 1/2 msrp.
@Don Olypopper they are over-priced for what little they offer. They are simple and basic, no suspension, uncomfortable, no luxuries, yet a price that gets you all that and more in machines that are vastly more capable.
@Don Olypopper no, i own bikes, and this thing is ridiculously over-priced. It's a cool machine, OTHER than it's inflated price. Yes, you are correct, lots of china-made stuff is cheap crap. This isn't, it's clearly well-built. But, i do hate things that are over-priced to maximize a greedy profit, and this is. And, isn't it's motor "non-american"? There's lots of things out there that are 'assembled' in america and then advertised as being american, but they are made in china. Some things that i always viewed as 'cheap chinese crap' has actually very much surprised and impressed me.
William Todd and has crap front and no rear suspension so it bounces everywhere. So far all ive seen on youtube is a bunch of people with no riding ability paddling there way along over nothing I couldn't get a dirtbike over.
No, my memory is good enough to recall a decades old euphemism. And, I thought I told you to take your opinion and go fuck yourself? We get it, you don't like the bike. NOW FUCK OFF!
In November 2019 the Rokon cost between $6975 to $8575 depending on the model. Why SO EXPENSIVE?
Scout... $6975
Trail Breaker... $7775
Trail-Breaker Hunter edition... $8075
Mototractor... $8395
Ranger... $8575
Trail-Breaker Prepper edition... $8575
The Kohler engine is a Honda design that is manufacture in China since 2007. Its not American made. The Harbor freight Predator engine is the same thing and cost $100
Very cool bike, but way too much $$$
Yup, they are stupidly over-priced. Zero comfort, they don't even attempt to be upscale............except in price, which is 100% unjustified. They'd sell a million times more if they were realistically priced.
I was visiting the sperm bank six times a day, and giving blood as much as the law allows and sold myself to science trying to get enough money together to buy one of those. But wouldn't you know it, raccoons decided to chew through the gas tank on my house and it burnt to the ground! Seven years of hard physical savings gone in an instant. I had to buy a newer van (1991) to live in. Now because of the horrible wrist fatigue, the rokon is only a dream :( Rokon, please make a bike the common man can afford!!
Brian Perkins you mad bro, cause you were taken for a ride. Literally .
@Thystaff Thywill That's no kidding! I have two olderRokon's. A 1966, and a 1972. Neat concept. Its fun to get the old ones running. Worth the price they were charging for them BACK THEN. It was still a piece of change. The price on the new ones are absolutely ridiculous. A two wheel drive design like Rokon offers now should be in the $3800 to $4000 range TOPS! For that price you should get a fully loaded, all the bells and whistles version. As a matter of fact, There should only be one model with one price. It doesn't even have a real motorcycle engine. A reverse would be handy too. The front suspension fork system is a fruity looking design and not worth the $575.
I was actually going to buy one, but if the engine is made in China, they can kiss my ass.
I just purchased my first Rokon November 2018 and I love it. I am also from Rhode Island and have a black lab
Let me know when and where I e always wanted to try
We just got a black lab puppy. I just realized that I need a Rokon.
Wanted a Rokon since I first started riding dirt bikes in the 70s. Finally getting one. Found a 2010 Trail Breaker slightly used. Should be a fun winter. Going to hunt and ice fish with it.
Did you get it?
How’s it holding up?
How much for a used one if you don't mind me asking?
I want to put a dog seat on one
From what I've seen. These bikes are tough, and the market for them is growing. American made brand, that's highly regarded and rated high
Stevie Jo it’s made in China and assembled in America.
I use Rokon on my farm and think they are indispensable. Going out with the hunting rifle on my Rokon is liberating it used to be even more liberating until my family clicked onto it and now they are all out as well.
I just got mine a month ago up here in southern Ontario Canada and let me tell you nothing stops this thing. I’m putting some hand guards on riding through the woods. I’m landing on getting into bison come spring S I’ll be vloooking int what’s available as attachments. Rokon on
I was really excited to see that Rokon has a new STREET LEGAL version of the 2WD cycle. They are calling it the Ranger, and as long as you don't live in the People's Repubik of Kalifornsky, you can license it on the street, yet it's still a 2WD Rokon with hollow aluminum wheels.
I saw a guy riding one in Toronto a few years back.
In BC, canada, it's law to have my quad registered, plates, insured(if you want any protection), and wear a helmet and have a valid driver's licence, and that's just to be legal to ride it offroad. It's 100% illegal to ride on streets. Yet, people can zip around on all the city streets on their scooters, uninsured, no plates or anything safety, no driver's licence, and often the riders are all medicated. And they follow NO rules of the road, riding on sidewalks, in traffic, cutting across traffic anywhere, and that's all legal. Complete government idiocy.
@@zzz7zzz9 I live in a small town in the Rockies, in lots of little towns here in the Intermountain West (Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming) it's legal to drive the 4 wheel UTVs (Polaris Ranger and RZR, Yamaha Viking and Wolverine, Honda Talon, Can-Am Maverick and other brands like Mahinda, Bighorn, Massimo, and Tracker on the streets around town, the only restriction is that if an Interstate Highway goes through town you're not allowed to enter, and if a major highway is near you can cross as long as it's clear, but you can't drive a UTV down a highway with a speedlimit above 65.
Rokon Nation a 45 minute documentary is being released on iTunes, Amazon Prime and Google Play in 5 languages and in 60 countries around the world. Pre-sale 1/8/19 and rent/buy 2/5/19.
RokonNation exciting news!!
It looks like a walk through the woods, only much harder, much wetter, with many more bruises.
Very, very cool segment!! I wanna see more!
You guys are getting famous...lol Cool video..
Cool bike, but those guys look absolutely inept 😂
Now you just need to do a follow up and cover Mark's Behind the Barn Ride up here in the Pacific Northwest.
mark trail with tags every 500 ft and log them with numbers . two way radios only for emergency location extraction by hellocopter.
I'm a hiker and want to get involved with Rokons or even build my own version of it. As a hiker I have a mindset of moving from point A to point B efficiently, in absence of roads ofcourse.
But these guys are different - just as 4x4 offroaders they like spot challenges. So I wonder, are Rokons just a subspecies of your regular 4x4, or is it more a friend to a traveler who wants to use Rokon to cover more distance on bike rather then just on foot.
It would be absolutely good for that. More efficient than walking and you can carry more equipment too.
i love how these guys say creek. "crick"
***** Tomaaaaaaaato.
Welcome to Maine, deah!
It isn't just Maine. They say "crik" in rural Idaho and a few other states as well.
We always said crick when I was younger. Lived in very rural area in upstate New York
@@SynthApprentice
We dont say crick in Maine, idiot.
The final comment at the end of the vid was spot on. Cool show btw, thanks!
It's the old ones with the 2 cycle engines that are truly good. Those 4 cycle engines oil starve at high angles.
What angle?
@@percyfaith11 next time I'm visiting my friend who had one I'll ask him to get out his owners manual. It says what the maximum safe angle degree is to avoid oil starvation. Something like 55° if I remeber correctly. The old two cycle engines could run at any angle.
Nice, love the FMO guys!
Nice flat fender CJ @2:38!!! Wait, a what now? A "crick"? Think he meant to say a "crEEk"....wtf kinda accent is that?.
Question: how many broken ankles have riders of the Rokon suffered? I mean, why can't y'all keep your feet on the pegs?
Love these bikes, awesome!.
I was just given one from a guy who got it for hunting but never used it. I get it this week, god all the accessories you can do ! I’d like to find a wench to pull deer and game out of canyons or to pull stuck 4x4’s out lol
You shoulda took his hint. There's a reason he never used it.
He got old and went blind
Only Borat can find wenches that will pull deer and game out of canyons.
those will be perfect here in Puerto Rico forest :)
Grew up in the foothills of Denver. Before owning my own Hodaka Ace a guy loaded up a few vans with 12hp Tote-goats. He made you sign a form and rented them out at $5.00 an hour. That's where my allowances went! If you would shag guys who ran out of gas you would get an hour free. I'm 61 years young, 6'4" 250 lbs. and I'm sure the Rokon would handle that and more. I've known about this two wheel drive some 40+ years! If this is a regular event, I could schedule a visit to some old friends near by.
Lose the weight and trim up it will do you the world of good.
Matthew Keeley that’s a cool story. I had a super rat, it hauled my little kid body with no problems
@@bighands69 6-4 and 250 ain't too much weight.
Looks like a good time. With all of those Rokons running were there any breakdowns or dumb things done to break something?
Awesome! Every fat chic should have one of these!😀
its saddening how many people in power hate culture like this and want to see it die :(
This is "Wicked Cool !!" and they arrr drinking lot's of beeeh. : )
lots of old throw away small boats can be dragged through the woods
now is time to build and try out the new trail and make tubs/ boats into trailers to pull 1/ 2/ people.
"Hey kid rock and roll ROKON oooh my soul"...
So who has one? I def. Want one. Looks like a great bug out vehicle.
Looks like great fun! Thanks.
I like to buy one of this cool biks. How i can buy this, in Europe (Austria, Vienna... [not Austalia, we have no Kango]).
Yeah they seem to be some tough bikes I'd like to see them go electric that would great imo its all good fun👍👍
Purist may disagree but I think you're right. Hunting with an eclectic Rokon would be awesome.
Electric in that environment, sure, good luck.
How often do you guys lose a chain?
For over $7,000 dollars I can get a decent ATV for that price.
Great vid...
Great video!
Hi, I live in Brazil and I have a Rokon 1975 - R2079. I need to put a non-original engine, how many HP, Honda? Can you help me with the information?
No one in the video has the auto grab front suspension. I was going to buy one with front suspension but I don't think I need it, or want the extra weight and maintenance.
I would love to have a Rokon but dang they are high dollar.
Why do they have to drive up the middle of a brook?
Funny the video is in Maine but there is no dealership in that State.
I want to come up and ride with my brothers from another mother. From Tennessee.
My uncle has two of those things.. Crazy bikes.
Looks like fun for sure...
I was told 45 years ago it is pronounced ROCK ON not row kon
Isn't that nice
Rider of A Pale Horse Ok.
I was told over 50 years ago, it was creek, not crik. To each their own.
set up a new unused trail over north east mountains in ...pa ny west virgina. winter run/ sumer run.
No kids under 20.!
I'm building a electric 3000w 80v 1964 rokon trailbreaker mk2 . Got the brand new maxxis bighorn tires on. just gotta get the miter boxes dialed in. I'm going to run the electric motor to the Albion 3-speed transmission with belt drive . Thinking about running DeWalt batteries
Don't get wet.
The guy at 7:07 looks like ht has some sort of alternator on the front fork. Anyone have any idea about it?
It is an all electric Rokon that he built himself. Awesome build!!
I wish they still offered a two stroke model.
Hunters wanted the bike to be quieter, that's why they switched to four stroke.
Theirs a 1996 Rokon Scout in fair condition for $1400 U.S. IS that a fair asking price?
Yeah...as long as it's not 'frame-bent' from a long drop on a boulder, 1,200$ is ALL GOOD!
I wish I could afford one but Rokons are too expensive. I had to settle for a TW200
ScottyDoes TW200 is a great bike either way so it's all good
Real bikes?
Looks way fun!
fun video!
How do I find a rokon dealer. I live in n.w. Missouri.
should be plenty of sponsors willing to help set this up.
no deliberate mud etc. but not a pussy trail either.
motor week cool bikes they remind me of my Baja warrior 200cc trail bike
can you say ....ROCK.....ON
Those guys should wear hip waders to keep their legs dry.
For those thinking it is expensive. Price out a new 125 2 stroke. About the same.
ROCK ON NOT ROKON
The back hurts in the end but its the fun out of it
Poor Nature:(
Cool
this "crick"
😎😎😎😎😎😎
Now it new tracks
Seems stupid to light the lights on fire. Just me?
Could build that for less than 1000 bucks. Price they charge blows my mind.
Build me one identical to the Rokon.
I'll give you 2000 bucks for it .
Double your money.
@@900stx7 Hhaha, crickets from Pat John.
So this is what old men get when their bodies won't take actual motorcross bike but they aren't yet ready for jacked up golf carts and SxS
Are they street legal
Donna Frank They do like 10 miles an hour
NICE VIDEO THANKS FRIEND
It's pronounced Rock-on, not Roe-con.
A very bad way to treat streams.
They look verry slow and uncomfortable.maybe some better suspension and more power
Needs more cup holders .
Hmmm riding in sneakers=brain dead
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It is pronounce Rock-ON Not Ro-Kon
They say crik instead of creek, roh-kon, rock-on, it's all the same.
The 2 strokes were better
It's pronounced as Rock on not Row con..
Proof?
@@natenimon827 Do you think I just plucked that out of my ass and posted it for a laugh?
I quote:
HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE ROKON™
Here it is from the horses mouth. The following letter was posted to the Rokon World Message Board Forum by Orla Larsen, the founder of Rokon™.
Orla 5:35 PM Friday January 22, 1999 To my buddy SYCO:
"When starting the new company to build the TBs I wanted to get a catchy name like Radar or similar, spelled the same front or back. I had been a professional skier in Canada and had the opportunity to come to the US and start a new ski area in Vermont, We called it Mt. Snow (actually it was named after the owner of the land-Reuben Snow) after getting the ski area going, (I was the general manager and also ski school director) and it became VERY successful, I built a lodge to cater to the winter and summer business. During the excavation for the main building, the gentleman that we bought the land from came by to have a look at what we were doing. There were piles of rocks heaped all over the place from the excavation, and the original land owner said (man this place is really on the rocks) so that is what we named our lodge. When I was looking for a name for the new TB company I bastardized On The Rocks to ROCKON, but it did not look good in print, so I changed it to ROKON and that is how it all got started. Sorry about temporally impaired people that pronounce it ROWKON, but then the good lord told us to be tolerant!! "
i want to do this.
i want boat body with roll bars. open and partly closed.
self powered and trailer type.WHY
Because handy capped guys want to play too.
both quad- plegic and just old guys. A rally of 100 or more and a motel for 3 days+. just men .! except last day.
no prizes. certificate of particpation ok.
professional photographers ok.
no money envolved. YOU ALL KNOW THAT YOU WANT THIS.. TO SEE US OLD TIMERS AND HANDYCAPPED GET MUDDY LAUGH SCREAM ETC.
cut the retail price in half new 2016 desings no major changes a better seat whoopee and a mount for your smart phone whoopee. No offense to anyone in the vids but It looks like a bunch of overweight tall men riding these things. I for one am 51 years old male olnly 5 foot 3 inches tall, how the heck am I going to ride one using the feet pedal thingy. I Love the idea and will probably get one learn to ride it my SHORT way. MESSAGE TO ROKON cut the price in half and sell sell sell. I believe they worth it but only at 1/2 msrp.
Cutting the price in half would probably mean cutting down on quality.
....
Don’t need the intro and all the talk!
These bikes are insanely over-priced. They should be $1000, tops.
@Don Olypopper they are over-priced for what little they offer. They are simple and basic, no suspension, uncomfortable, no luxuries, yet a price that gets you all that and more in machines that are vastly more capable.
@Don Olypopper you defend them like you own shares. Why on earth do people prefer to over-pay for things.
@Don Olypopper no, i own bikes, and this thing is ridiculously over-priced. It's a cool machine, OTHER than it's inflated price. Yes, you are correct, lots of china-made stuff is cheap crap. This isn't, it's clearly well-built. But, i do hate things that are over-priced to maximize a greedy profit, and this is. And, isn't it's motor "non-american"? There's lots of things out there that are 'assembled' in america and then advertised as being american, but they are made in china. Some things that i always viewed as 'cheap chinese crap' has actually very much surprised and impressed me.
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Its way over priced! Geees whats the point of owning one........I'd rather buy my 4 Porsche!
I'm from maine
So I guess this stupid looking thing is what you buy if you cant ride a dirt bike.
Aussie Chip No they are what you buy when you want all around traction. Still operates the same as riding a dirt bike. Except the Rokon is 2WD.
William Todd and has crap front and no rear suspension so it bounces everywhere. So far all ive seen on youtube is a bunch of people with no riding ability paddling there way along over nothing I couldn't get a dirtbike over.
William Todd So is the Christini ;-)
Did you cut and paste that reply you useless fuck?
No, my memory is good enough to recall a decades old euphemism. And, I thought I told you to take your opinion and go fuck yourself? We get it, you don't like the bike. NOW FUCK OFF!
I thought winter was suppose to be a peaceful time without upper middle age, out of shape dudes, ruining the environment. IS NO SEASON HOLY?
to each their own ... junk
Ok.
that bike is crap
Because you said so?