RPR Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 The tangent being that if the Wilks brothers had designed a motorbike, it would have been very like a Rokon: underpowered, no suspension, slow, but 2x2, easily field repairable, and largely unstoppable. So, with my SIII getting a new expansion tank and a new bracket fabbed, I took the Rokon with us on a trip to Rifle, in Garfield County on Coloardo’s western slope. If the tangent is too much of a stretch for the Mods, my apologies. We’ve had a long, late Spring in Colorado and it will be snowing up on the Roan Plateau at 8,500 - 9,000 feet tonight. These pics were taken yesterday and it was sunny and dry but in the Fifties and Sixties. The Roan Plateau stretches out East - West from Rifle Gap about 10 miles west and ends in @3,500 ft cliffs overlooking rifle. The area is crisscrossed with deep gulches, tiny creeks and a few trails dating back to the 1950s when the area, designated the Naval Shale Oil Reserve, was explored. A few boreholes around and some high Summer pasture. But during my @ 35 mile trip yesterday, I didn’t see another soul up there and cattle haven’t yet been brought up from the valleys. Trails are some quite decent dirt roads where I could get the Rokon’s top speed of about 35 mph on, to bumpy twin-track (Greenlane without the green), to some rocky/shaley broken ground, especially in and out of creeks and gulches. Hope you enjoy pics 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPR Posted June 22, 2019 Author Share Posted June 22, 2019 Some more pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPR Posted June 22, 2019 Author Share Posted June 22, 2019 And palatial digs at base camp 😆 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaghost Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 Seriously jealous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 A loveyl, and welcome, tangent 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 One for sale in the UK.... https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F283469464879 Super cool thing - how does the drive to the front wheel cope with the turning of the forks ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPR Posted June 22, 2019 Author Share Posted June 22, 2019 2 hours ago, Anderzander said: One for sale in the UK.... https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F283469464879 Super cool thing - how does the drive to the front wheel cope with the turning of the forks ? Drive to the front wheel is a shaft with UJoint connection to a mitre box over the forks. I don’t know the degree of arc, but in hard turns, drive is interrupted at the mitre box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lo-fi Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 5 hours ago, Anderzander said: how does the drive to the front wheel cope with the turning of the forks ? There's a good troubleshooting video with the whole drivetrain on the bench on the Rokon YouTube channel. 3 hours ago, RPR said: Drive to the front wheel is a shaft with UJoint connection to a mitre box over the forks. I don’t know the degree of arc, but in hard turns, drive is interrupted at the mitre box. That's interesting, is that supposed to happen? Wasn't mentioned in the troubleshooting video. Pics are fantastic and I kinda want one! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 They look like half a quad bike - fantastic. Yamaha experimented with 2wd in the 90’ iirc - that was hydraulic drive though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arjan Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Feel free to post more pictures !!! Very, very nice ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPR Posted June 23, 2019 Author Share Posted June 23, 2019 Ok, a few more pics 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Oh wow ! 😍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 That’s cool! And what a beautiful place! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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