Check out this bike - Trail Breaker!

[Casper250]

Saw this at my race this weekend.
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[Casper250]

If you look close, you can see the chain running down to the front tire. I think thats so that the brake rotor can be mounted up out of the way.
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[JuliusPleaser]

Those bikes were designed to float, and the front wheel is an auxiliary fuel tank.

 

[SpeedyManiac]

Is that a two-wheel drive Rokon?

 

[Dirtbike'n man]

those have been around for a long time they have come back from the dead alot of times. the latest name is the rokon. they are pritty cool tho. couldn't see me owning one but i would like to try it once

 

[Green Horn]

"Ever take it off any sweet jumps?" ND quote. :laugh:

 

[XRpredator]

shocks? pegs? LUCKY!

 

[BradFrost]

You'd really wanna time the landing :ohmy:

 

[xsnrg]

They've been called Rokon for years. The company has been resuscitated a few times, but the design though improved is roughly the same for 30 years or so. It is hard to believe, but they weigh in about the same as a CRF250R at 200-208lbs depending on the model. There seems to be no attempt whatsoever to use lightweight materials, and they are huge, but the scales don't lie. However, it is almost an irrelevant fact because you never leave the ground on one (not enough speed or suspension). My 2nd bike was a Ranger (identical to the Trailbreaker, but forks chopped and with smaller, spoked rims instead of the hollow tanks). The only race I would enter with one would be something like "see that wooded mountain with no trails? I'll beat you to the other side of it", or perhaps...I'll beat you around this MX track on your CRF450R, each of us dragging a 500 lb log behind. You can drive over a 55 gallon drum on the Trailbreaker. My dad had several Trailbreakers over the years and restored several from the early 70s, including mine, during the late 80s. They are one of the few true "all season" bikes that can be ridden in 6 - 12" of snow. If (when) I move the country and have some land, I'll definitely have one in the barn if for nothing other than nostalgia. Here is some interesting reading:

http://www.outbackofbeyond.com/gap.htm

or company website: www.Rokon.com

These two seem to be a match made in machine heaven: