you will go back to the original posting by JJ, and follow the thread you will see why it became somewhat lively. Claims of "nothing compares" and "most fantastic and capable" tend to get 4 wheel atv folks excited, especially when the claims can't be backed up. Floating it across a deep creek does not make it terraine capable. It makes it a boat, kind of, with hollow rims that create boyouancy (sp?) I wonder how deep of water the Rokon can handle, not floating, but still under the power of the driver, still running and still moving forward with a load on its little rear rack? Even in JJ's pictures what you see is one nice sized pig bungee corded to the seat. Now where does the passanger sit? How secure is that load of dead weight?
No vehicle does it all, and that includes 4 and 6 wheel atv's. Yes, I know what the letters in ATV stand for. You will find a similar response to 6 and 8 wheeled vehicles as to the Rokon 2 wheeler, if you go back through the history of this forum.
The terraine capability of a Rokon is only as good as the guy driving it, which isn't saying much for some of our older drivers who simply can not handle it. As several posters have said, if you have to put your feet down to balance it, then they aren't interested. Sales of atv's show what people want and spend their money on, and it isn't 2 wheelers.
One of the now fastest growing segments of the atv market is side by side dump bed atv's. The introduction of the Rhino by Yamaha in 04 helped that market take off. Prior to that the Kawasaki Mule invented the market and pretty much held top position in sales. They slipped a bit, but the introduction of two new models in 2005 has them selling like hot cakes once again. Why? Because people want that type of vehicle and they are great vehicles! It might not go everyplace a Rokon can go, or even a Rhino, but it can do things a Rokon can not do. Even my little 550 Mule can do things a Rokon can not do. No keep your $100.00. Try placing 400# of concrete blocks on the Rokon and then safely traveling down the dirt roads with a passanger safely belted in beside you, all the while calmly drinking your cups of coffee, completly out of the rain under your enclosed cab. Ain't gonna happen. Or, try carrying two whitetail dere and four turkeys along with your adult passanger back to camp. Carry, not sled behind you. Those sleds don't last long in the Tx hill country. All the while niether adult has to share seat space with the dead game, or even come in contact with them until they are unloaded back at camp.
Somewhere in there, at the bottom is the Rokon. Not because it isn't a neat motorcycle and not because it isn't terraine capable. It just isn't what the majority of atvers want.
Nuff said. Enjoy your Rokon, now lets move on to other subjects okay.
