ROKON Series Intro

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Dave Canterbury, David Canterbury, The Pathfinder School,Bush Craft ,Survival skills, Historical Lore, Primitive Skills, Archery, Hunting, Trapping, Fishing, Navigation, Knives, Axes, Fire, Water, Shelter, Search and Rescue

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morning guys I'm Dave Canterbury with the Pathfinder school and this is my Rokon Trailbreaker I bought this Rokon bike not because I wanted to necessarily advertise full Rokon but because I wanted something that would go places a side-by-side or foiler would not go I wanted something that would go through swampy territory that would get in the back of the Myers and the MUX of this area of the Appalachian woodlands and I think the Rokon is capable of doing that it's also capable of climbing a 60% grade which is almost unheard of this thing is like a tank on two wheels it has lots and lots of features that we're going to talk about real quick in this introduction video because I'm going to do a series on my Rokon different things that I do to it to make it more adaptive for what I want it for and also any additions that I make to it as far as adding on accessories but what I want to talk to you about first was the Rokon itself some of the features of the Rokon and then how it came to me when I first received it because I think that's important you would think that something like this might come in some type of kit form and be complicated to assemble but to be honest with you when it came to me it was on a pallet with two straps through the frame that we're all foamed and cardboard it over and protected and the handlebars were really the only thing off the bike and there were two nuts that hold those forks down are those handlebars down to the forks that you have to put in one of the big conveniences of this bike for a self-reliance situation or from a self-reliance standpoint is that all of the bolts and nuts on this bike are American Standard and there's only about three or four sizes of nuts on here you've got like a 3/8 7/16 a Finch 9/16 and I don't think there's anything any bigger than that on here that I found so far I haven't completely torn the bike down yet

but it comes with a very nice manual that shows you how to completely break it down and guys that are really into Rohan's can do it very very quickly so the maintenance of this thing is very easy the tools that you need to maintain it are very limited and like I said once I got strapped it from the pallet put the handlebars on and bolted them down all it really had to do was put gas and oil in it and it was ready to go now the one thing I did find that they don't tell you at least I didn't see it anywhere does that mean it doesn't say it just means I didn't see it is that there's a fuse that comes in a plastic envelope with your manual and that electrical fuse gets put into a boot up here in the front of the electrical system and the bike won't start without that fuse that closes your electrical system and I didn't realize as the 30 amp flat wedge type views that you can buy any hardware store or auto parts store but you have to put that fuse in to get the electrical system to be engaged or connected and then you're ready to rock and roll from there it's as simple as driving the thing off the pallet and heading for the woods so it's a very easy setup when it comes to you it's almost completely taken care of like I said oil gas stick a fuse in it two bolts and handlebars off you go that part I really like the one thing that I worried about with this thing was the key and the key is it's a fairly standard looking key for any motorcycle lawnmower outboard things like that and that is just a Christmas tree shaped key I was kind of afraid that I might lose this key I took one of the keys off it comes with two put one in the drawer at my house I took the other one and put a loop of paracord through a keyring so that I could take it on the frame and loop it around the frame of the bike and then just half hitch it off so that there's no way that he could fall out and get misplaced on the trail somewhere if I were to stop for a few minutes or camp or anything like that or go over you know something rough it's and there's no way it's going to bounce out there's no way it can get lost from the bike as long as it's half hitched on there like that and I think that's just a simple thing that you can drop the bat save yourself some headache in the long run okay so let's talk about a few more specifics of this bike and I'm going to read them right off a sheet that I printed off the internet so I don't miss anything all right pretty simple stuff but it will answer a lot of cool suctions I'm going to get asking this video the drive system is full time front and rear wheel drive so you have a two wheel drive system that's engaged all the time you have a Kohler single cycle four-stroke fan cooled engine 208 CCS seven horsepower output at 3600 rpms that peak torque is twelve point four at 2100 rpms and this thing has three gears that allow it to do up to 35 miles an hour I see that's one of the things that I've heard a lot of people talk about rode cons our crawlers they don't go anywhere you get anywhere you want to go but at a very slow speed 35 miles an hour is pretty fast in a dense with an environment especially here in Eastern woodlands if you need to go faster than 35 you better be on a cut trail in which case you know a four-wheeler or side-by-side is probably a better option for you if you're going off trail you're not going to be doing 35 miles an hour and this thing is the ticket for that because it will go anywhere off trail now it has it we talked about the torque converter already it has a power transmission automatic torque converter three gear range selector first gear is 0 to 10 miles an hour second gear zero to 20 and third gear 0 to 35 so it has that torque converter in there so you can't over rev the engine depending on what gear you're in but it'll has a first second and third gear I drive it the majority of time and second gear so far and I've only put probably three hours on this thing so far seven horsepower with a throttle two point six nine US gallons in the fuel tank but it also has the capability to hold fuel in the rims of both tires or water it's a sealed rim system that's made out of aluminum and you have a little over two gallons of storage if I remember right in each one of those rims you could make both of them water both of them gas one gas one water whatever your choice would be but that's a great extra survival tool or emergency tool for you to have it takes regular unleaded gas port point 33 0.33 gallons per hour as normal fuel consumption it has a disc brake system electric start that's sealed so if you get it wet it'll still start it has an electronic magneto it's a 12-volt system it has a US Forestry approved spark arrestor on the muffler system it's a fixed main jet carburetor a grid capacity of 60 percent grade it comes with a 12-month limited warning the wheels are 12 inch aluminum drums wheelbase is 51 inches ground clearance is 14 inches height overall to the handlebars is 41 inches I think that covers quite a bit of it the weight of this thing dry weight with nothing in it as far as fuel or the tanks being full in the rims is 218 pounds in all honesty when you've got it engaged and that's climbing on its own or whatever it's pretty simple if you had to pick the thing up dead weight it might be a little bit heavy but it's nothing that you can't manage nothing more than a normal dirt bike or something like that one way anyway so I'm really happy with this Rokon so far like I said I've only put three or four hours into it probably driving it on trails and things like that but I haven't found any where it wouldn't go including off trail situations and the biggest problem I find with my four-wheeler and even with my side-by-side is the width of trail that you need or the width of clear trail that you need to be able to drive that thing with this that's much more condensed you can weave this thing in and out between trees it goes over the top of logs and things like that very very easily

so right now I'm real happy with it the other thing that I did do the immediate change that I made was it came with a yellow hose ear or a breathing hose for the fuel tank I put a black pole spear banding on here like a slingshot banding type material on here number one it's block number two it's less rigid number three it's multifunctional so I put that on there put that piece of paracord on the keyring and set that up to stay on the bike other than that I've made no changes to the original bike as it came to meet on the pallet for those that are asking about the price of a rock on this thing listed about 7200 ish as you see it right now accessories not included this one does have brush Buster's on the front end that do not come stay entered but overall you know 7,200 bucks is a lot of money it's not common man by any means it's well under the price of a Harley it is commensurate with the price of a decent four wheeler and a little bit under the price of a good side-by-side so it's one of those in-between price things if you're going to spend the money you can't find him used on eBay and places like that Rokon has a Facebook page that has people selling them on they're used all the time I saw one for sale under yesterday used I think it was an 80s model Rokon from I think it was like thirty seven hundred bucks something like that but the thing with these rode cons is that I'm finding by doing research and looking at forms is people don't get rid of them very often and when they do it's just because it's a hobby thing where they by using ones and they rebuild them and resell them these things are mules they go anywhere they last forever and they don't break down and everybody that I found that ever owned one absolutely loved it okay gas shutoff here there's that yellow hose that I replaced here it was the same yellow hoses this one this is your shutoff in the tank just like any other small engine you also have a choke and you have a gas shutoff back here on the back side as well like chainsaws and things like I have on them and then your gear shift is right behind that one of the things I really liked about this Rokon is it has a huge heavy-duty kickstand on it I mean think Jayant so whenever you put this bike down it's got a big solid foot on it it's got a really long reach to hold up the weight of that bike and I haven't put it anywhere yet that I put the kickstand down it's even acted like it was going to fall over this Rokon also has a trailer hitch attached to it and again that is not a standard item that is an add-on so the trailer hitch and the brush Buster's that are on the front to keep your hands from getting a up by thorns and things like that those are extras that do not come on the bike standard the fuel tanks nice and big has a nice wide opening in it to pour gas into so it's very very simple to gas it up I like that abs plastic tank is not going to go anywhere it's not going to rust out on you I put that black hose on there replace the yellow and it was on there brush Buster's you got front and rear brakes up here throttles over here again there's no clutch you have to be stopped to change gears you got a first second and third gear and then neutral in between every gear that I like really well and you also have an emergency kill button up here by your hands next thing comes standard with a second seat back here for a passenger and a set pegs here but take this off and buy an add-on of a rack if you wanted to or I'm sure you could just take this seat off and put yourself a couple of milk crates back there you know would be the very good common man solution for that I think I have a double milk crate actually back in my trapping building that I may put on here until I decide to buy the cage itself but I do like the fact that it's got areas you can attach saddlebags and things like that to that are actually frame components as well as rifle scabbards and things like that if you choose okay guys well that was just a quick rundown of my Rokon Trailbreaker the way I received it from the factory a little bit of the features and specs of the bike itself I'm going to be creating a series on the road con talk about improvements that I may want to make additions that I want to make and actually testing this thing you and you know different environments in the Eastern woodlands swamps drainages you know higher areas of elevation steeper grades all those types of things mud sand I want to give this thing a good run for its money because I want to know that my money was invested well so if you decide to buy one of these your money will be invested well to because it is a major undertaking or major investment I've gave Canterbury with the Pathfinder school I appreciate you guys joining me for this video I thank you for everything you do for our school for our business for our family for all of our sponsor instructors affiliates and friends and I'll be back to another video as soon as I can thanks guys