Ever hear of a Rokon? It's not a Japanese horror movie monster, nor is it nokor spelled backwards. Chances are, unless you're a middle-aged game hunter, you've never heard of the marque. Rokon's first endeavor in building two wheelers is an incredible contraption, much more likely to be sen in outdoor magazines than bike books. It has tractor treaded ATV-type tires, a very vertically compact chassis and power plant, about two feet of ground clearance, and a tiny Chrysler outboard engine which powers both wheels through a series of chains, sprockets, U-joints and drive shafts. Called the TrailBreaker, the little machine was designed ot cross rugged terrain...
...So when Rokon decided to get into the enduro bike market, they obviously had to build a new machine: there just weren't all that manyh enduros being run with five mph average speed schedules...
...The complete name for the new bike is the Rokon RT-340 TCR Automatic Enduro. The first two letters have no particular significance except as a model designation. The engines piston nominally displaces 340cc (actual 335cc), and the bike is a Tom Clark Replica. Tom Clark is, and has been (according to which facts and opinions are considered), an astonishing number of things. On a strictly organizational level, though, Clark has been a very fast professional racer, an airplane salesman, a BSA and then Yamaha field representative, the Director of Professional Competition for the AMA, and a Vice President / Sales for Rokon...
1973 Rokon Automatic RT340 TCR Road Test 10-Page Article available at
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