I understand Rokon recently received the largest contract for motorcycles in
their history, something on the order of 200+ bikes ordered by one customer.
Why don't you ask them??
James Shanks
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-----Original Message-----
From: Stuart Ellis <stuellis@mediaone.net>
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Date: Saturday, September 02, 2000 11:19 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Rokon's in military?
>So...........What was the outcome?
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> Stuart J. Ellis
>East Coast Sales Manager
> Intraco USA
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jim Gilmore" <jgilmore@oeonline.com>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2000 9:52 PM
>Subject: Re: [MV] Rokon's in military?
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>> Dave wrote:
>> >Hi List
>> >
>> >I remember a thread about Rokon motorcycles from a year or two ago, but
I
>> >can't find it in the archives. My question is: Were Rokon 2wd
motorcucles
>> >ever used or at least tested by the U.S. military?
>>
>> The Rokon was tested by the military at the RAVE II test course in
>> Auburn Hills, Michigan in the late 1960's. It was tested in a
"shoot-out"
>> between a dozen or so other vehicles including a M-151, motorized
>> wheelbarrow, lawn tractors, mechanical mule and a real live army mule
(the
>> four footed kind!).
>> Jim
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