bs125r Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 Yesterday on the Dakar Rally on Speed Channel there was a Yamaha 450 dirtbike that was 2 wheel drive. When the back wheel strarted to lose traction the front wheel drive kick in. They said Yamaha made 50 of them worldwide. It won the opening round of the rally. Just thought it was kinda cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyRo_ZaCh Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 ever hear of rokon? (or somthing like that) their 2x2 dirt bikes (350 ccs i think) from what (i think) i know about them they have an automatic trany (the belt drive thing like in mini bikes) with 3 speeds on top of that: crawl, slow, and not so slow. Their full time 2 wheel drive and i think theres a lot more then 50 of them. but it sounds like what the new yamaha is trying to copy off of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erbilabuc Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 didnt see it but some guy in the group I was riding with said he saw one outside of Olrando the other day and I didnt know what the hell he was talking about. I guess it was true after all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blk02banshee Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 I've seen it on a website before. Actually, I think it's on yamaha's website . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
. Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 yup, its propelled by a hydraulic system. Kinda like the water pump spins, it spins hydraulic fluid to the front end which spins another gear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I2fast4U Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 ya heard sumthing about yamaha making one 2 but i thought i was suppose to come out next year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyRo_ZaCh Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 i think rokon uses a universal joint and a chain, the yamaha one i havent been abel to find(and there for look at) yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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