Originally Posted by
HillRider
You will notice none of them are in production in any useful numbers
Yes, because the technology is still in it's infancy, but the major motorcycle company, Yamaha, had been working on prototypes for a couple of years now and the results have supposedly been good so far I think there is also a small company out there that's already selling a conversion kit for a certain dirtbike already. Two wheel drive isn't new in motorcycles. Rokon had been making two wheel drive bikes since the early 70's with a mechanical drive to the front wheel. The bike they made was more of an expeditionary/utility bike and is more for slogging slowly through the wilderness. If Yamaha does push through with 2 wheel drive bikes, I think the armed services and other government departments (Police, DNR, Homeland Security...etc) will be very interested. the niche is certainly there.
Chombi