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Ktrak – Rear Drive Kit and Ski Kit

By Paul Crowe

Ktrak rear drive and ski kit

OK, this isn’t designed for a motorcycle but the possibilities are obvious. The Ktrak rear drive kit and optional ski kit transform your mountain bike into a snow bike. If your bike has quick release hubs, no tools are needed, you just swap out the wheels with the rear track and front ski and off you go. Considering all of the attention the Hyanide and Baal tracked motorcycles generated, something like this gets the wheels turning.

Sure, you can get a snowmobile for the winter months but even living in the snowy north as I do, sleds can be a real money pit if the snow is light. Suppose you could swap out the rear tire of your motorcycle with something like this. Obviously, not all motorcycles would be good candidates for a rear track and front ski but some bikes, maybe a dirt bike, might be fun if you could do this.

The Ktrak comes in versions for both adult and children’s bicycles. The adult version is $400 for the rear drive kit and $140 for the ski. Children’s versions are $200 and $90 respectively. It will be available in January.

Link: Ktrak via Popular Mechanics

UPDATE: That was fast! Thanks to a comment by Mark, it looks like this is already available for motorcycles. SwitchTraxx Thanks, Mark!

SwitchTraxx Track drive motorcycle

UPDATE 2: Thanks to P.T. Anderson, now we also know about the Snow Hawk. Not a conversion but same rear track and front ski setup in a single line with a motorcycle riding position.

Snow Hawk

Posted on December 12, 2006 Filed Under: Alternative thinking


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Comments

  1. coho says

    December 12, 2006 at 4:16 pm

    There were motorbike versions of this at the CycleWorld International Motorcycle Show. A mini-bike sized one and a great big Goldwing-sized one.

    The smaller one looked like it would be big fun and had a wheel that could be swapped with the front ski (the rear kept the track) for summer use.
    The big one was goofy, like a snowmobile with a monster truck lift kit.

  2. coho says

    December 12, 2006 at 4:20 pm

    Oh, yeah, it wasn’t a conversion kit.
    It was a complete machine.
    Sorry if I got anybody too excited. (“OMG! I want to make my GSXR1000RRXRR into a snow machine!!! Whaddaya mean I can’t?)

  3. Erik says

    December 12, 2006 at 5:13 pm

    That is awesome! It looks like it would be good fun but one hell of a work out. When I lived where there was real winter, we’d stud our tires and ride down frozen streams (which hurt an awful lot when you wipe out on).

    How soon until someone figures out how to attach their power-assist bike motor to it?

  4. Mark says

    December 12, 2006 at 5:46 pm

    If you want to convert your dualsport, consider this website. He’s been doing it for years!
    http://www.snoxcycle.com/index.html

  5. Bob Horn says

    December 13, 2006 at 1:52 am

    Does anyone remember the Chrysler Sno Runner from the late ’70’s?

  6. P.T. Anderson says

    December 13, 2006 at 6:08 am

    This isn’t a conversion but the riding position is all motocycle and the snow performance is awesome, so is the price… ouchie. http://www.snow-hawk.com/home.aspx
    Check out the videos if you can.

  7. Gaijin Biker says

    December 13, 2006 at 6:44 am

    It’s a snowtorcycle!

  8. todd says

    December 13, 2006 at 3:24 pm

    looks scary fun. I can’t imagine how you’d balance the thing with so little gyroscopic effect without wheels. I guess crashing in the snow (high liklihood) doesn’t hurt too bad.
    -todd

  9. Zip says

    December 13, 2006 at 5:18 pm

    After watching the video on their website, I noted that all the riding was down hills, which I could easily do on most any MTB, with no ski or trak required.

  10. dorkpuncn says

    July 15, 2007 at 1:52 pm

    There are three major track conversions out for bikes. Already mentioned is the switchtraxx, wich looks okay. I cant remember the name of the other, but the BEST one in my opinion is the ATRAX. Its by far the cheapest and looks very simple/easy to maintain. I’m still trying to find a slightly used (read cheaper) one for my LC4…

    i guess i cant post a direct link, but go to attrax dot net. you can get some more pictures there for your thread.

  11. mathieu says

    November 26, 2007 at 10:57 pm

    i have a questio for you

    do you say he have a kit for atv ds 650 bombardier

    and wath is the price

  12. willis says

    December 12, 2007 at 1:59 pm

    Can u get a kit for a 80cc?

  13. justin says

    September 18, 2008 at 1:18 pm

    thats is so cool how much was it

  14. Cody says

    November 23, 2008 at 9:40 pm

    hey how much do thoose ski and tracks coast for a kx 100 dirt bike

  15. nate says

    January 18, 2009 at 10:47 am

    well cody for my kx 150 it ran me about 800 just for the rear track and the ski was about 300

  16. adrian says

    September 23, 2009 at 12:54 pm

    I have a 2005 yz 125 and was wondering how much it would be for a ski and track kit?

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