Hubless Wheels...

[synesthesia1]

Hope it's not a repost.

The Hubless Monster chopper by Amen Design is the world’s first fully

functional motorcycle with two hubless wheels

Hubless (centerless) wheel is a type of wheel with no center hub

. To be precise, however, the hub is actually almost as big as the wheel itself.

Advantages include: decreased weight, lower center of gravity,

increased braking leverage, and more accurate steering.

[DoWorkSon]

I don't think I believe any of those advantages.

[Gimpdiggity]

It's a repost...but from quite a while ago...so I'm sure not many people that actually still post will remember it.

[XXKirby]

hows that power transfer?

[PhilB]

Originally Posted by synesthesia1

Hope it's not a repost.

It is, but it's been a while, so no harm.

"Advantages include: decreased weight, lower center of gravity, increased braking leverage, and more accurate steering." Dubious. Decreased weight, maybe. Center of gravity, no -- unchanged. Increased braking leverage has nothing to do with the hub per se, it's due to the perimeter brake disk, same as a Buell. More accurate steering, no reason for that to be the case, that I can see (especially on that bike).

Main advantage: looks cool.

Disadvantage: really big low-friction bearings are expensive and hard to make reliable.

Originally Posted by XXKirby

hows that power transfer?

I think on that bike, it's with a big roller in front of the rear tire that drives it by friction. Probably not your most practical longterm solution.

PhilB