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    Hubless Monster Motorcycle Rolls Without Spokes

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    Image of alowishus wants to run a Saab Sonett III at LeMons alowishus wants to run a Saab Sonett III at LeMons
    01/26/09

    In reply to Hubless Monster Motorcycle Rolls Without Spokes
    Oh sheesh. Please go away custom chopper builders. Or start building custom something else.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    01/27/09

    @alowishus: At least they're not chopping up classic cars, unlike some douchenozzles I could name.
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    Image of WilliamG. WilliamG.
    01/26/09

    In reply to Hubless Monster Motorcycle Rolls Without Spokes
    There's three things wrong here. A) He should have painted it white. B) He should have attached laser rifles to the handlebars. C) He should have dressed up as a storm trooper to show it off.


    I really gotta lay off the drugs.

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    Image of cyclopticgaze cyclopticgaze
    01/26/09

    @WilliamG.: Your comment is partially redundant because laser rifles are always an improvement, even if your craft of choice already has laser rifles.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    01/26/09

    In reply to Hubless Monster Motorcycle Rolls Without Spokes
    Looks like a fun idea to implement with a bicycle.
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    Image of TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah
    01/26/09

    In reply to Hubless Monster Motorcycle Rolls Without Spokes
    Whoah whoah, this wasn't the man who invented them.


    He was on the Chopper Build offs years back on discovery. I cannot recall his name, but he had long ass hair, and looked a bit like jessy james in the face. Incredible fabricator.

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    Image of damnelantra™ damnelantra™
    01/26/09

    In reply to Hubless Monster Motorcycle Rolls Without Spokes
    changing the tires must be a hoot too!
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    Image of LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard
    01/26/09

    In reply to Hubless Monster Motorcycle Rolls Without Spokes
    Ever had somebody throw a stick through the spokes on your BMX when you were a kid? Sending you arse-over-tit onto the pavement?
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    Image of Potatosw✭tter Potatosw✭tter
    01/26/09

    In reply to Hubless Monster Motorcycle Rolls Without Spokes
    Wow, I didn't realize spokes were so heavy or, er, "stressed"! As compared to giant hubs with a jillion bearings.


    Now this is another story:


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    Image of beercheck beercheck
    01/26/09

    @Potatoswatter: That's one siezed bearing away from hilarity.
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    Image of Tanshanomi Tanshanomi
    01/26/09

    In reply to Hubless Monster Motorcycle Rolls Without Spokes
    You can never have wheels big enough.
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    01/26/09

    In reply to Hubless Monster Motorcycle Rolls Without Spokes
    There's no reason to have the center of the wheel there in large diameter wheels, but then the problem of the unsprung weight of the alternative wheel support at the rim becomes an issue. I guess the only place where a trade of increased weight and poor suspension performance makes sense, is a custom. So I see why they chose this kind of ride to put it on. That said, it DOES look pretty cool. In a SoCal cruiser kinda way.
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    Image of mossfett mossfett
    01/26/09

    In reply to Hubless Monster Motorcycle Rolls Without Spokes
    Unless I don't understand how those work... the wheels do have hubs... the difference is that the hubs have the same diameter or nearly the same diameter as the wheels.


    They are just big bearings with with rubber on the outside.


    That said... hello and welcome to 1931...

    [www.dself.dsl.pipex.com]

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    Image of cyclopticgaze cyclopticgaze
    01/26/09

    @mossfett: Yeah, I don't think they're technically hubless. More like large, extremely thin hub covered in rubber. I mean, something has to attach the rubber and wheel to the bearings. Maybe "spoke-less" is more accurate.
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    Image of Tanshanomi Tanshanomi
    01/26/09

    In reply to Hubless Monster Motorcycle Rolls Without Spokes
    Okay, so let's compare this to ordinary wheel hubs. On the downside, you increase the rotational speed of the wheel bearings by about a zillion percent...but on the upside, it's heavier and more expensive.


    ...no, wait...

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    Image of elwood elwood
    01/26/09

    @Tanshanomi: Yeah, there's a reason why MotoGP teams haven't exactly been rushing to implement technology like this.


    And you only see it on some stupid Harley choppers too. Not exactly the "performance" crowd.

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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    01/26/09

    @elwood: What-ever-do-you-mean, they are on the bleeding edge of fugly per pound.


    I dare you to find a two wheeled machine with a lower coefficient of elegance!

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    Image of Triborough Triborough
    01/26/09

    In reply to Hubless Monster Motorcycle Rolls Without Spokes
    Another potential organ donation machine!
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    Image of joneez wants the clunkers he paid for joneez wants the clunkers he paid for
    01/26/09

    @Triborough: Spoken like a true cager. Enjoy your box stuck in traffic. I'll give a friendly wave as I go by.
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    joneez wants the clunkers he paid for was starred joneez wants the clunkers he paid for was unstarred
    Image of bzr bzr
    01/26/09

    @joneez is riding his Bandit in the rain again: You've earned your star...compadre.


    (fist bump)

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    Image of Vipper Of Vipp Vipper Of Vipp
    01/26/09

    In reply to Hubless Monster Motorcycle Rolls Without Spokes
    You need this bike like you need a hole in your head.
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    01/26/09

    @Vipper Of Vipp: I already have seven...
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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    01/26/09

    In reply to Hubless Monster Motorcycle Rolls Without Spokes
    Apparently, he took the phrase "reinvent the wheel" literally.
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    If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face was starred If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face was unstarred
    Image of nick2ny nick2ny
    01/26/09

    In reply to Hubless Monster Motorcycle Rolls Without Spokes
    I love sbarro's work! He always had the most inventive stuff, but there isn't much documentation on it. I remember that road and track used to put out this crazy quarterly magazine, which was really expensive. In it, they'd test all sort of wild cars, and one time they tested a folding sbarro car. He also made Lola replicas, and 4wd rolls royces so sultans could go hunting in a roller! Sbarro forever!
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    Image of Al Navarro Al Navarro
    01/26/09

    @nick2ny:

    I think the Sbarro thing may be a mis-attribution. If you click through to the Spinelli-penned article, then through to the Osmos site, another designer/engineer's name is used.
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    Image of Wes Siler Wes Siler
    01/26/09

    @Al Navarro: I seem to remember that Sbarro designed it, Mottas paid for it.
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    01/26/09

    @Wes Siler: So long as it wasn't financed by Dominoes Pizza (cuz if it were, it would probably be a giant cross with images of a gay Holocaust air-brushed onto it...)


    Fcukin-Pizza-Makin-Fundies...


    Worst pizza EVER, might I add.

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