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  • Hubless Monster Motorcycle Rolls Without Spokes

    01/27/2009 11:25:03 AM PST · by martin_fierro · 33 replies · 4,401+ views
    jalopnik ^ | Mon Jan 26 2009 | Wes Siler
    The biker boys at Amen Design have built a chopper based around Franco Sbarro’s hubless wheels. And it really rides! Hubless wheels work by fixing the rotating parts (brake ring, bearings, hubless rim) onto the outer side of a non-rotating inner ring that attaches to the motorcycle’s swingarm or forks. Advantages include decreased unsprung weight, reduced structural stress (no spokes to transmit forces through), increased braking leverage, more accurate steering, reduced vibration and a lower center of gravity. Hubless wheels also look bitchin’, which, we’re guessing is the main motivating factor in Amen’s decision to use them.