rimless bike

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saw this on another sportbike board.

apparantly there are some "rimless" bikes like this out there.
my main question would be about the drive system..... barney rubble would have a hard time with it too!



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[pure_ego]

the back looks really cool.. the front looks like it's broke or something.. hehe.

 

[pure_ego]

if you could attach the forks to the top of the wheel it would look pretty good I think

 

[RaiderDm]

What did that guy DO to that poor Busa???
There should be laws against that kinda cruelty!!!

 

[gcal]

wtf???

looks weird

 

[UR IT!]

 

[vincent]

Looks interesting. Don't think that I would ride it though

 

[MET]

Preey neat the way they spin. I think I saw one of Jesse James bikes using the rims with the offset spinners. One of those shows anyway...

 

[BigBSBusa]

Maybe it's on hydraulics so you can bounce while riding! Interesting design, but I couldn't fit on it!

 

[mctrull]

Interesting, would like to try it to see how it rides.

 

[NearDeath]

If I could find a pair for the Busa reasonably priced, I would be all over them.

 

[grabntwist]

Thats a Billy Lane bike. He owns choppers inc. in florida. He puts those wheels on many of his bikes.

 

[Rich]

I have not seen those rims before. Anyone have a link where I can read up on it?

 

[GMbusa]

I read an article on Billy lane and the first rear hubless bike he did. Just to put the price into perspective, the bearing that cradles the wheel that attaches to the frame is about $7K alone. Atleast that's the price Billy quoted on the bearing in the Hotbike article. Bigbucks.

 

[grabntwist]

I have not seen those rims before.  Anyone have a link where I can read up on it?

http://www.choppersinc.com

 

[grabntwist]

I have to say if I could afford this I'd have two.

 

[PACIFICBUSA]

hrmmm....interesting. Not too sure if I would buy it/ride it, but it is definitely something new.

 

[jetset]

Aw it just haves enlarged axles everybody knows that, right?