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**Technocrat** · 12-24-2004, 05:54 AM

Awesome find dude & cool pics [

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**ace619** · 12-24-2004, 05:59 AM

thx techno...but can some one plz explain how it works...i have even written to billy...but i am sure he aint goin to reply to such a silly mail

**baristoooo** · 12-24-2004, 06:04 AM

ya i had seen it on biker build off.1 cool machine.even i exactly cant understand as 2 hw is d rear tyre attached 2 d bike.i think its a secret even billy wont disclose.umm.in d 2nd last pic d triangular thing after d silencer is wot connects d chassis and d rear tyre.tats wot i think.can't c anything else.

**ace619** · 12-24-2004, 06:09 AM

all i can say is that bike is a freak of automotive history...dang
oke i agree that the triangualr box like thing is what holds the tyre and the frame(chassis) but how is the question and also how does the tyre rotate properly without any bumps..and the last pic also shows that the rear wheel is driven by a chain

**baristoooo** · 12-24-2004, 06:18 AM

hey ace if u hv seen d show billy builds bike which dont hv shocks at d back.the rear tyre is fitted directly 2 d frame.so d ride is not all tat comfortable.they have sum name for these bikes i dont rmbr it nw.even this is 1 is of d same kind.u cant drive it over big bumps.and i just noticed sumthng else.d 1st 2 pics dnt hv tat box.man this is so confusing.how on earth does d tyre stay there.sum 1 pls cum with a ans.

**ketan86** · 12-24-2004, 06:21 AM

yeh seen dat bike on biker build-off. dat dude has left the fellow bikers scratchin their heads over how dat stuff works. dats awesome stuff there. nice pics ace.

**sk8er** · 12-24-2004, 06:33 AM

that main thing which holds the rim is too large and has a hole in it.
so the bearings are too bike for that bike.
did u see the bearings they look similar
so he made a very huge bearing for the bike and the sprocket is also too big

gr8 find dude

**rohansachdeo** · 12-24-2004, 06:36 AM

I remember, way back in '89 there was a sportbike built that way too. Was built by a Swiss guy called Franco Sbarro. It was a technological wonder at that time coz it was a hubless design, i.e. the wheels did not have any hubs. I think it used to be called the Franco Sbarro dream bike. Follow this link. Got some pretty cool pics

M e i c o C o s m o s - Moto : Sbarro's Designs

http://www.burningart.com/meico/moto/sbarro/

About alternative motorcycle designs from Franco Sbarro.

**rohansachdeo** · 12-24-2004, 06:39 AM

Actually, the bearings that he used were from the sets used on Main rotors of Helicopters.
Follow the link

http://www.chopperweb.net/forum/archive/topic/83-1.html

**rohansachdeo** · 12-24-2004, 06:41 AM

For the ones too lazy tp follow the link given here's an extract from the site?:

"Now for the how. Billy Lane's Choppers Inc. has turned out some wild rides in the past, but this time the guys have outdone even themselves. There's plenty to talk about here, but an explanation of the rear wheel is the obvious starting point. In Billy's words, the easiest way to comprehend what is going on here is to picture that big anodized circle mounted inside the wheel rim is a large, hollow axle. Those machined and anodized chunks of billet aluminum on each side of the bikes tail are solidly connecting that "axle" to a modified and reinforced Choppers Inc. rigid frame. Now, sandwiched between that oversized axle and the 8 inch wide rim is one humongous roller bearing, sourced from deep inside the rotor transmission of, believe it or not , a helicopter. The rim spins around the "axle" on this bearing, and by the way, that bearing alone cost Billy $5,000. Want a hubless custom chopper from Choppers Inc.? Bring a fat wallet."

**sachinontop** · 12-24-2004, 06:50 AM

wow... rohansachdeo's link has these pics...:

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see this:

herez a WING RIDER...

**mehuel** · 12-24-2004, 07:15 AM

freakin awesome find ace, just amazing........how the hell would this guy would have thought of an idea like this......

**sachinontop** · 12-24-2004, 07:32 AM

[u]HOW THIS THING WORKS...:</u>

look closely at the wheel. the line close to the outer edge of the rim is where the outer rim rotates on the inner rim while the inner rim is stationary. there just isn't an apparent hub. there are bearings between the inner and outer "rim". the drive rarely gets explained but i believe there is another smaller driven wheel hidden that turns the rear wheel by rubbing on the tread surface. the fron rim is similar. only the thin outer portion actually rotates.

Source: http://www.bikerheaven.com/cgi-bin/d...wmode=threaded

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some more pics:

@everybody: pls ride properly & do care abt safety otherwise this will be ur next bike...!

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**ace619** · 12-24-2004, 07:36 AM

cool sachin thx for helpin out man...really help ful i can finally stop scratchin my head

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