Thread: Worlds first spokless motorcycle: Ugly or awesome?

Originally Posted by KING_JAMES

Billy Lane used a helicopter rotor bearing...oh yeah...and he's a mechanical engineer. Not bad for a tatted up, dread locked bike builder from florida.........

Could be mistaken, but I heard he doesn't make them anymore because there are too many troubles with it.
Anyway, it's the first front wheel i see like that and cannot say i like the looks of it...

I don't see how they can claim world first. Swiss/Italian designer Franco Sbarro pioneered hubless wheel/drive technology ~20 years ago.

Too lazy to post pics, here's a link with some info:

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


Edit: late to the party, just saw pure sin's post!

This bike has been around for while, or at least it's sistership. I saw it around 04 in Daytona. I believe it was blue and silver at the time. Amen Motorcycles

Billy Lane also had a hubless bike at that time as well however they worked different. The bike referenced here worked by having what amounted to a rubber boat trailer roller that was placed behind the seat and pressed against the rear tire to make it roll.

This guy has alway been very innovative with bikes, and was way ahead of everyone else but never managed to gain any real exposure during the chopper hay day 5-6 years ago. He never really had much of a personality.... a misunterstood artist perhaps.

Liked it better before paint, but sick

ugly.

Bleh... not a fan...

looks sick!

Actually, Lane and Amen battled for years on who came up with the concept. They were good friends for a long time who probably came up with the idea together, but who knows. Lane is in prison now and that bike has been out for years as well. The neat thing is it uses a Helicopter bearing to make the wheel function. Neat engineering.