HUB LESS HARLEY DAVIDSON

                                  HUB LESS HARLEY DAVIDSON

                                                              One look at the hubless Harley Davidson will be reason enough to assume it as yours. It looks like something that popped out of a high-budget, James Dean kind of cool movie. Its customized design commands the price of $155,000

We rarely happen to see a concept motorcycle that features no frame whatsoever, but when we do it reminds us of John Britten’s revolutionary motorcycle from the early 1990s, the Britten V1000. This concept right here actually pays tribute to the original frameless motorcycle and it is called the Britten V1000E. It was designed by Selwyn Shadbolt and it even gets hubless wheels in order to stick to the theme.

The actual engine would be a single large capacity electric one transmitting power to the rear wheel through a shaft drive, but it is the unique shape of the bodywork which attracts our attention. In order for that to be achieved, the fairings must be molded from polyethylene, while the green color should make it stand out as being environmentally-friendly if it ever gets done at least as prototype.

Advantages

     They look freaking cool!

          Allegedly they have better steering and braking characteristics as such forces are applied directly or pretty close to the contact spots of the wheel and the ground.

Disadvantages

you need higher capacity components (a regular wheel hub’s bearing will be less strained than those on a hubless), that are prone to suffer more damage, imagine a car hitting a pothole, the impact might bend the wheel rim (and ruin the wheel), which means changing a spare, and if lucky straightening the rim and that’s it, on a hubless means replacing a bunch of high speed ballbearings that kicked the bucket as the rim broke them.

We rarely happen to see a concept motorcycle that features no frame whatsoever, but when we do it reminds us of John Britten’s revolutionary motorcycle from the early 1990s, the Britten V1000. This concept right here actually pays tribute to the original frameless motorcycle and it is called the Britten V1000E. It was designed by Selwyn Shadbolt and it even gets hubless wheels in order to stick to the theme.

            The actual engine would be a single large capacity              electric one transmitting power to the rear wheel              through a shaft drive, but it is the unique shape of              the bodywork which attracts our attention. In order          for that to be achieved, the fairings must be                        molded from polyethylene, while the green color                should make it stand out as being environmentally-            friendly if it ever gets done at least as prototype.