Dan Evon
Staff Writer
For the past twenty years, the idea of the hubless motorcycle wheel has floated around. The stunning design promises to offer better control, better breaking, and will eliminate a lot of unnecessary weight. It’s too bad that no one has been able to make the hubless wheel practical.
Franco Sbarro, an Italian engineer who is credited with the idea of the hubless wheel and even designed some concept bikes, was never able to get one up to cruising speeds.
The torch was then passed to Dominique Osmos and his company, Osmos. But again, the hubless wheel seemed more suitable for the show room floor than the open road.
Recently, however, the boys at Amen Designs have released a video of a hubless motorcycle cruising down the interstate.
The bike, called the hubless monster, is still geared more toward flare and design than it is to practicality, but the bike does show a promising future for the hubless wheel.
