Comments on: Synergy Fuel Cell Motorcycle Concept

By: Chris Kleczynski

Chris Kleczynski — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:42:32 +0000

Hate to burst some people’s bubbles on one thing… but you can’t have bearingless magnetic vehicle wheels. The repulsion force is not strong enough to keep the inner/outer rings from hitting during harder bumps. That concept only works for stationary applications.

By: MORRIS

MORRIS — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 07:55:34 +0000

I have been doing a bit of searching not enough i suppose would anyone know whether one of the many variations of the HUBLESS wheel has had a pressurized liquid injected? a sort of lubricant that could possibly work by creating an inner cushion with this amazing concept by Pendergast?

By: Gzues

Gzues — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:38:07 +0000

The hubless rear wheels of today are a pain in the ass as they makes a simple chore like changing a tire a major pain. While they look nice they are not really a very practical/good idea. Plus the expense of those large bearings is astronomical. As a moter it would further complicate an unrequired expense!

By: Kenny

Kenny — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:31:58 +0000

I dissagree. If engineers don’t design this then we’ll never get to know the possibilities. Everyone complains that superbikes all look the same, when BMW released the pics of the S1000R is a case in point. But when someone tries something different from the trend people jump up and shout “That ain’t gonna work and even if it does ‘this’ works perfectly well as it is”.
Personnally I’d relish the challenge of getting hubless wheels and the (frame centre steering?) to work just as well as, if not better than a conventional telescopic front end.
And carboncanyon, they would make the aerodynamics of the system a lot simpler without 2 great big tubes sitting above the wheel

By: putra

putra — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:43:32 +0000

i agree with you alex but with chain or belt or shaft drive?