The Bike of the Future Today – A Study in Bad-Assery!
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The Motorcycle sub-culture is one that is replete with bad-assery. From the clothing wore by bikers to the bikers themselves to the bikes that they ride there is little that could not be classified as boss. It’s a very plain and simple fact that motorcycles are simply cool.
Depending on your own particular taste, some may be cooler than others. For some it’s the speed and sleek lines of Japanese bikes that define cool. For others is the old fashioned girth and throaty engine of Harley’s that make one a bad ass. And then there are those who don’t think much of standard motorcycles, those who need the dropped and dangerous look and feel of a chopper. But no matter what your personal preference one is forced to admit that the newest creation from the folks over at Amen Design and Engineering is something to behold. The perfect amalgam of both coolness and bad-assery.
Mike Brown, founder of Amen, has been featured on the Discovery Channel’s “Great Biker Build Off.” He has created a great number of custom chopper chassis and even offers fabrication classes to aspiring chopper builders. More recently, he’s begun work on a reality t.v.. program called “What Would Mike Do?” which features him creating monstrous creations such as chopper powered VW bus in which the chopper is removable once parked. But among all of Amen’s creations the most far out has to be the hubless wheeled motorcycle.
Yes, you read that right… a hubless wheeled motorcycle. I embedded a nice video for you to enjoy up top in the event that you don’t believe me. In truth, there is a hub. It’s could more appropriately be called a spokeless motorcycle. The hub in fact is nearly the size of the entire wheel. It exists on the inside circumference of the bikes wheel providing the propulsion on the inside surface of the wheel as opposed to the standard chain belt system that most current bikes employ.
To describe this motorcycle as revolutionary would be an understatement. What would be more apropos would be to say that it is an evolutionary leap forward in design. It doesn’t just look cool either. The design itself has a number of benefits with its employ. The lower placement of the connection between the swing arm and the wheel allows for a lower center of gravity as well as a greater brake leverage. The loss of the full internal components of the wheel and rim mean that a significant loss of weight for the bike as well meaning a leaner ride. To take a look at the bike one can see the imagination and inginuity of it’s designer. It looks like something out of late 90′s sci-fi movie. Something that a director envisioned that the future of motorcycles would look like. What Mike Brown has done is make that future a reality today. He’s laid the groundwork for the future of Chopper design. And let me tell you, the future looks bad ass!
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