Gas hub motor?!
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REdiculous
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Wow..old-school...
I caught a show a while back that showed a new gas hub motor being designed/made/tested. Everything but the gas tank was in the wheel, iirc. It looked pretty neat, but you're not getting stealth from a gas hub motor so I don't see the point in it...might as well stick the engine in the triangle or whatever.
Cool find!
I caught a show a while back that showed a new gas hub motor being designed/made/tested. Everything but the gas tank was in the wheel, iirc. It looked pretty neat, but you're not getting stealth from a gas hub motor so I don't see the point in it...might as well stick the engine in the triangle or whatever.
Cool find!
Ykick
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You haven't heard of Megola's? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megola
Another brand was Killinger & Freund...
Another brand was Killinger & Freund...
Ypedal
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canot remember the name atm.. but a few years ago there was a startup company trying to get going with a 2 stroke in hub thing.. went under before ever going to mass production but wish i could remember the name...
Drunkskunk
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Revopower made one. I've seen some pics of a 3 cylinder hub motor as well, that converted a bike to a motorcycle, from around the turn of the century.
Ypedal
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Revo.. that's it.. went MIA about 2 years ago i think.
StudEbiker
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Yeah, that actually reminds me that the reason I first started thinking about a powered bicycle (that eventually led me to electric bikes) was seeing an article in Popular Mechanics (or Science?) about the Revo.
REdiculous
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The Revo was the one I was remembering...yeah...
It looked like a solid product but my area was cracking down on 2 stroke bikes/scooters around the same time so I never really gave it much consideration - I didn't want the stink and noise anyway.
It looked like a solid product but my area was cracking down on 2 stroke bikes/scooters around the same time so I never really gave it much consideration - I didn't want the stink and noise anyway.
JEB
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I guess one has to be different, but I don't see any advantage, I put a .6hp 4 cycle gas engine, planetary gear to jack shaft, tadpole trike (mad max) lowest gear = 7~mph @7k rpm for hills, in highest gear 35mph+ on a slight downward slope. It is easy to fill, and service, bolt on a new engine a snap, it is low behind the seat, on my right hand side, the bigest problem is the noise, so most of the time I use a 1.99hp (e-go) 24volt electric pusher.
deronmoped
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The Honda P50 has a four stroke hub motor, pretty cool. I have two of them, think they were made in 1965.
http://www.mopedarmy.com/photos/brand/22/8988/
http://www.mopedarmy.com/photos/brand/22/8988/
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