Hub-less Wheel

Custom bike builder Billy Lane has a passion for building choppers with a difference, featuring hubless wheels. Billy holds an Associate of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Florida State University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Florida International University. Billy's bikes and parts have been featured on numerous magazine covers, including The Horse, Street Chopper, Hot Bike, Easyriders and Kopteri (Finland). He's also received numerous awards from his peers including the 2002 Easyriders Best Bike Builder of the Year and 2002 Easyriders Invitational Class — First Place Best in Show for his "Psycho Billy Cadillac" bike, which features a hubless wheel. Although hubless wheels are striking in appearance, their numerous practical disadvantages have precluded their widespread use as an alternative to conventional wheels.

Psycho Billy Cadillac:

          

       

Money Shot - Originally Built for the Camel Roadhouse Tour, one of the early hubless bikes built.

       

  

   

The Chronic - Billy's third hubless bike. Billy's mechanical engineering education helped him turn this fantasy technology into reality.

               

Miss Treated - Billy Lane built his 4th hubless, Miss Treated, for his Discovery Channel Biker-Build-off episode against Russell Mitchell. The episode was filmed in May & June 2006, and the episode aired on August 7, 2006. This bike was built in only two weeks

         

King of NY - Billy Lane's 5th hubless motorcycle, built in 2006, debuted at the NYC IMS show at the Javitz Center January 19, 2007