anyone hear own one of these?

Revo Power - Motorized Replacement Bike Wheel
they look like they would be a good idea.........

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Vapor Ware! To the best of my knowledge they have never gone into production on these, and have not been available to the general public.

ocscully

they have been 'coming soon' for 3-4 years that I know of

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A long time ago I was in a Honda Motorcycle Dealership and they had a bunch of old restored 1960's Honda bikes on display in a special room. One of the bikes was from the earlier sixties and it had it's motor built in the rear wheel like the front wheel shown in that Revo. Honda actually sold them before the 50cc step thru bikes became an icon of the 60's. I can't remember the name or model number of it now but it was quite a light weight bike.

This concept isn't anything new, building internal combustion engines into the wheel(s). I think it was being done over 100 years ago.

That little Honda was probably around 50cc's and the rear wheel looked like it had a hub cap over both sides to cover the motor.

Anyone knowing what it is, could you please post a photo or model # of it.

I found this

I believe what you are describing is the original Honda Cub motor and it was originally an add on motor to the rear wheel of a bicycle, and sold just after the War. Mounted on the outside though rather than inside the wheel. With luck see photos below

Couldn't get the photos to upload for some reason so maybe the links will work?

http://i.pbase.com/o4/93/235893/1/63...HJ.barber8.jpg
http://www.outsideconnection.com/gal...s/P1010011.JPG
http://www.outsideconnection.com/gal...s/P1010012.JPG
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...F/DSC00124.jpg

Honda also used this engine setup on a moped in the middle to late sixites, and I believe it was called the P50

ocscully

That was real eye burner back in the late 60's. I was just a pup then, living in Jacksonville FLA, we were at the boardwalk and their was a vendor renting these bikes out, they all had the cub engine on them. Everyone thought he was out of his mind charging $5.00 for half day rentals, heck, that was only 4 hours of time.
He told my parents the units cost him a good dollar for the investment, he wasn't going to take a chance of being robbed. His stable was nearly empty on good days back then. His best customers were sailors and their dates. It would cost these young men nearly $15 for the date, but my dad always said those young men had socks full of money and no where to go while out at sea.
I always laughed at his short ones, but as I grew older, they really started to sink in as I too was in the same spot as them men years ago.
Maximo

What is kind of neat about the RevoPower is that the engine rotates around the crank, rather like a rotary aircraft engine from the WWI era (not to be confused with radial or a Wankel rotary).

That being said, it is slow and appears to be more of an interesting oddity than a viable product...at least with the current company behind it.

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