[1 Thump]

Very promising, or at least imaginative.

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/tweel-airless-tire.htm

[GreenMachine]

i was hoping something more imaginative like levitation or magnetic resonance inversion  ...that round wheel concept been with us since what - the beginning of the ox cart...But if that's the best they can come up with, I guess from a engineering concept its worth putting a little research into it..

[The Garbone]

Hmm,

Many issues.  Wonder how many miles those stay affective?   How will they take severe cold?

[UncleErnie]

If macadam was banned and streets paved with rubber, a lot of problems would just go away.

[Lahti35]

Gangstas will be lining up for those, in their quest for the wider skinnier tire!

Buy all you can now dawg, before da craze sweeps da nation!

[Rosetap]

The tweel has been around for years in concept, and is actually pretty amazing.  The contact patch on it is HUGE.  You basically don't have to worry about traction anymore.

What they've been trying to fix for awhile is noise at high speeds.  The wheels are fully functional for just about anything, but you hit 50-60mph in them and it sounds awful. 

If the noise problem can be fixed, they're almost the "new wheel."  Huge contact patch, almost no road deterioration (as the patch is almost 1,000% larger, it spreads the car's weight over a larger area, which equates less stress on the road, and the wheel "lifts up" off of the road surface instead of rolling off of it) and much longer wheel/tire life (for aforementioned "lifting off" reason).  Plus, the amount of rubber that would have to be replaced when they wear down is much less, just a thin strip around the outside.

[cyrusb]

Rosetap is right on, I saw those things years ago. If they were any good twe twould be twiding on them by now. Tweally.

[ScooterBob]

Firestone had a truck tyre that was very similar to that in the 1910's ..... It utilised holes through the tire to add "cushion" to the solid rubber tyres that were common on heavy trucks of the day .....

[1 Thump]

The tweel has been around for years in concept, and is actually pretty amazing.  The contact patch on it is HUGE.  You basically don't have to worry about traction anymore.

What they've been trying to fix for awhile is noise at high speeds.  The wheels are fully functional for just about anything, but you hit 50-60mph in them and it sounds awful. 

That should not be a problem on the bullet now, would it ?

[Lahti35]

That should not be a problem on the bullet now, would it ?

Might need a wider set of forks and a swingarm though