The Involution, a product from Capricorn Cyclo Works was basically a planetary gear system, very similar to a mechanical watch movement. This system, made up of a number of metallic gears made up of high grade aluminium and composites used to rotate along with the motorcycle’s front wheel. As the visually stunning system didn’t have to bear any load, it never affected the motorcycle’s natural performance.
http://www.designbuzz.com/the-visually-stunning-capricorn-planetary-gear-wheel/
New Cafe Racer covered this back in 2008, before Facebook was sending things around http://thenewcaferacersociety.blogspot.com/2008/05/gone-but-not-forgotten-capricorn-cyclo.html
Capricorn Planetary Gear Wheel found on https://www.facebook.com/SteampunkTendencies?fref=photo
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