Airbag for bikes...

[ams67]

I wonder if it does really help. However it is still a step toward better bikers safety.
http://www.repubblica.it/2003/e/gall...rbagmoto3.html

[ams67]

Ops, I have just noticed that airbag for bikes was also mentioned few posts below among the new 2006 bikes.

[Bob]

Personally, I'm not sure about airbags on bikes. I worry that instead of sliding along, you'll be thrown away (for which read into the air) - in a much less controlled way than a slide. Unless you're wearing some kind of suit that makes you inflate like the Michelin Man/Pillbury Doughboy (delete as appropriate), I'm concerned you'll come down with a hard - bone breaking - thump.

Of course, I'd be happy to be proven wrong.

[James Deuce]

Good point Bob. I've always found in front end collisions with something that I have a moment of clarity as I start to pop up over the handle bars. Last thing I want is a bloody great airbag obscuring my view, and potentially removing the choice of which direction I fly, and where I hit.

[Bob]

I just had to share this with you.

Someone at work left me a copy of an item in Metro (free newspaper handed out at tube stations in London), about the airbag Honda are fitting to the new Goldwing. The bit that makes me laugh?:

"The bag inflates when crash sensors detect a collission, creating a buffer for the rider. The motorbike will hit US showrooms next year."

No, I am NOT making this up!

[limbimtimwim]

I wonder if it does really help. However it is still a step toward better bikers safety.
http://www.repubblica.it/2003/e/gall...rbagmoto3.html

How about two wheel drive?

http://www.yamaha-motor.co.uk/produc...450F_2trac.jsp

I would love to have a go on one of those.

Looks like it could be road legal. Some road tyres, adjust the suspension.. You'd have quite a machine..

[Biff]

Bob Picket - the same Bob Picket from Essex with a letter in June's (?) edition of BIKE mag per chance?

[bugjuice]

it'll make a brilliant accellerant/boost for those already going over the handle bars.. should clear an extra 3 or 4 cars with this airbag in.. *weeeeeeeeee*
forwards or backwards.. depends on how un/lucky you are

[Bob]

Bob Picket - the same Bob Picket from Essex with a letter in June's (?) edition of BIKE mag per chance?

Yup, that is me. Only I prefer "East London" to "Essex"...

[Biff]

Yup, that is me. Only I prefer "East London" to "Essex"...

Wooohooo - I know someone famous (ish).

So you don't wear white high heals and dance around your handbag then Sharon?

(The Kiwis here wont understand what on earth I'm talking about!)

[bugjuice]

Wooohooo - I know someone famous (ish).

So you don't wear white high heals and dance around your handbag then Sharon?

(The Kiwis here wont understand what on earth I'm talking about!)

with the XR3i convertible parked in the carprak?

[Bob]

Wooohooo - I know someone famous (ish).

So you don't wear white high heels and dance around your handbag then Sharon?

(The Kiwis here wont understand what on earth I'm talking about!)

You need to get a little closer to Basildon before the white heels and handbag dancing start getting into action!

Thankfully I'm well inside the M25, so far as I'm concerned, I'm London, not Essex (I know if I ride up the M11, I reach a sign that says "Welcome to Essex"... or is that "You're welcome to Essex"? You always know when you get there, as the road surface gets worse...)

[inlinefour]

I've asked for a rear seat cowl so that she cannot get on with me