Honda studying airbags for motorcycles?

**Sparky Bills** · 6th January 2005, 15:47

Originally Posted by vifferman

Well, mine's got heated grips, and a cigarette lighter.

Comes in handy when you get a slow driver holding everyone up.
Just heat up and chuck through the window into the lap.
That'll fix em! HEHe

Only Beema and Honda riders would need airbags!

**Jackrat** · 6th January 2005, 18:13

Hey I know,how about electric starters so girls can ride to

**Slingshot** · 6th January 2005, 18:58

Originally Posted by Biff Baff

I installed heated grips and a ciggie lighter socket last week too. Albeit my socket is one of those minature ones. I now plug my radar dtector into it and was even sad enough to place a minature plug onto a travel kettle last week ready for my big south island trip next week. I must be getting old!!

I too installed a ciggie lighter, velcroed behind the fairing under the seat. It's to power the electric air pump for the air bed. It also came in handy for charging the cellphone on the trip as well.

**RiderInBlack** · 6th January 2005, 19:55

Originally Posted by Sparky Bills

Only Beema and Honda riders would need airbags!

Not when we are riding with non-honda riders that whine-on like old wind-bags

**Ghost Lemur** · 6th January 2005, 22:09

All I can say is... ewwwwww.

What's next? Two extra wheels to increase stability.

**Biff** · 7th January 2005, 13:12

Hey, I think I've just come up with a fantastic invention. A pipe that you fit up your sphincter before you mount a bike. This pipe would be connected to various air big type devices. Upon an imminent collision with a cage, road surface etc the immense bowel movement that naturally occurs would inflate said air bags. Where’s the nearest patent office?

**Waylander** · 20th January 2005, 14:10

Originally Posted by alarumba

Thats why I added (hopefully)

Excelled in basic Yr10 Physics, but Yr11 is when we get taught the proper stuff

Other unessersary add-on's that would suit the goldwing: Spolier, Pillion DVD Player/Console, rider arm rests, cup holder, toilet roll holder and a Pillion ejection seat(actually, thats not a bad idea

)

most goldwings have armrest and now you can get them added aftermarket to almost any bike

**bondagebunny** · 20th January 2005, 14:30

only Honda could come up with crap like this. Thank God for HD - they are 50 years behind the times and Ill be dead before they catch up to crap thinking like this

**Krusti** · 20th January 2005, 15:01

Built my Air bag her own Trike.

Shit here she comes

No I really miss you on the back sweety

**inlinefour** · 22nd January 2005, 09:12

Originally Posted by Bob

Honda has launched research into developing airbags for motorcycles.

According to Japanese publication Yomiuri Shimbun, Honda aims to develop an airbag that will fit under the handlebars and protect the driver from the head to lower back when it is opened in the event of an accident. This was to be made commercially available in about three years.

No immediate comment was available from Honda, according to the report.

Perhaps they could double the new technology as a rider ejection seat?

**Biff** · 25th January 2005, 12:53

Originally Posted by bondagebunny

only Honda could come up with crap like this.

This invention could save someone’s life, so how exactly does that make this idea crap?

You mean like seatbelts were crap in the 1940's?
Like airbags in cars were crap in the 1980's?

Both ideas that were much maligned when introduced but are now in widespread use around the world, and are credited for saving the lives of thousands, probably tens of thousands of peoples lives.

**Fryin Finn** · 25th January 2005, 13:14

I like the idea of blow up jackets - just imagine, you get flipped off your bike, bounce into an oncoming car, get bounced back into the front of a car coming your way - just like ping pong. What fun.