Motorcycle airbag jacket

**DingoZ** · 10th February 2009, 22:38

Apologies if it's a repost.....

Always improving on things.......

**madbikeboy** · 11th February 2009, 07:26

What a horrid thing to do to a perfectly nice RS125... It looked like he did that deliberately.

**Tank** · 11th February 2009, 08:03

I wonder what the trigger is to make it open?

I'd hate to walk up to a mate having a beer - slap him on the shoulders (in a manly manner) and have the thing explode open like that (spilling [I]my] beer)

**madbikeboy** · 11th February 2009, 10:30

Rapid drop in altitude, maybe a shit sensor (think about it), the drop wasn't high impact, maybe a tilt switch with a g sensor?

Ha, got it. It was magic.

**dipshit** · 11th February 2009, 10:51

Originally Posted by madbikeboy

Rapid drop in altitude, maybe a shit sensor (think about it), the drop wasn't high impact, maybe a tilt switch with a g sensor?

Na, the airbag going off made him crash.

He was just about to get his knee down while backing it in and the stupid thing went off - giving the rider a fright and breaking his concentration.

**BMWST?** · 11th February 2009, 13:40

they go off if a lanyard is pulled out....if you seperate from the bike...bang

**nivram** · 14th February 2009, 06:15

The UK are looking to make these compulsory.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/te...00/7886427.stm

**Gizzit** · 17th February 2009, 14:40

Originally Posted by nivram

The UK are looking to make these compulsory.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/te...00/7886427.stm

That's pretty impressive! The guy was only going slow for demo purposes ... but I imagine that it would provide pretty good impact protection anyway ....
Good video. Thanks.

Having just broken my ribs and done myself a bit of damage a few weeks ago, ..... I can 'relate ' to anything that might save my arse in a crash!!

**Quasievil** · 17th February 2009, 21:48

Looks cool, but I think a bit of a Gimmick, whats it going to save you from exactly?

**Hitcher** · 17th February 2009, 21:58

It's not going to save you from ridicule and humiliation. Feel the burn...

**Ixion** · 17th February 2009, 22:02

Hm. So, if I took some old inner tubes, and fastened them around the inside of an old Army great coat. And one of those CO2 canisters y' get in puncture repair kits.

That's a LOT less than $399. And it could double as a puncture kit as well.

**TOTO** · 13th October 2009, 12:46

I first spotted it here - http://www.gizmag.com/go/4935/

Then had a look at their product range, and it appears that they have a a good range of jackets to offer to their customers. linky - http://hitairaustralia.com/jackets.htm

Had a look trough youtube and found this video on the product.

HIT AIR vests have been supplied to several police forces around the world including the Japanese Motorcycle Police.

I see that prices vary from 600 to 920 AUD on the australian website.

Would you pay this sort of price for the benefit of having an airbag jacket ?

**R6_kid:Me** · 13th October 2009, 13:09

You can get those inflatable life jackets pretty cheaply. Just wear it under your jacket when you're riding and hook the pull tag up to your handle bars.

That'll save you $900AUD and you'll get the same result.

**The Pastor** · 13th October 2009, 13:09

Looks cool as! Esp how you can add it to any exisitng jacket

**TOTO** · 13th October 2009, 13:37

Originally Posted by R6_kid

You can get those inflatable life jackets pretty cheaply. Just wear it under your jacket when you're riding and hook the pull tag up to your handle bars.

That'll save you $900AUD and you'll get the same result.

So would you be able to set up similar system is someone was going to pay you 300bux ?