Motorcycle airbag jacket

[skidMark]

in the rider's pants?

Yeah wouldn't want that bastard goin off prematurely

Wait...

...What?

[slopster]

Didn't see it but saw a similar one where it was triggered by the pulling of a cord attached to the bike when you fall off. Would be great for racing but for road use it would only be a matter of time until you forgot to undo the cord and walked off only to inflate like the michelin man

[skidMark]

I saw it. But in the fall that rider had I couldn't say the airbag came between him and the road much at all? It barely brushed the road surface.

The inflated bag circled his neck/throat area and covered the tops of his shoulders..but in how many offs do those body parts impact against the road or whatever?
Still, it might bring shoulder pads back into fashion.

Hmm, fair comment i spose, but the rest of your body has armous, well to a point.

I think it would only need to cover ribs/ kidneys also.

But, the fact is the neck/ throat area is very vunrable, you have approx 1.25 kg of helmet acting as a bigger head weight on your neck.


I think it would help in the way that the HANS neck brace device helps in race cars by attaching the helmet to the seat to prevent the neck of the driver getting thrown around in a crash, drivers have had less injury with this due to using them.

Obviously this cannot be used on a motorcycle so this is the alternative, i think it would be worth it, it is covering one of the few areas not protected in some way for a motorcyclist, but one that is very severly damaged if hit.

SM

[Jiminy]

Ah, I knew it was somewhere. Here is a bit more info in another thread:
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=66724

Haven't seen it on TV, but it looks like a cool idea.

[yod]

lmfao!!! bling sent

agreed, more bling sent

[MisterD]

Didn't see it but saw a similar one where it was triggered by the pulling of a cord attached to the bike when you fall off. Would be great for racing but for road use it would only be a matter of time until you forgot to undo the cord and walked off only to inflate like the michelin man

Or some "mate" in the pub has a bright idea...

[90s]

On the sport last night I was that TT rider who hit the bales on the corner and went a good 25 meters through the air and into the trees. I bet he'd've liked to have been trying that airbag.

[FilthyLuka]

you have approx 1.25 kg of helmet acting as a bigger head weight on your neck.

bit more. I've got an HJC carbon fibre lid, it has 1300grams stamped on the back of it. Its alot lighter than most lids, so im gonna ballpark about 1800 grams for a standard helmet?

[sunhuntin]

i dont think the bag was being tested at isle of man... ive seen the same clip somewhere else from an american forum. i think it was just being tested at a random flat track or airport runway. the riders on the forum decided it was more rider decision than air bag keeping the head off the road.

interesting idea, but i dont see it being widely used. i sure as hell wouldnt use one.

[vifferman]

Didn't see it but saw a similar one where it was triggered by the pulling of a cord attached to the bike when you fall off.

Apparently, it actually takes a substantial pull to set it off - forgetting to disconnect it from the bike doesn't activate it.
There was also another prototype (dunno if it made it to production?) that worked electronically - using a proximity sensor and some smart electronics - so you weren't tethered to the bike.

[skidMark]

bit more. I've got an HJC carbon fibre lid, it has 1300grams stamped on the back of it. Its alot lighter than most lids, so im gonna ballpark about 1800 grams for a standard helmet?

My badm abou 1650 for most

[Manxman]

i dont think the bag was being tested at isle of man... ive seen the same clip somewhere else from an american forum. i think it was just being tested at a random flat track or airport runway. the riders on the forum decided it was more rider decision than air bag keeping the head off the road.

interesting idea, but i dont see it being widely used. i sure as hell wouldnt use one.

Yup, Guy Martin is testing it on behalf of Dainese.

Check this link http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/39Air...-be.4052058.jp, which also has pics of a sheep shagging some bloke's head

[BiK3RChiK]

[QUOTE=Manxman;1592949]Yup, Guy Martin is testing it on behalf of Dainese.

Check this link http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/39Air...-be.4052058.jp, which also has pics of a sheep shagging some bloke's head[/QUOTE


Over-active imagination?

[HenryDorsetCase]

I saw it. But in the fall that rider had I couldn't say the airbag came between him and the road much at all? It barely brushed the road surface.

The inflated bag circled his neck/throat area and covered the tops of his shoulders..but in how many offs do those body parts impact against the road or whatever?
Still, it might bring shoulder pads back into fashion.

those airbags aren't for that particularly: they are designed to stop the riders head flapping around and the hyperextension snapping your neck... like Wayne Rainey, (like the NASCAR guy ... that was the impetus for head restraints in motor car racing).

Ithink I read that the sensor is an accelerometer built into the suit? bet it costs a shitload to repack (having said that, you're already cleaning the brown stains out of the pants anyway....)

[scorry]

Yeah i seen it, it was on a cord attached to the bike.
So if you low side and dont get far enough away from the bike (which happens) it wont actually go off???
Would be handy for practising backflips into the lake or something.
I wonder if it could be re used