Motorcycle Airbags?!?!

[Guest ratchethack]

The more I think about it --

 

Let's see the long-term data first, but well, maybe. . .

 

[dlaing]

I'll bet if I was wearing that Dainese solution during my last accident I still would have had a broken shoulder, but if I had been wearing American Football shoulder pads, I probably could have ridden home.

 

An air conditioned grizzly or trojan suit from this guy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_Hurtubise

would surely work better.

 

Still there is potential in the airbag design to reduce neck injury.

What triggers the air bag, and where do you store the gas canister?

Hopefully the canister won't increase injuries.

[Admin Jaap]

Old news... This one is already on the market for over 10 years: http://www.hit-air.com/

I've built the website for the dutch importer: http://www.airbagjas.nl/

[v50man]

Tragically, this is about the best thing Simoncelli has done since moving to the 250 class...

 

Yeah, that's Marco...

 

I had such high hopes for the boy...

[Skeeve]

Still there is potential in the airbag design to reduce neck injury.

What triggers the air bag, and where do you store the gas canister?

Hopefully the canister won't increase injuries.

 

No canisters, "gas generators" as in gunpowder-type materials. Actually, it's more akin to the primer compounds, from my understanding of the speed of conflagration, but as usual, I'm probably wrong...

 

Anyway, they take up much less space than a CO2 bottle, & inflate faster [the latter being the more critical feature.]

 

Ride on!

[dlaing]

No canisters, "gas generators" as in gunpowder-type materials. Actually, it's more akin to the primer compounds, from my understanding of the speed of conflagration, but as usual, I'm probably wrong...

 

Anyway, they take up much less space than a CO2 bottle, & inflate faster [the latter being the more critical feature.]

 

Ride on!

Very interesting!

Thanks.