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The thing that concerns me is the risk compensation factor, as cars have got 'safer' (yeah...right) that is: compulsory seat belts/airbags/ABS/etc etc, drivers have got even more careless than they were before, I don't want to see that happen to riders too.
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If an SV650 has a flat tyre in the forest and no-one is there to blow it up, how long will it be 'til someone posts that the reg/rec is duff and the world will end unless a CBR unit is fitted? A little bit of knowledge = a dangerous thing. "a deathless anthem of nuclear-strength romantic angst" |
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Ok it looks silly but i think its a good idea. It would of helped me in my off. I hit a car side on and was thrown over the top of the bike into the car.
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ok. you hit a big bump to fast/clip a car/bird flys into you. just as your about to save it. THUMP a giant **** sends you flyin' off the bike! i don't think so. my flat mate rear ended a car went right over it, not a scratch. if that had slowed him down me might have hit the car instead.
I personaly don' think it's an airbag per say. i think honda realised how heavy the goldwing was and decided that, rather than shave weight off. they would add hellium filled balloon ![]() |
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Still not sure it is a positive move though, but not for technical reasons, that's really not an issue.
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If an SV650 has a flat tyre in the forest and no-one is there to blow it up, how long will it be 'til someone posts that the reg/rec is duff and the world will end unless a CBR unit is fitted? A little bit of knowledge = a dangerous thing. "a deathless anthem of nuclear-strength romantic angst" |
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In a car an airbag works well because you're already restrained with a fixed seat behind you and a seatbelt on.
On a bike you'd have to be sitting dead centre on the seat, travelling in a straight line and also be upright, with the crash sensors setting off the airbag at exactly the right amount to decelerate you (and a pillion if there is one). There are a lot more factors to take into account than a car... and in a car you can't fall off after the airbag activates. Still, if it saves one life it'll be a good thing (so long as it doesn't claim any others) |
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Goldwings have always had airbags
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I believe that one cause of KSI on bikes is the biker hitting something hard, sliding forwards and shattering their pelvis on the handlebars. This airbag may help to stop some of that.
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