[bumblebee]

Updated: 11:14 a.m. ET Sept. 8, 2005

TOKYO - Honda Motor Co. has developed airbags for motorcycles that the Japanese automaker says is the world's first for production motorcycles.

The airbag, which inflates after sensors detect an oncoming crash, will be available on the new Gold Wing motorcycle that will go on sale in spring 2006 in the United States, Honda said Thursday.

Tokyo-based Honda said the airbags will reduce injuries in head-on collisions.

The airbag opens in front of the riders and reduces the speed at which they get thrown off the motorcylcle, lessening injuries when they hit the road or another vehicle, it said.

 

[GSXR1000DJ]

We need pics of this.

 

[bumblebee]

I'm looking...I'm looking... :willy:

I DID FIND THIS...

http://powersports.honda.com/preview/06_goldwing_model_index.asp

 

[jeeps84]

A Wing does have room for that junk.

 

[Curve]

I would hate to see what happens when it malfunctions. Releasing with no accident occuring. *cough*lawsuit*cough*

 

[jeeps84]

I don't think we will ever hear of that.

 

[2FURYUS]

Add another $2k to the price of your bike......as you fly over the bars and miss the airbag. :lol:

 

[Gas Man]

I want a pic of this in action...

 

[DLIT]

I think I've seen BMW experimenting with these as well. I know it was on TV but it was like a year ago. Looked kind of crazy.

 

[Mudpuppy]

absolutely ludricous.. let's repeal helmet laws and add airbags.. hmm there is a novel idea.. i did see a pack of goldwingers i cut off in my cage the other day - oh no the big bad goldwingers are going to sodomize me on the side of m14 in broad daylight - maybe I should have interviewed them about their thoughts on the new airbags and how them driving 45mph on m14 and me locking them up in front of them causing them to fall like dominoes might help them in their predicament..

before any lamenuts gets all torqued up i didn't really cut off any goldwingers.. that was merely for entertainment purposes only - but i really did see them and they were doing 45mph in a 70mph zone..

the air bag is stupid.. you think HD will follow suit or the new GSXR 1K will have one within 2 years? not..

 

[R1up0n1]

I saw this on the news tonight....well they only showed a Gold Wing in action with the airbag....I think this would be a stupid move on a sportbike!! Any kind of accident or lay down of any kind would probably set the sensor off. Then 2k just to get the thing re sensored and stuffed back in or replaced. I'll pass because you know you're going over the bars or off the side or back in a collision.

 

[itgirl25]

what a useless waste of brain cells this idea was. what's next? rollcages? port-a-pottys? hey, that might be a good idea for a big tourer like the goldwing.

 

[Gas Man]

Like SV said...the air bags are going to total so many bikes..due to the cost of replacement... :nonod:

 

[bumblebee]

Get use to it...Insurance companies are second only to big oil in controlling your life. Soon the insurance companies will be controlling everything in the name of safety.

 

[MAD KAW]

i think your better off strapping a pillow on yourself. that way if you do fly off the bike your sure to land on it...... :lol: :lol:

 

[ne1469]

Airbag pics

heres the pic link of this thing: Honda Airbag

another option Spidi Spidi Airbag

Spidi

Spoke with a Spidi dealer here in Texas earlier today..said that the airbag DPS jackets are not allowed here in the US till sometime in '06.

 

[pickle.of.doom]

Here it is :lol: :rofl:

 

[R1up0n1]

Here it is :lol: :rofl:

hat: :clap: :zowned: :rofl3: :rofl3: :rofl3: :rofl3: :rofl3: :rofl3: :rofl3: :rofl3:

 

[MAD KAW]

thanks is funny as all hell :rofl3: :rofl3: :rofl3: :rofl3:

 

[jeeps84]

:rofl3: :rofl3: :rofl3: :rofl3: :rofl3: :rofl3: :rofl3: :rofl3:
On a serious note. The Spidi suit is probably the best idea.