Real life air-bag jacket helps save life

"no mo speed bike, I'm going cruiser style".... way to represent Charm City dude..

(the following rant was added after initial post)
There is a perception that a sport or "super sport" bikes are impossible to ride responsibly and under control.

IMHO the exact opposite is true since the sport bike can handle so well... so long as the rider can ride. Now instead of trying to avoid the accident, Mista Cruza can "lay it down" instead of braking or turning or both.

 

one accident and he's going to wimp-out of the kind of bike he likes to ride. does he really think it had that much to do with the type of bike he was riding. there has got to be more to that part of the story.

 

10 out 10 for wearing motorcycle kit then minus several million for his obvious stupidity.

Gather he slid until he stopped slidding. A quality Leather jacket with built in CE armor would help protect against similar fall impact and friction slide damage mind at 140Mph you wouldn't want to be wearing a cheap motorcycle jacket of Textile or Airomesh material.

 

Agree the Air Jacket probably does protect from the impact portion a little better than Leather Jacket may, just pointing out its not the falls speed that does the damage.

I had a fly and slide in '88 after T boning a car at 50mph. The car had suddenly turned off a main road across my path heading into a side street then halted filling the 2 lanes of road, had nowhere to go but slam into her rear door the only option open to me and the one I took was to leap off the bike into air at the moment of impact clearing her roof before flying then sliding until I stopped.

Luckily enough my full kit saved me from anything more than a fractured wrist and some bruising...After police arrived and even though I was travelling at the posted Speed limit ( varified by following car drivers ) her excuse was she thought I was further away due to the Headlight being on and she thought she could make it then panick braked when she realised she couldn't ??

OK mine was not at 140 but look to Moto GP / WSB where they only wear leather suits and just get up and walking off after a high speed fall. I remember being stuned when a Japanese rider wearing race leathers during a Suzuka 8hr race in the 80's fall at 175mph and slide the length of a straight get up and tried to put his bike back together in order to continue the race.

 

The Hit-Air and other types of airbag jackets are available here and I'm keen to see how they develop. I know Honda were doing airbag tests on the Goldwings, but perhaps a better option is to pursue the jacket system. Although it leaves the safety decision with the rider, if an effective jacket system can be developed, it could be legislated later, like helmets are for most of the world.

 

Do these air bag jackets inflate to also protect the neck from moving, and also further protect the head? If so, this could be a valuable piece of equipment.

Never mind! I just checked out the Hit-Air website. It looks like it protects the neck, chest, back, and hips, and even appears to cover the coccyx (sp?). Not TOO ugly either.

 

Gf wants me to get one

 

maybe they should sell the bladder separate so you could wear it under a jacket of your choice. I like the way it secures your neck.

 

This topic is just full of hot air...

 

I don't think he was going 140mph, I think what they are saying is that from the impact he HIT the ground at approx. 140.

Just to clarify.

Glad he was wearing gear and he's okay - Less people killed on bikes, the better.

 

So he flew through the air for 50yds, then slid for another 50yds for a total of a football field length of flingage... Anyone know how fast you'd have to be going to actually achieve those types of numbers?

 

How does that work?