This looks awesome, are there airbags like this around?

[ppera]

This looks awesome, are there airbags like this around, does it work?

My girlfriend is always freaking out when I go riding, this might shut her up for once lol. Is there anything like this out right now?


https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/airbagforbike#/

[Ste]

"In case of an accident, the seat ejects with the rider"

[Polarbear]

Goldwings have had them for years.

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ApYPzyPnFOs/hqdefault.jpg
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[G]

'Not sure if serious.'

If it is - image the japes that'll be had as friends work out how to trigger it at the traffic lights!

[CaNsA]

[M.C]

?

Didn't know goldwings had airbags. Anyone crashed one?

[RhynoCZ]

I do smell spam.
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[almostthere]

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[Rogerborg]

I particularly like how Dr Spaceman has "designed" an airbag made of some sort of Star Trek biomemetic gel that somehow manages to flow through your helmet and limbs rather than snapping your neck then ripping your head, arms and legs clean off as it explodes.

https://i.imgur.com/fp9LGbg.gif
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[recman]

This doesn't look awesome.
However, pm'd girlfriend pics may just make me see things in a different light.

[Ste]

[Rogerborg]

[Triton Thrasher]

[Ste]

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So let me get this straight. This "invention" fires an ejector seat AND airbags from just under your gonads.

Airbags are normally fired by high explosives, as are ejector seats.
Can't see a problem with that design, oh no...
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[grr666]

My sister had burns along one arm when she was involved in a car crash which triggered airbags.

OP is aiming at the wrong market, the question should be 'How can we make vasectomies more fun for the
thrill seeking men of this world.?' Simple, by adding an exploding ejector seat to a high powered motorcycle,
for those who want get the snip like a man, just blast those gonads off at 160mph while you are flying through
the air like a knackerless ragdoll. Wellard.
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[recman]

Carrying on the theme and since AirBagForBikes is a fairly lame name, how about Nadsaway?

[Rogerborg]

Scrote-B-Gone.

Works as a description for the anti-theft function too.
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[G]

I don't think the idea is that it actually 'fires' you.
Instead, you are attached to the seat and this comes with you. So lets say you go to hang off for a corner, this activates the airbag system, encasing you in a protective cocoon, as you bounce down the road because you can no longer hold onto the bike.

Or when you forget to undo the straps at a petrol station and pop in to get a drink; you'll have to be extra careful if you're on a hill, for fear you'll roll down to the bottom of it.

[weasley]

[G]

There's been 'normal' airbag jackets for bikes for well over a decade now. Connect via a lanyard etc to the bike.

Of course, it's also quite possible to crash and leave the bike too.

[grr666]

[Rogerborg]