Now THIS is cool!

[TheNextEpisode]

Yeah, I don't know how it works. Maybe it is like a bubble that surrounds the bike or something. LOL!

They have them for airplanes now too. They are integrated into the seatbelt, and look like one of those seatbelt pads. They inflate when acceleration forces (or deceleration forces for that matter, reach 9 g's), and they basically extend upward from your lap belt towards the roof, to cover your body as you hit the control yoke and panel.

hahaha Yeah, I should've guessed. Honda's air bag probably protects Honda's engineering masterpiece by ensuring the bike's safety while the rider goes flying to kingdom come.

Airbags on an airplane sounds pretty cool. I should try and retrofit those to a Cessna 172.



I wonder if the ABS is for the rear tire only? How am I going to back into corners like Rossi or Haga if I can't lock up the rear?!

[pwrusr]

I don't know, the fairings make it look like it had its nose pushed in. It just doesn't have a swooping to it that makes it look longer. I'm sure it performs amazing though. Minus ABS. Screw that crap. With as many people that pull out in front of me on my bike sometimes I just need to lock it up.

Actually ABS is a good thing to have. That is if it works well. If the brakes lock up you can loose control of the car/bike. It also increses stopping distances when the wheels lock up.

[owequitit]

hahaha Yeah, I should've guessed. Honda's air bag probably protects Honda's engineering masterpiece by ensuring the bike's safety while the rider goes flying to kingdom come.

Airbags on an airplane sounds pretty cool. I should try and retrofit those to a Cessna 172.



I wonder if the ABS is for the rear tire only? How am I going to back into corners like Rossi or Haga if I can't lock up the rear?!

Ours are on Cessna 172's... And unfortunately, you can't just retrofit stuff. Lots of paperwork involved in stuff like that. But basically, they have the charge unit mounted in a canister that is mounted to the bottom of the seat, and then a tube runs up the seatbelt to the lap bag.

One integral component though is the seat. When Cessna put the 172, 182, and 206 back into production, one of the changes were high back seats capable of sustaining much greater impact forces than the old seats. I think the new ones are rated a 16G's. The old ones were crap, so there is no guarantee it would work anyway.

As far as ABS goes, it is proven to shorten stopping distances, but I have no idea how it works on bikes.

[verothacamaro]

filthy.

[kouzie]

the black is nice.......

[Dv8]

Ho-lee fuck.


Ok. I think I'm going to give up stashing away my pennies for a t04z.


Retarded stock bike here I come.

[owequitit]

Ho-lee fuck.


Ok. I think I'm going to give up stashing away my pennies for a t04z.


Retarded stock bike here I come.

Not only is the power to weight ratio insane, but nothing can come close to that sensation of speed other than airplanes. You are out in the open, riding a gas tank with 2 tires, and it well, it just rocks.

After riding on a modded CBR600RRF3, I haven't found a car yet that makes my nuts retract the same way.

[foamypirate]

Imagine airbags!

Honda just recently announced their first motorcycle airbag. They have made it work. I don't know how, and I don't know if it is on the market just yet, but it will be soon.

The new Goldwings have functional airbags.

[owequitit]

The new Goldwings have functional airbags.

That's probably the one I was thinking of.