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VIDEO: APC airbag helmet tested
By Visordown News on 13/10/2008 08:52:12
Thought-provoking footage of APC's new airbag helmet in action
CHECK OUT this amazing video of the innovative APC helmet airbag system being put through its paces.The tests, carried out by safety organisation DEKRA, show different scenarios with and without the system to highlight how it stops the biker's head
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Wairbag - airbag equipped bike jackets now in UK
By Visordown News on 19/12/2008 11:57:09
Revolutionary Motorcyclist Airbag Jackets now available in the UK - see the video!
A REVOLUTIONARY range of motorcycle jacketsincorporating a unique personal airbag system are now available forthe first time in the UK from the exclusive distributor Wairbag.comFitted with a ripcord whichclips directly to the motorcycle, should
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Honda developing next-generation bike airbags
By Visordown News on 07/04/2011 15:30:29
Patents show airbag designed for a wider range of motorcycles
At the moment the Honda Goldwing is still the only bike you can buy with an airbag but it looks like the firm is developing a new system that will be suitable for a far wider range of machines.Unlike the Goldwing arrangement, where the bag inflates
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'Make airbag jackets compulsory' says A&E doctor
By Visordown News on 13/02/2009 08:55:41
Parts of the medical profession would like to see airbag jackets made compulsory for bikers, says BBC report
MANY MOTORCYCLISTS' lives could be saved if air bag jackets were made compulsory, accident and emergency doctors have said. A report on today's BBC News says that doctors believe the protective qualities of an airbag jacket could significantly
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Do you want to see an airbag jacket go off?
By Ben Cope on 22/09/2009 17:11:38
We unleash the new Hit-Air airbag waistcoat on our (slightly) unsuspecting receptionist
Earlier this month, I wrote a blog post on the new Hit-Air airbag jacket range. They make a jacket and a waistcoat, which connects to your bike and inflates in the event of an accident via a toggle which unleashes the contents of a chunky gas
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VIDEO: APC Airbag helmet tested
By Visordown News on 19/03/2009 16:20:45
See APC's air-assisted helmet in action when a biker gets rear-ended by a car
LATEST FOOTAGE just in of the new APC airbag helmet, which shows the neck-saving design in action, when a scooter rider gets rear-ended by a motorist.It's certainly thought-provoking stuff. Would you wear one?
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VIDEO: Bering airbag jacket test
By Visordown News on 15/10/2008 09:15:06
Would you wear one of these revolutionary new air-assisted safety jackets from Bering?
Bering's new airjacket during testsWE'VE brought you video of airbags on bikes being tested and helmet-mounted airbags being tested but here's the first gilet-mounted airbag system for bikers being tested.Top french motorcycle mag Moto Revue have
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World first - APC Airbag safety helmet
By Visordown News on 21/08/2008 09:39:51
Bluetooth-equipped helmet with integrated air collar system - on sale now
Before inflation......and afterSPANISH HELMET company APC has developed this helmet with an integrated airbag system, and the system has now gone on sale.Priced around Euro 829 (£650), the helmet apparently has a light external shell made from a
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Could external airbags save riders' lives?
By Visordown News on 23/05/2012 14:04:09
Volvo's latest tech might help
VOLVOS have long been seen, somehow, as the motorcyclist's enemy. Whether it's because their drivers are swaddled in a sea of impact-protection beams and airbags or simply because the firm's angular cars of old always looked like they
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Hit-Air airbag jacket - just arrived, not yet deployed
By Ben Cope on 21/08/2009 15:46:55
Airbag technology is becoming more mainstream - we check out this new waistcoat from HitAir
's airbag going off in his leathers (if you pardon the expression) when he crashed at the Brno MotoGP.I think airbag protection is quite controversial, I've certainly seen massively differing opinion on the forums and the usual topic is 'what if it goes off
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