Yamaha's crotch air bag

[tcfjr]

From Gizmodo:

File this one under "Why didn't anybody do this sooner?" Yamaha's prototype isn't quite the first motorcycle airbag, but the first motorcycle airbag for your, er, tender nuggets.
Their advanced safety scooter, designated the ASV-3, has a multi-chambered air bag rigged between your legs, under the seat, to open in the case of a crash, thus protecting your most prized possessions. We're just glad to see that somebody is working to solve the "crotch + 60 mph + handlebars = pain" equation. Go go Japan! – Jason Chen

 

[L8RG8R]

From Gizmodo:

File this one under "Why didn't anybody do this sooner?" Yamaha's prototype isn't quite the first motorcycle airbag, but the first motorcycle airbag for your, er, tender nuggets.
Their advanced safety scooter, designated the ASV-3, has a multi-chambered air bag rigged between your legs, under the seat, to open in the case of a crash, thus protecting your most prized possessions. We're just glad to see that somebody is working to solve the "crotch + 60 mph + handlebars = pain" equation. Go go Japan! – Jason Chen

Yamaha is trying to insure their buyers of tomorrow. :lol:

 

[Woodstock]

Yamaha is trying to insure their buyers of tomorrow. :lol:

:rofl: :rofl: :haha:

 

[evil_henchman]

I take it none of you guys who think this is a good idea for your nuggets have ever been hit with an airbag. I've never been hit myself but I've seen people who have, black eyes, broken noses and all and they'll kill kids in car seats. :assassin: I'm inclined to think you're better off going over the bars... :blink:

 

[Hoog]

I'm inclined to think you're better off going over the bars... :blink:

Yes, if your boys come with you.

 

[Geezer]

Looks to me that in a crash severe enough to throw you over the bars this bag won't hold you back. It may provide a bit of a ramp to get your entire body over without catching anything on the bars.

 

[FJRottie]

Looks to me that in a crash severe enough to throw you over the bars this bag won't hold you back. It may provide a bit of a ramp to get your entire body over without catching anything on the bars.

+1. Even though it inflates vertically with supersonic speed, in a bad crash, inertia will kick in and you are going over this bag, and smashing your bag in the process.

 

[user 711]

Nah, marketing gimmick. I once rear-ended a car hard enough that I bounced into my Suzuki Bandit's steel tank hard enough to dent it with my crown jewels :bad: , went up and over and onto the car's roof. My boys were an interesting size and shade for about a week after. But now I have two kids, so no permanent damage was done...

 

[sparky3008]

I had a friend (now gone not from this) who in his youth stole a bike. While running from the police he crashed and went over the bars but not before being caught by them and they basically gutted him like a fish. He lay on the ground holding his guts in until help arrived...

Don't know if this bag would do anything to prevent it or not but going over the bars is not always a "smooth" proposition...

 

[Mike-H]

Gotta love they way you lads are always looking @ the bright :blink: side of things....so to speak....

 

[worldbound4now]

I've seen pics of dented tanks and been very thankful that none were caused by my pelvis.

 

[jestal]

I take it none of you guys who think this is a good idea for your nuggets have ever been hit with an airbag. I've never been hit myself but I've seen people who have, black eyes, broken noses and all and they'll kill kids in car seats. :assassin: I'm inclined to think you're better off going over the bars... :blink:

This kind of paints a negative picture for air bags (in cars) which is really undeserved. If someone hit an airbag hard enough to cause a black eye they would have had a LOT worse injuries had they hit the steering wheel or windshield without the air bag or they were sleeping with their nose on the dash when it went off. Air bags do not "kill kids in car seats" per se. The air bag is only traveling at high speeds when it first leaves the container it is in. By the time it fills the space it is designed to fill it has stopped on it's own accord. If you erroneously install something in that space (like a car seat), yes, it will accelerate the car seat along with the bag. Properly installed car seats and passengers are not killed and maimed by airbags. I once talked to a lady who had a very poor opinion of air bags. She had both arms "broken by the air bag" in a head on collision. The fact that she was driving with her arms thru the steering wheel at the time the collision occured seemed lost on her...and the fact that two broken arms was pretty minor compared to what could have happened in the crash without the air bag was completely over her head.

It looks like the air bag in the picture is designed to do what has been described. Cushion the rider in moderate collisions and direct the rider up and over the bars in a higher speed crash preventing entanglement which is what causes injury immediately in those sorts of crash.

 

[drc32-0]

Timely thread considering this months MCN story on bike design and the adverse effects of highly sloped gastanks in frontal crashs.I don't know about airbags but I would definately consider a bike with a crush zone in the rear of the tank that is made of the same material in helmets.That "open book" fracture doesn't sound like it would be any fun at all!

According to the MCN article the FJR has everything you don't want in a head on crash;steeply sloped tank,higher bars(compared to a true sportbike),cast wheels and a stiff cast frame.All factors that can increase the severity of injuries to the crotch.

 

[Rogue]

You want to hear about dangerous? A buddy of mine T-Boned a cage on his BSA. Does anyone remember those old Brit luggage racks mounted to the fuel tank? It did not end well!

 

[weekend rider]

Oh yes that is a funny looking piece of equipment. But I believe it is to use when you are listening to your music when you are crusing down the road.

The song that it is mostly used for when listening is " the humpty hump " everybody does the humpty hump??????????????? :yahoo: