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I read that Honda will be offering air bags on some of their line up. Anyone have any details?

It's just on the Goldwing. Why not. It's not a motorcycle anyway. It's a car on two wheels complete with cup holders. Coming soon are vanity mirrors, floor mats and air conditioning.

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Soren

I saw the report on Fox news. It featured an animation showing the bag inflated and the rider hitting it. Evidently, the thought at Honda was to slow the rider as he/she was thrust forward. Personally, I didn't see much benefit. It slows one down as one moves toward the handlebars and that's it. Instead of flying 10 feet over the bars, you end up 5 feet over the bars. If you ask me, a suit that would inflate like one of those Sumo outfits that were popular in bars a few years ago, would be better!

So, you're cruising along on your leadwing yacking on the phone, listening to your surroundsound and watching your nini-telly and suddenly realize that traffic is at a full stop ahead of you. You hit the anti-stop brakes with everything you've got and get pitched way forward from the G forces. You tap the bumper of the cage ahead of you, not so hard that you couldn't have saved the bike from falling, except this huge baloon thing explodes out of the handlebars and blasts yer bum off over the luggage trunk. Even more reason to ride a vintage Brit bike!

The politicians gotta love it. Windbags for airbags...I can see the ad campaign now. Put a full roll cage with side airbags around the wings. No big loss to the biking world. If I wanted all the geegaws and crap I'd have bought a car.

I shot a piece of ice through my nose and I think I almost cracked a rib on this thread (especially the link)

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and air conditioning

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They actually already offer air conditioning. It blows cold air on ya while you drive.