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BMW & Dainese To Develop Bike Jackets With Airbags
Airbags are the most common safety feature in cars, next only to seat belts. But not everyone would be aware of the existence airbags for motorcycle riders. Yes, they do exist and most of these come as part of a riding jacket. However, the most advanced motorcycle jacket airbags are used by professional motorcycle racers and these high tech safety gears are not easily available to the common biker.
BMW
Motorrad
is
looking
to
change
that
by
teaming
up
with
motorcycle
safety
equipment
major
Dainese.
The
two
have
signed
a
long
time
contract
under
which
several
BMW
Motorrad
branded
safety
equipments
will
be
developed
and
entered
into
production
and
a
state
of
the
art
motorcycle
airbag
will
be
the
first
and
primary
product
to
be
produced.
D-Air system
The motorcycle airbag in question here will be based on the Dainese's D-air Protect System. The D-Air system is at present used by MotoGP riders and other racers. The high tech jacket can deploy an airbag in just 15 milliseconds of impact.
EICMA reveal
The resulting new BMW Motorrad branded single piece leather racing suit will be called DoubleR RaceAir and it will be first showcased at the EICMA show in Milan in November this year. Production will begin from 2015 after all the required crash safety tests have been successfully completed.
Invented
Motorcycle airbag was invented by a Hungarian inventor Tamás Straub in 1976.
Typical bike airbags
A typical low to medium level motorcycle airbag commonly available has a string, one end of which is attached to the jacket, while the other is attached to the bike. When a biker falls off the string gets detached and the airbag deploys in about 300-500 milliseconds.
Shortcomings
These types of bike airbags are the most commonly used and are even used by the police departments of Brazil, Italy, France, Spain, Japan. However, they do not always deploy due to the shortcomings of the trigger mechanism and the speed is not fast enough.
Modern jackets
Modern racing jacket airbags such as the D-air are a lot more advanced and rely on electronics and pressure sensors to deploy airbags in a period of just 15 ms. They are also a lot more expensive, but these save lives on a regular basis on racing tracks.
Dainese's D-air Protect System
Dainese's D-air Protect System in action.
