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Offline Sicman

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Bike Safety for the Rider
« on: November 20, 2020, 08:30:34 AM »
This will see some design changes coming for bikes, even before they all become electric, or hydrogen fuelled, or some other power source we don't know about yet :-)
https://www.facebook.com/9News/videos/1825027644317112/
« Last Edit: November 20, 2020, 08:33:51 AM by Sicman »
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Re: Bike Safety for the Rider
« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2020, 09:08:32 AM »
I can testify that petrol tanks hurt. If you stop the above video at 1:46 you well see the indent in the red fuel tank just below the 00 numbers on the wall. That is exactly what the fuel tank looked like on my Suzuki Hustler after I tee boned a Valiant hitting the C pillar. I flew over its boot and doing a perfect forward roll landing flat on my back on the road. My crutch did the the damage to the fuel tank, my knees clipped the handle bars and the piece of fiberglass missing from the back of my crash helmet proved its value.

The report doesn't mention that Honda is already addressing this problem with air bags on some Goldwings.

As normal youtube rolled over to the next video, for me it was this one, take a look:-

https://www.facebook.com/itsdlai/videos/673436836691922

It certainly had me smiling but sometimes cringing. .
« Last Edit: November 20, 2020, 09:18:39 AM by West Aussie Glen »
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