Airbag motorcycle jacket crash tested

MCN attended an exclusive demonstration of the Point Two airbag jacket this week.

The test, arranged by Radio 1s Newsbeat programme, took place at Goodwood, and saw stuntman Rob Hunt lob himself off a battered Yamaha TZR125 not once, but twice. He said the jacket made him feel like the Michelin man, but reckons it would work well on the road.

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[Foreximo]

I want to see something like the Michelin Man...:-) that would be something..

[richiec164]

He looked like a fish outta water on the first attempt! 15Mph crash. I know africans that trip over runnin from the law faster!!

[Projectmesa]

for a 15mph crash just wear a life vest under ur jacket and slowly exhale into it after you realise ur crashin. Sure youll have time to fully inflate it before it happens.

[ScreamWoork]

I had a harsher crash with a bicycle

[fecto3210]

@richiec164 Yeh why does he flap around so much, trying to make it look worse than it was?

[irrationalproject]

That's a great test for cyclists but a poor one for motorcyclists

[Bugfootcz]

wtf!? that was a "crash"? :-) you would survive that even with leather jeans and jacket

[mapukmapuk]

dude just wear ironman suit thats all

[nitroghost666]

What do you do to deflate the jacket? Lmao

[maximuslt90]

@Foreximo hahhahahaha that would actually be awesome

[joshuaracecar]

he goes from skinny to fat in 85 MS, thats what happens when you snack and ride

[Jordanlastchaos]

with this speed u can be naked and get only scratches from such a fall.