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Thursday, November 5, 2009

Honda VFR1200T "Safe" Motorcycle: B. S.!

Honda are announcing a new motorcycle with all sorts of whiz-bang features to keep riders safe. There's just one problem: A safer motorcycle is like a safer fall off the side of a cliff. I've said it repeatedly before:

"Motorcycles are so dangerous as to be ill-conceived as a mode of transportation."

(and really fun to ride)

Safety innovation is fine as far as it goes, and more power (and sales) to Honda, but let's not pretend you can ever be safe on a motorcycle. Have a look again at what happens to a couple of tons of steel in a crash, and then take away all but 400lbs of that steel, and don't strap the rider inside a safety cage and repeat the test.

Motorcycle Safety? HA!
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1 comment:

  1. GuardDuckNovember 7, 2009 at 12:06 PM

    The biggest problem with safe bike riding, is the rider himself acts as the airbag.

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