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themeatmanlandry · 10-15-2007, 09:33 AM

CNN

I find it odd that he's making the news as our first crash-test dummy . . . at 140 mph. No mention of a ticket.

jgreth · 10-15-2007, 09:35 AM

Ouch. Yeah that's a tad fast.

**Clint** · 10-15-2007, 09:53 AM

As always, there's no way to really assess the jacket's role. Many riders have come off at that speed and walked away.

jgreth · 10-15-2007, 09:55 AM

If the guy had hit a car at that speed, no jacket would have helped. I think it's marketing only.

ORBrit · 10-15-2007, 10:18 AM

I wonder if he got a free replacement jacket for plugging it on the news. Some pretty good advertising right there.

tricker · 10-15-2007, 10:37 AM

so.... he was probably going like a bat out of hell to have flown 100 feet and hit the ground at 140mph?

jgreth · 10-15-2007, 10:38 AM

I'd say. Unless the car that cut him off happened to have a trampoline on it

themeatmanlandry · 10-15-2007, 10:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tricker

so.... he was probably going like a bat out of hell to have flown 100 feet and hit the ground at 140mph?

Actually, the 140 mph is the more telling piece of data. At 140 mph, you're traveling about 210 feet per second, so dude flew a little less than half a second. Had he catapulted, he could have flown for 2-3 seconds, which would mean he'd be over a football field (maybe even two) away!

What a wuss. Probably low-sided 'cuz he was skirred.

[EDIT] 1/2 a second airborn at 140 mph? I smell a rat. One of those nunbers is wrong. He should have traveled farther after the impact. Had he been stopped by a hard object at that speed, he probably wouldn't be talking (intelligibly) today.

**Clint** · 10-15-2007, 10:59 AM

Yeah, I'm sure some reporter pulled that number outta his arse.

themeatmanlandry · 10-15-2007, 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RowdyRed94

Yeah, I'm sure some reporter pulled that number outta his arse.

. . . or "accidentally" slipped a "1" in front of the "40."

"Did I do that?!?"

jgreth · 10-15-2007, 11:04 AM

I wish my boss would accidentally put a 1 in front of my salary.

tricker · 10-15-2007, 11:36 AM

NateHarris · 10-15-2007, 07:59 PM

It said the impact speed was 140mph. I suspect the closing speed was 140, and that the two vehicles may have been going 70 each.

Gixxerman · 10-15-2007, 08:54 PM

I think he thumped his bike at a gasstation, accidentaly lit a match and poored gas all over the place. He then quoted Arnold: I'll be back ! Then pulled the pin because he knew he'd filled it up with helium, and he flew away with minor scuffs and landed on a biiiig donut with his arse.

Quite impressive shizznit

LCA_koolaid37 · 10-15-2007, 09:13 PM

Mmm... his testimony is '100 yards', which equals 300 feet. He may, however, just have misspoke or didn't understand the inability to interchange feet and yards.

tricker · 10-15-2007, 10:11 PM

maybe he got confused with including wind speed, atmospheric pressure, % humidity, and including the man in german that belched at the time of impact for judging how fast/far he flew?

wookie · 10-16-2007, 02:37 AM

I think I'm going to buy one.

hit-air

Dave Nadeau · 10-16-2007, 04:45 AM

No where in the video does he say he was going 140...thats all made up by the press. Really....would they do that!!

He did say no more speed bikes cause now he is going crusier style.

The bad part of this is that the goverment will get invloved and we will all be whereing them, mark my words. I can see the doorag revolt right now!!!

LCA_koolaid37 · 10-16-2007, 11:21 AM

I agree, Dave. Even if the government doesn't actually pass more legislation as time goes by, insurance companies will make it virtually impossible to own a motorcycle without a myriad of protective gear by increasing rates for those that do not wear it. It's the same way with increasing rates on those that smoke, are obese, etc.

kay · 10-16-2007, 11:42 AM

Those jackets are having a lot of promotions in bike gear shops here. My friend bought one but it's rather inconvenient cuz you have to unplug the jacket to disconnect it from the bike BEFORE you get off and leave the bike. She forgot to do that and *puff!!*. She blew up like a baloon and now we all have to her diflate the jacket to ride.

That's when I knew that jacket isn't for me.

BTW, once it puffs up, you have to buy a new tank and fit it in pockets made for these tanks in the jacket.

10-15-2007, 09:33 AM	#1 (permalink)
themeatmanlandry Happy-ass Lunatic Joined: Dec 2003 Bike: 2002 Bandit 600S (Black); 2006 GSXR750 (Black) Location: Memphis Posts: 11,423	Airbag Jacket Saves Life CNN I find it odd that he's making the news as our first crash-test dummy . . . at 140 mph. No mention of a ticket.

10-15-2007, 09:35 AM	#2 (permalink)
jgreth Mr. Threadjack Joined: Aug 2007 Bike: 2007 Suzuki GS500F Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 3,078	Ouch. Yeah that's a tad fast. __________________ What the hell am I looking at? When does this happen in the movie? You're looking at now, sir. Everything that happens now is happening now. What happened to then? We passed then. When? Just now. We're at now now. Go back to then. When? Now! Now? Now! I can't. Why? We missed it. When? Just now. When will then be now? Soon.

10-15-2007, 09:55 AM	#4 (permalink)
jgreth Mr. Threadjack Joined: Aug 2007 Bike: 2007 Suzuki GS500F Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 3,078	If the guy had hit a car at that speed, no jacket would have helped. I think it's marketing only. __________________ What the hell am I looking at? When does this happen in the movie? You're looking at now, sir. Everything that happens now is happening now. What happened to then? We passed then. When? Just now. We're at now now. Go back to then. When? Now! Now? Now! I can't. Why? We missed it. When? Just now. When will then be now? Soon.

10-15-2007, 10:18 AM	#5 (permalink)
ORBrit U.B's LoveChild Joined: Oct 2006 Bike: 2007 Suzuki Boulevard S50, 2007 Suzuki Bandit 1250S Location: Eugene, OR Posts: 1,178	I wonder if he got a free replacement jacket for plugging it on the news. Some pretty good advertising right there. __________________

10-15-2007, 10:38 AM	#7 (permalink)
jgreth Mr. Threadjack Joined: Aug 2007 Bike: 2007 Suzuki GS500F Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 3,078	I'd say. Unless the car that cut him off happened to have a trampoline on it __________________ What the hell am I looking at? When does this happen in the movie? You're looking at now, sir. Everything that happens now is happening now. What happened to then? We passed then. When? Just now. We're at now now. Go back to then. When? Now! Now? Now! I can't. Why? We missed it. When? Just now. When will then be now? Soon.

10-15-2007, 10:37 AM	#6 (permalink)
tricker Top Gear ! Full Throttle! Joined: May 2007 Bike: 2004 kawasaki zzr 600 Location: rochester, minnesota Posts: 5,223	so.... he was probably going like a bat out of hell to have flown 100 feet and hit the ground at 140mph?

10-15-2007, 11:04 AM	#11 (permalink)
jgreth Mr. Threadjack Joined: Aug 2007 Bike: 2007 Suzuki GS500F Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 3,078	I wish my boss would accidentally put a 1 in front of my salary. __________________ What the hell am I looking at? When does this happen in the movie? You're looking at now, sir. Everything that happens now is happening now. What happened to then? We passed then. When? Just now. We're at now now. Go back to then. When? Now! Now? Now! I can't. Why? We missed it. When? Just now. When will then be now? Soon.

10-15-2007, 11:36 AM	#12 (permalink)
tricker Top Gear ! Full Throttle! Joined: May 2007 Bike: 2004 kawasaki zzr 600 Location: rochester, minnesota Posts: 5,223

10-15-2007, 07:59 PM	#13 (permalink)
NateHarris Clunked into first gear Joined: Oct 2006 Bike: 07 Suzuki M50 Location: Fort Mill, SC 29707 Posts: 214	It said the impact speed was 140mph. I suspect the closing speed was 140, and that the two vehicles may have been going 70 each. __________________ Nate 07 M50 Some folks are forever telling us the glass is half full. Others that it is half empty. Did it ever occur to any of these folks that maybe the glass is too big? -George Carlin

10-15-2007, 09:13 PM	#15 (permalink)
LCA_koolaid37 Eternal Vigilante Joined: Sep 2006 Bike: 2001 VZ800 Location: MO Posts: 1,272	Mmm... his testimony is '100 yards', which equals 300 feet. He may, however, just have misspoke or didn't understand the inability to interchange feet and yards. __________________

10-15-2007, 10:11 PM	#16 (permalink)
tricker Top Gear ! Full Throttle! Joined: May 2007 Bike: 2004 kawasaki zzr 600 Location: rochester, minnesota Posts: 5,223	maybe he got confused with including wind speed, atmospheric pressure, % humidity, and including the man in german that belched at the time of impact for judging how fast/far he flew?

10-16-2007, 02:37 AM	#17 (permalink)
wookie U.B's LoveChild Joined: Apr 2005 Bike: '05 SV650S; '05 GSX-R600;'04 749S Location: 20 Miles East of LA Posts: 1,235	I think I'm going to buy one. hit-air __________________ "Don't wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pigs love it." "Don't argue with idiots. They will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience." "The Universe is a contest between engineers making things idiot-proof and God making bigger idiots. So far, God is winning by a wide margin."

10-16-2007, 04:45 AM	#18 (permalink)
Dave Nadeau TurtleWax Taster Joined: Mar 2006 Bike: 08 ElectraGlide ( IN Vivid Black)!!!!!!!!!! Location: Bridgewater, Ma Posts: 579	No where in the video does he say he was going 140...thats all made up by the press. Really....would they do that!! He did say no more speed bikes cause now he is going crusier style. The bad part of this is that the goverment will get invloved and we will all be whereing them, mark my words. I can see the doorag revolt right now!!! __________________ The faster I go the behinder I get..... US Navy 68-72 Amphibs, Little Creek, Va. "The Old Man"

10-16-2007, 11:21 AM	#19 (permalink)
LCA_koolaid37 Eternal Vigilante Joined: Sep 2006 Bike: 2001 VZ800 Location: MO Posts: 1,272	I agree, Dave. Even if the government doesn't actually pass more legislation as time goes by, insurance companies will make it virtually impossible to own a motorcycle without a myriad of protective gear by increasing rates for those that do not wear it. It's the same way with increasing rates on those that smoke, are obese, etc. __________________

10-16-2007, 11:42 AM	#20 (permalink)
kay Refrigerator Magnet Test Engineer Joined: Oct 2006 Bike: Kawasaki Zephyr750RS, Suzuki GSX-R600, Ducati 999S Location: Crappy Little Island!!! Posts: 3,650	Those jackets are having a lot of promotions in bike gear shops here. My friend bought one but it's rather inconvenient cuz you have to unplug the jacket to disconnect it from the bike BEFORE you get off and leave the bike. She forgot to do that and puff!!. She blew up like a baloon and now we all have to her diflate the jacket to ride. That's when I knew that jacket isn't for me. BTW, once it puffs up, you have to buy a new tank and fit it in pockets made for these tanks in the jacket. __________________ *Suzuki GSX-R600* Cherry blossom season is here! Yay!!!!

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