Dainese D-Air: development of road-ready airbag begins

Dainese has begun collecting telemetry data for a road-use airbag motorcycle suit, meaning we can expect to see a consumer product in showrooms in a couple year’s time. Dainese D-Air has actually been in development for race-use for over a decade and the track-only system will go on sale very soon. The road system will be very similar, but will use altered data points that are more appropriate for real world riding in which a crash is just as likely to be caused by getting run over by a dumb bitch on her cell phone as it is a 110mph highside at Mugello. In keeping with company tradition, Dainese’s press release is extremely vague, but it appears that Guy Martin, who is now collecting data for the road system, was equipped with a D-Air suit when he crashed heavily at the TT this morning. If that’s the case, the airbag(s) could be partially responsible for him surviving that crash with what currently looks like only minor injuries.
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