Here it is. A “neckset” suitable for all the motorcyclists with beard unlike any other Bluetooth headset. Already used by special ops teams all over the world, larynx microphones are ideal for transmitting voice electronically and now they’re available for a mobile phone so you can make calls while riding your bike.
Specifications Fit the RoadRunner around your neck, with the microphone next to your voice box. This way your voice is directly transmitted from the larynx, with (...) > Full story
It is by now clear that the innovative ideas are the ones that keeps thing interesting when it comes to car and motorcycle industries and with this occasion, the two are blended in perfectly, almost literally!
Introduced in 1981 to fit inside the trunk of the new Honda city, the MotoCompo features folding handlebars, seat and footpegs. They all go into the scooter’s rectangular plastic body and end up presenting the bike as a box-shaped package. It is a rare bike because although there were produced 53,369 units until 1983, not many lived to fight another day, or shoot another video. Enjoy it!
The Wireless Impact Guardian helmet was invented by Brycen Spencer, engineering student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The ingenious student had the great idea that a helmet should not only offer the needed protection in case of an impact, but make sure that the rider is ok and if not, call 911 for him and announce rescuers about the accident and the location.
Simple idea, great results: Once the helmet detects a hit, a device attached to it starts beeping for approximately (...) > Full story
Riders usually have second thoughts about riding their two-wheeled rockets as safety is a bigger and bigger concern. But a company called Hit Air has invented an air bag system that comes integrated in the motorcycle jacket and prevents the rider’s body from getting seriously injured in case of an impact followed by a serious fall (the kind that happen when car drivers turn left in front of an approaching motorcycle).
The Hit Air Jacket is equipped with an automatically inflatable (...) > Full story
Every rider knows how frustrating tipping the bike over can be, but with technology coming strong from behind it seems that things will relatively soon look like an easy fix and not result into an outrageous service bill. Full story
