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  1. 05-17-2007 12:50 PM #1
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    A* Neck Protector

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    What does everyone think of this?
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    Re: A* Neck Protector

    It's pay per view.. got a different link, or can you describe it? Is it passive, like the one they made us wear racing karts, or is it a portable airbag?
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    Re: A* Neck Protector

    I'm guessing is something like this BMW Motorrad Neck Brace System to revolutionise motorcycle safety

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    BMW Motorrad's neck brace system gets a price - Engadget

    650.00 seems a bit steep...
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    Re: A* Neck Protector

    That BMW bit basically looks like a HANS device laid back for motorcycles; a device terribly overdue to the sport.

    I actually got as far as sketching on this...talk to car racers about their HANS device....most swear it has saved their bacon at least once. I watched a young friend of mine do aerial ballet in his sprint car (big enough to make ESPN) and his Dad and I watched the panic in the safety workers until they saw his HANS, which calmed them down quite a bit.

    $650 is peanuts if it works.
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    Re: A* Neck Protector

    Quote Originally Posted by CBRVFR View Post
    It's pay per view.. got a different link, or can you describe it? Is it passive, like the one they made us wear racing karts, or is it a portable airbag?
    The link was just to the news item (free). As LTL it's similar but made for bike riders. They are still working on modifying it so you can turn your head to look through turns. It's probably a ways out but I could see major racers start using it before too long.
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    Re: A* Neck Protector

    Quote Originally Posted by luvtolean View Post
    $650 is peanuts if it works.
    I paid about $375 for mine at my local Honda dealer (licensed to sell under the Leatt brand name), and though I have yet to actually test it in a crash, it is quite obvious the minute you put it on that it will "work".

    But yes, the curvature of the brace would make it very difficult to "look through the turns" in road-use/track applications.
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