Riding gear with airbags are one of the greatest safety innovations for motorcyclists since body armor and back protectors. But until now, they've had to rely on sensors mounted inside the suit to detect a crash. That changes with the introduction of Ducati Multistrada D-Air, the world's first motorcycle that wirelessly integrates with airbag riding jackets.
Ducati and Dainese have teamed up to create a specially equipped version of the Multistrada equipped with a passive safety system that uses sensors built into the touring-adventure bike's stock electronics. The sensors are constantly monitoring the Multistrada's dynamics--accelerating, braking, or worse, falling over--and if these systems detect a crash, it sends a wireless signal to the Dainese D-Air jacket to deploy the airbag in a scant 45 milliseconds.
The system connects with both the rider and the passenger's airbag-equipped gear, but for now, the system is only available on the D-Air Multistrada and only in Europe, with sales beginning in May.
