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DennisB
Silver Wing Guru
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 |  Subject: Re: Another cool scooter Honda never made !!!  Tue Jun 22, 2010 5:45 am | |
| Just looked at all the pictures and video on this scooter. I WANT ONE!!! One thing, I sure would not want that airbag to inflate will I was on the road. Is there any other bikes/scooters that use an airbag or is this the only one?  |
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jdeereanton
Silver Wing Guru
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| | Subject: Re: Another cool scooter Honda never made !!! Tue Jun 22, 2010 5:56 am | |
| I don't remember reading about an airbag on this particular bike. The Gold Wing has an airbag option on at least one of the 4 variations available from the dealer.
This is an automatic and apparently was designed to use the transmission that the DN-01 uses.
More Links:
http://www.webbikeworld.com/motorcycle-news/honda-e4-01.htm
http://world.honda.com/Tokyo2005/e401/
http://www.gizmag.com/go/4712/ |
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DennisB
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| | Subject: Re: Another cool scooter Honda never made !!! Tue Jun 22, 2010 6:18 am | |
| I don't remember reading anything either...But there it is! That is why I included a picture of the it installed on this Honda scooter.  |
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jdeereanton
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| | Subject: Re: Another cool scooter Honda never made !!! Tue Jun 22, 2010 6:28 am | |
| Yeah, I see it. Don't get the images at work so I had to check on my smart phone. As this one has not gone into production, I guess that leaves the Gold Wing as the only one. |
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MikeO
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| | Subject: Re: Another cool scooter Honda never made !!! Tue Jun 22, 2010 7:35 am | |
| An ex-X9er friend, Barry (BarryCello, so named because he had a Ferrari-Red X9 with all the Ferrari badges on it) has a DN-01 and loves it to bits. He has also a white 650 Burger with so much bling on it I'm surprised it moves under its own power. He's ex-RAF and the Honda suits him down to the ground. 
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trouble1100
Maxi-Scooter Rider
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| | Subject: Re: Another cool scooter Honda never made !!! Tue Jun 22, 2010 1:38 pm | |
| | DennisB wrote: | | One thing, I sure would not want that airbag to inflate will I was on the road. Is there any other bikes/scooters that use an airbag or is this the only one? |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4JACzIEa1w
You don't have to worry about the airbag being "new" technology, the above video is over ten years old and was released prior to the introduction of the "Airbag" model.
The white bike is a 1999 Aspencade and the red one is a 2000 model........ BTW both are GL 1500's the production model is a GL 1800. |
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exavid
Silver Wing Rider
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Location: Medford, Oregon
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Registration date: 2009-07-17
| | Subject: Re: Another cool scooter Honda never made !!! Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:46 pm | |
| The first Goldwing with an available air bag was the 2007 GL1800. It's real purpose is to absorb some of the energy of a frontal impact. It's not going to prevent one from coming off the bike but simply to reduce the damage to the rider. I'd love to have on my 1800 but it's a 2001 model which didn't offer that. I think anything including an airbag would be great to prevent a full face plant into the side of a car running a red light or an oncoming one that turned left in front of you. I haven't read of any inadvertent air bag deployments occuring on any of the Goldwing forums I frequent so I don't think that's a problem. |
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Jeff Rosenkranz
Super Scooter Rider
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Registration date: 2009-12-31
| | Subject: Re: Another cool scooter Honda never made !!! Wed Jun 23, 2010 11:27 am | |
| OOPS. Just saw Bills post, and thought I'd ask a question. Sorry about that. Jeff.
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Jeff Rosenkranz
Super Scooter Rider
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| | Subject: Re: Another cool scooter Honda never made !!! Wed Jun 23, 2010 11:34 am | |
| OOPs.....Sorry to Dale for interjecting the "Darkside" question in this topic. Jeff |
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DennisB
Silver Wing Guru
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| | Subject: Re: Another cool scooter Honda never made !!! Wed Jun 23, 2010 11:44 am | |
| Hi Jeff,
GEE.....I'm still thinking about Beer and Buddhists....PARTY ON!!!! |
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