Archive : Safety Gear

As and how the two-wheeler market is developing, so is the motorcycle accessories business. Popular brand Steelbird has provided Indian customers with quality helmets, panniers and luggage accessories at an affordable price for quite some time now. And now they have launched India’s first Carbon fiber helmet at the price of Rs. 10,000 which is very economic comparatively. Carbon fiber is the one [...]

Recently the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and the Ministry of Surface Transport announced that the new automobiles which will hit the Indian roads have to comply with the Electromagnetic Compatibility norms. The EMC regulations will come into force from January for all the new two-wheelers and three-wheelers and from 2013 for the four-wheelers. What is EMC? Simply put, Electro Magnetic Compatibility [...]

Apart from a helmet, riding gloves are an essential safety gear for motorcyclists who ride long distances. I have been using Pro-Biker’s MCS01 motorcycle gloves for almost two years now and they have been serving me well. If you are looking for gloves for city riding then the Pro-biker motorcycle gloves should do the job for pretty well. If you happen to ride mostly within the city which is [...]

The Supreme Court of India has upheld the Delhi High Court’s earlier order which mandated every two-wheeler manufacturer to compulsorily include a helmet along with every new two-wheeler they sell in the country. The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) had filed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) in the Supreme Court last year against the Delhi High Court’s order. SIAM argued [...]

A survey conducted by the Road Safety Foundation in Britain has revealed that 1 out of every 4 fatal or serious crashes which occur on the A-roads or motorways of Britain involves a motorcyclist. The report of the survey titled Saving Lives for Less also found that 1/3 rd of all the fatal or serious crashes occur at road junctions. The report also reveals that road users are six times more likely [...]

Motorcycle and Scooter helmet manufacturer Nolan, has brought out a limited edition version of its N20 helmet, in partnership with automobile giant Fiat. The helmet has been designed to look similar to Fiat’s iconic Fiat 500 hatchback. The helmet possesses no technical changes when compared with a normal Nolan N20 helmet, but it has elements of the Fiat 500 integrated onto its outer shell. The [...]

Motorcycle safety equipment manufacturer, Dainese has begun the development of an airbag equipped motorcycle riding suit for road-use. The airbag equipped riding suit, termed the D-Air, is expected to hit the market in two years time. Dainese has been developing the track-use version of the suit for over a decade now, and it will be put up for sale very soon.  The road-use version will be similar [...]

A mere mention of the word motorcycle sends chills down the spines of quite a few people out there, mainly because of the dangers associated with riding it. But, there are people out there who are actively doing their bit in the promotion and advertisement of motorcycle safety and the care to be observed while riding a motorcycle. A group of bikers belonging to the Alaskan ABATE Program has made a [...]

For those of you who love your scooters and want to take utmost care for them, here’s an accessory for you. Created by designer Marc Graells Ballve and called the Protect 486, this is armor protection for a scooter, inspired by an armadillo, which aims to protect one’s scooter from sun, rain and most importantly thieves. The Protect 486 can be easily attached to the bodywork of one’s [...]

A Doctor in Britain by the name of Dr. Ken Philips claims to have created a new type of helmet, which in the unfortunate event of an accident, reduces the damaging effect of head rotation which can result in injury to the brain. Dr. Ken Philips’s son, who is an avid motorcyclist, was the driving force behind Dr. Ken’s desire to create a motorcycle helmet that replicated the natural defense [...]