Technology Knox Handroid: Exoskeletal Glove Gives Motorcyclists an Iron Fist

[The Helper]

You can't help it. It's a reflex. You stick out your hand when you fall — it's better to stop the descent with your palm than your face, right? That's fine when you're ambling down the street, but add an extra 80 mph and the weight of a motorcycle to the momentum equation and the bones in your paw might not take the strain very well. They could shift, buckle — even snap. What you need is an exoskeleton. If you know Tony Stark, you might be able to get something custom. For the rest of us, there's the Knox Handroid, a Kevlar-, kangaroo-hide-, and, yes, exoskeleton-reinforced motorcycle gauntlet.

Review: Knox Handroid

This motorcycle gauntlet of Kangaroo hide, Kevlar, stainless steel, and thermoplastic will help you brace for that smack on the pavement if you ever fall.

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[13lade619]

ooh.. call DDRtrists quick!.. haha.

 

[DDRtists]

Oh man, maybe I'll stop getting killer roadrash when I wreck with these bad boys. I need to buy new gloves anyways.

Though I don't know about the "You stick your hand out when you fall" comment, because every time I've wrecked going fast, I've been ejected off the bike so fast I don't know what the f***k I did after that, I just know I'm sliding on my skin against asphalt at 70mph+ for a few seconds thinking "Holy shit this hurts, please stop already". :nuts:

It kinda looks something like this...
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[South-Titan]

Personally, I thought this was a useless invention. I mean, couldn't they market it for part of a military exoskeleton or something?

 

[FireCat]

CRAZY!!
Well, I don't think.. this glove gives so much protection really!
And you have still part of your body that can snap!

 

[Slapshot136]

well it should help against the scraping..
but it won't stop any bones from breaking

(ok it's cheesy, w/e)

 

[ElderKingpin]

Personally, I thought this was a useless invention. I mean, couldn't they market it for part of a military exoskeleton or something?

You can say that for a lot of things, its the military's fault for not getting geniuses.

 

[DDRtists]

Personally, I thought this was a useless invention. I mean, couldn't they market it for part of a military exoskeleton or something?

How is this useless? This doesn't stop anything, but it helps. Falling down, and falling down at 80mph on asphalt is a bit different. If what it claims really works, it's far from useless and the dude is gonna make bank from motorcyclists...

 

[Conal]

the video in the link made me lol

 

[FireCat]

it's far from useless and the dude is gonna make bank from motorcyclists...

Oh, don't forget, You get free taste of delicious asphalt for free.
Isn't that right DDRtists?

 

[DDRtists]

Oh, don't forget, You get free taste of delicious asphalt for free.
Isn't that right DDRtists?

I wouldn't really call it free...
Bikes are quite costly to fix when you wreck them. :banghead:

 

[ElderKingpin]

its pretty funny that the photo of the glove says 'fetish' >.>

 

[FireCat]

I wouldn't really call it free...
Bikes are quite costly to fix when you wreck them. :banghead:

Why not have a custom $$$$$ portrait painted?
Maybe it could reduce this crazy roadrash. lol