Every morning Kenya Takeshi made a way to work in his car. Once he saw the accident involving the rider. Man ousted from the Saddle, he flew several meters and fell to the asphalt. Takeshi said: "Looking at this, I immediately thought, what if the person has a family. What would have sensed his wife or girlfriend to learn that it's wrong? " Following the incident, a Japanese study on how to protect riders from injuries in accidents.
The first thing that came in the head-the traditional air bag. But it Hardly able to come, because the main problem that the motorcyclist in a clash usually fall far from their transport. Thus was born the idea of the airbag to supplement the protective suit of the rider. Such an airbag triggered when contacted, connecting it with a motorcycle. However, a lock button, and one click on that prevent operation mechanism.
Its first proposed the idea to Kenya in 1996 to moto show in Tokyo and Osaka, but the organizers refused to "life jackets", saying that the further remind people about the dangers of driving on motorcycle.
But compassionate Japanese hands is not dropped, and in 1999 gave its name Eggparka invention (as amended in 2001 Hit-Air), and started to sell it in Japan. In 2003, police equipped Ibaragi such suits their motorcyclists and in 2005 he took advantage of the Brazilian racer at the Paris-Dakar rally. In 2005, Takeshi earned $ 1.5 million.
The first thing that came in the head-the traditional air bag. But it Hardly able to come, because the main problem that the motorcyclist in a clash usually fall far from their transport. Thus was born the idea of the airbag to supplement the protective suit of the rider. Such an airbag triggered when contacted, connecting it with a motorcycle. However, a lock button, and one click on that prevent operation mechanism.
Its first proposed the idea to Kenya in 1996 to moto show in Tokyo and Osaka, but the organizers refused to "life jackets", saying that the further remind people about the dangers of driving on motorcycle.
But compassionate Japanese hands is not dropped, and in 1999 gave its name Eggparka invention (as amended in 2001 Hit-Air), and started to sell it in Japan. In 2003, police equipped Ibaragi such suits their motorcyclists and in 2005 he took advantage of the Brazilian racer at the Paris-Dakar rally. In 2005, Takeshi earned $ 1.5 million.
