VIDEO: AMA SBK - Alpinestars Tech Air Race Suit Explained

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VIDEO: AMA SBK - Alpinestars Tech Air Race Suit Explained

Alpinestar's Nics Sims describes how the revolutionary Tech Air Race Suit riders takes protection to the next level.

SPEED Staff | Posted May 30, 2012 Charlotte, NC

They say crashing is learning. Well, that's only true if a rider is able to immediately return to the track and apply what they learned rather than end up in a hospital bed. And just as technology strives to make equipment faster, it was also works to make it safer.

The Alpinestars Tech Air Race Suit is the result of a decade's worth of R&D and puts an electric airbag inside a rider's race leather.

Nic Sims explains...

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