Airconditioned motorbike

Juniper Foo | Sep 02, 2004

Rain or shine, it sucks to be a motorist. Those two-wheeled chariots just aren't designed to keep out the elements. Since you can now lay hands on a bike with an attached canopy, it only remains to invent a motorcycle with onboard airconditioning. Impossible? Enter Israeli inventor Glen Guttman whose solution is simply an electronic unit powered by a standard motorcycle battery. This funnels cold air through a connecting tube into a thermal undershirt worn under the motorcyclist's jacket. The special undershirt apparently distributes cold air evenly over the rider's entire upper body. So far, no one's mentioned what happens after you get off your bike, and start baking in all that extra apparel, undershirt included. Still, crash helmets off to an ingeniously cool idea (pun intended).

Price: N.A.
Availability: Beta trials in the US
Device: Airconditioning unit
Basic specs: Tubing, airconditioning unit, undershirt

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Anonymous says...
I imagined this soooo many times as a former biker, but including trousers. Thanks for making the dream a reality... Also please look at piping the cool air into the elmet or face mask. A battery pack/solar would be nice for off-bike coolness.

Aug 12, 2005 17:21