If you’ve been a loyal Mojo subscriber lo these last few years, you’ll know that I’m a little conflicted when it comes to airbag jackets. Oh, of the protection they offer, there can be little doubt. I’ve been beaten with a baseball bat while wearing inflatable protection, tried denting their “armour” with other blunt instruments and have rigorously — some would say religiously — studied the data detailing their protective abilities. I am convinced that airbag clothing is, by far, the best protection offered to the motorcyclist, bar none. No passive armour comes even close.
The only problem — the conflict part of the introduction above — is that airbag garments have not been the most comfortable nor the most versatile. Early versions were positively huge, weighing as much as four kilograms (and feeling like more). They were also, in hot weather, impossibly sweaty. The airbags themselves are impermeable and, combined with the bulk of a minimally vented adventure jacket, they were virtual sweatboxes in the heat of summer. If you’ve never worn one of
