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Helite GP Air Racing Vest
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Helite GP Air Racing Vest

$1,009.00
COLOR: Black/White
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The GP Air is a tethered airbag vest specially designed for the race track. Ideal for motorcyclists who want to combine convenience and optimal protection.

With its tight and aerodynamic fit and a space left for the suit’s hump, it fits easily over all motorcycle leather suits offering a great freedom of movement.

The airbag vest offers a big protection volume and is equipped with a mechanical system ready to use and easy to reuse. Thanks to its ultra-fast inflation (100 ms), it ensures optimal protection of vital areas: cervical, back, pelvis, sacrum and thorax, before ground impact. It is also provided with removable leather sliders in the back for better protection.

The elastic materials allow a comfortable fit on the sides and at the level of the neck and shoulders.

Even with gloves, the vest is easy to open thanks to the Velcro.

It is sold ready to use with 1 gas cartridge, 1 motorcycle lanyard, 1 Allen key and 1 user guide.

The most important factor in choosing a size of a Helite Vest is your height so the inflatable parts of vest that pass around your torso are in approximately the right place. We’ve listed the height ranges for each size below. There are two “plus” sizes offered in the vest for those that are wider than average. We’ve listed some approximate chest measurements to help you decide if you need a “plus” size or one of the standard sizes. Helite recommends measuring OVER your race suit. The vest has a cutout for the neck hump on a suit, so don’t include the added size of the hump when measuring.

Vest Size Height Chest Measurement
Over Riding Gear		 Waist Measurement
Over Riding Gear
Small 5’3” to 5’8” 29” – 33” 26” – 32”
Medium 5’4” to 5’11” 31” – 35” 28” – 34”
Large 5’6” to 6’1” 33” – 37” 30” – 35”
Large + 5’6” to 6’2” 35” – 39” 32” – 37”
XL 5’7” to 6’4” 35” – 41” 32” – 39”
XL + 5’7” to 6’4” 37” – 45” 34” – 43”

Here are some fit tips from Helite: The vest should have a close-fitting for aerodynamics and it must go down approx 4” below the crest of the iliac (hip bone). Caution, you mustn’t wear Helite airbag if you weight less than 77lbs.

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Our Two Cents

The Helite GP Air racing vest is specifically made for track use and is designed to be worn over a protective leather race suit. It gives a trimmer fit to fit the close fit of race suits, and it has a cutout for the race hump in back. Also, the reaction time is increased beyond all the street-use vests and jackets. This vest does not include a back protector like the street-use models. It is assumed your race suit will include the back protector. The front area that surrounds the cartridge and mechanism is reinforced and padded and “Sliders” have been added to vest on the back to improve its impact protection and abrasion resistance. Please take a look at the photos in our photo gallery to get a visual of the vest in action. :: Paul, 06-22-18

Description from Helite: For the highest level of safety for any motorcyclists Helite introduces the Helite GP Air Airbag Track Vest. Practical, lightweight and discreet with an all new aerodynamic design and flexible fit, the GP Air Track Vest has been specially developed for the race track.

While continuing to protect any rider wearing it from serious injury, the design of the GP Air focuses on aerodynamic design while making space for your suit’s hump. This vest guarantees optimum protection without sacrificing comfort. The airbag system boasts full protection covering your head and neck, spine, chest, ribs, pelvis, pancreas, liver, lungs, etc. with a full-inflation time of under 80-milliseconds when deployed. That makes it the fastest mechanically triggered airbag system on the planet.

The GP Air Track Vest utilizes Helite’s patented TURTLE technology with one exception: the TURTLE effect has been DOUBLED! Not only does the back of the vest have protective armor. The front of the GP Air has integrated body armor as well! This means an even higher level of protection than ever before.