Top 10 motorcycle inventions we won't be rushing to buy

WE’RE all for innovation here but among the endless host of ideas and products relating to motorcycles that have emerged over the last century or so have been a few that don't make the top of our wish list.

Here’s a top 10 of our favourite fashion faux pas and engineering missteps.

10. The turbo visor

The idea, which dates back to the '60s or even earlier, is clever – a clear plastic dish with aerodynamic vanes around the edge that attaches above your visor on a spindle. Air flow makes it spin and in theory it throws rain water off, keeping your vision clear in bad weather. Period images even show the likes of Graham Hill using one in an F1 car, and they’re still available today – albeit aimed at car drivers rather than motorcyclists. The problem on bikes, a market they were once aimed at, is that the domed plastic works like a parachute the moment you look over your shoulder.