Hasta La Ideas

Last year, we caught wind of a company called Roof for Two that had a cool project under wraps, no pun intended: A portable, fold-flat, quickly-deployable rain shield for a motorcycle. We contacted them, but they couldn’t send us video or images of it at the time, as they were in the midst of applying for both a design patent and a utility patent.

Well, the wait is over: The patents have been granted, and a demo video of what they’re calling the RainRunner is ready.

Would those of you with motorcycle experience use of these? While the concept looks cool to a non-biker like me, the company has been struggling; they’re currently lights-out, due to problems acquiring seed funding. Your opinions could provide some useful insight.

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