Back in 1942 the British designed a motorcycle backwards. Engineers were handed a standard parachute drop canister, 51 inches long and 12 inches wide, and told to build a working motorcycle that fit inside it. The container won every argument. It got no lights and no suspension, and the single brake sits on the rear wheel because the bike had to slide into the tube at an angle. The fuel tank sat so low that gravity couldn't feed the engine, so riders pressurized it with a hand pump before…