Monday 15 September 2014

The World's Most Hated Motorcycle

Impostor from El Solitario on Vimeo.

Saw El Solitario's Imposter in the flesh for the first time at Glemseck and, among the cookie-cutter airhead BMWs that half-filled the event, it stood out like a turd on a wedding cake. In a good way. Which was the whole point of it (I think).

BMW's head of motorrad design, Ola Stenegard was riding around on it with a shit-eating grin on his face, so he must like it.

Intrigued by El Solitario? Want to read more? We've featured three of their bikes:

SB16 (Cover bike) Petardo the Ducati
SB14 Gonzo the BMW boxer twin
SB12 Chupito the Ducati single (sold out - we're trying to find a box of them, Raiders of the Lost Ark-style.) G

3 comments:

JamesJ said...

"It's the artist who educates the critics". Not my words but this bike makes you ponder...

JamesJ said...

AND it's a motorbike! BRAAAAP!!

Dan said...

'The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic' - it's Oscar Wilde, & as far as I can tell he's satirising power structures, not reinforcing them, but crack on.