Collection: Royal Enfield Presents
EL SOLITARIO PROMETEO
With special guest Studio Waldemeyer: A Radical Statement on the Future of Motorcycling
As the motorcycling world gathers for the largest motorcycle show on the planet, El Solitario, known for pushing the boundaries of two-wheeled culture, unveils a powerful new work of art presenting a future of motorcycling in a world of increasingly oppressive safety regulations, that is simultaneously pushing towards autonomous vehicles and virtual ‘experiences’.
Inspired by the myth of Prometheus, who suffered eternal torment for defying the gods, El Solitario Prometeo is not just another custom project. It is a requiem for freedom in a world eagerly surrendering to surveillance, control, and the suffocating promise of mandated safety. Prometeo stands as a symbol of defiance, a last flicker of fire in a time where personal autonomy is being sacrificed to the new gods of algorithmic control and technological dominance. It marks the point of no return in a world that would rather be controlled than free.
As a voice against a cultivated culture of fear, Prometeo raises a warning. "What we face is the loss of excitement, adventure, and personal responsibility, all sacrificed for a false promise of safety."
Prometeo isn’t just a machine; it is a lament for what we are giving away: Freedom traded for comfort, risk exchanged for convenience. As society marches towards the sterile future of UE's program “VISION ZERO,” where all accidents and possible harms are erased, Prometeo stands in tragic protest against such a lifeless world.
Only that which can destroy itself
is truly alive.
Carl Jung
EL SOLITARIO WISHES TO EXTEND OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE TO ROYAL ENFIELD FOR THEIR INVALUABLE PARTNERSHIP, TRUST, AND RESPECT FOR OUR CREATIVE VISION. THE BOLDNESS OF EL SOLITARIO PROMETEO IS AN EXPRESSION OF OUR OWN ARTISTIC PERSPECTIVE AND REFLECTS OUR
COMMITMENT TO FIGHT HUMAN AUTOMATION. EL SOLITARIO TAKES FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE VIEWS EXPRESSED OR POTENTIAL INTERPRETATIONS DERIVED FROM THE WORK
ITSELF.