Baula

Baula is the Spanish name of the leatherback turtle, the huge prehistoric sea creature that inspired the bike. It was commissioned by one of El Solitario's friends, Jimmy. Years earlier, the pair had hidden, drunk, in the grass of a Costa Rican beach as leatherbacks dragged their bulky bodies up the sand to lay eggs. Squint and you can see the resemblance: stuck out in the breeze, the cylinders and heads are Baula's flippers. This behemoth is marginally better on land than in water, though. Baula started life as a 1969 R75-5.