May 17, 2025

C6 in the City with Capsul: This Event Had No Business Being This Cool

Last weekend? Let’s just say Bangalore wasn’t ready. Royal Enfield’s slick new EV sub-brand Flying Flea pulled up with their prototype C6, and Capsul was right there, stirring the culture pot like we always do.

From music to matcha, panel talks to photo stories — we curated, programmed, and vibed through a 3-day experience that was less “product launch” and more “It almost felt illegal to be this cool.”

🧬 What Even Is the Flying Flea?

Think: Royal Enfield’s new alt-ego. Their experimental EV baby, the Flying Flea C6, is inspired by a WWII motorcycle you could literally parachute into battle. Now it's back in a futuristic, ultra-light, AI-enhanced, magnesium-built form.

👀 Still a prototype. Still no release date. But already iconic.

After making waves in Milan, London, Delhi and Bombay, the Bangalore leg needed to hit different. Enter: Capsul.

☕ Welcome to the Flying Flea Café — Where Heritage Met Matcha

We knew Bangalore wouldn’t settle for “just a launch.” So we cooked up the ultimate "live lightly" café experience inside Sabha BLR — a gorgeous 170-year-old heritage house.

It was giving…
✔ museum-core
✔ café-core
✔ motorcycle-meditation-meets-creative-clubhouse-core

The Flying Flea Café was designed in collab with:

🧠 Narrative Arc – spatial magic
🍵 Daily Bakehouse – coffee, matcha, bakes for the soul
🍽 Karan Upmanyu – chef's kiss small plates only available at the café

A chill hangout spot for thinkers, tinkerers, and people who can’t resist photographing beautiful bikes and beautifully poured matcha.

🎨 Art, AI & All the Feels — The Culture Capsule

You know us — Capsul doesn’t do boring.
We brought in three artists who absolutely understood the assignment and made the Flying Flea philosophy tangible through different mediums:

Ansh Kumar – built an interactive sculpture that made people question, “Is this art or therapy?”

Lekha Rathnam – created an analog photo story using a film camera (yes, film, like, vintage-core).

Goji – whipped up dreamy, trippy AI-generated videos inspired by Enfield’s heritage. Black Mirror but make it vintage bikes.

🔊 Music, Panels, & People Who Get It

Every day came with a healthy dose of panel talks on design, tech, and mobility, featuring some seriously cool minds. (YouTube episodes dropping soon, stay tuned 👀)

Capsul handled all the music programming — because vibes are serious business.

🎧 Rishi Sippy brought the vinyls and the beats, curating both electronic and analog listening sessions that made people stop mid-bite like, “Wait, whoa, what is this track?”

🌟 Special Night for the Real Ones (You Know Who You Are)

Midway through, we flipped the script and hosted a Capsul Community Night.
Founders. Creators. Stylists. Designers. Scene-stealers. The kind of crowd that gets it.

Photography by Inderjit Kathuria

They got to:

See the C6 up close before anyone else.
Get lost in the art + audio.
Sip on good coffee while manifesting their next big idea.
React with “bruh” levels of awe to the design.

It was less “bike event” and more “you had to be there.”

🧠 Why This Slapped

Let’s keep it real — most launches are copy-paste snoozefests. But Flying Flea? They said:

“What if we actually respected culture and community and trusted partners like Capsul to build something real?”

And that’s what we did.

This wasn’t just about showcasing a bike. It was about storytelling, scene-building, and sparking conversations about the future of mobility, design, and life itself.

📸 The Bike, The Shoot, The Moment

You know, we had to do it — a full-blown photoshoot with the Flying Flea C6 before the doors even opened. Think: minimal, futuristic, and heritage-charged all at once — just like the bike itself.

The shoot was our chance to really showcase the soul of the C6: sleek lines, raw metal, and that “I’m not like other EVs” energy. We styled it in and around Sabha BLR’s sunlit corners and moody corridors, making the bike feel like it belonged in a gallery.

And honestly? It turned out to be more than just content. It set the tone for how the bike would be displayed during the event — not just parked, but presented.

The C6 stood proud, surrounded by art and storytelling. It wasn't just “on display.” It was the main character, and everyone felt it.

People walked in thinking they were coming to “see a bike” and walked out feeling like they had witnessed a design object, a relic from the future, and a damn good photoshoot set all at once.