Bikers in Benghazi rev up motors to showcase their war-scarred country

Members of Libyan motorcycle clubs recently revved up their motors in Benghazi to show the world another side to their country. — AFP

Bikers of Libya’s Mediterranean city of Benghazi, the cradle of its 2011 revolution and a one-time Islamist bastion, rev up their motors to show another side to their war-scarred country.

In a cocktail of gleaming chrome and rumbling engines, dozens of heavy-duty motorbike enthusiasts in their leathers tear up the asphalt in regular parades through the streets of the wind-strewn city.