Biker groups flourish in post-Gaddafi Libya


  • World
  • Wednesday, 22 Nov 2017

Members of the Tripoli bikers group pose for the camera at beach in Tripoli, Libya November 4, 2017. Picture taken November 4, 2017. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Donning leather and helmets (sometimes), they roar along Libya's hair-raising, potholed roads on carefully polished Harley Davidsons and Kawasakis.

Part of a growing scene, there are now hundreds of bikers in Tripoli alone who come from all walks of life. One is the imam of a local mosque, another a 60-year-old mechanic who lived nearly three decades in Texas.

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