Style and Swagger With a Renegade Trike Hacker in Nigeria

From White African Mon Nov 12 2012, 11:28:40

I'm a motorcycle guy, so anytime you put a motor on a chassis with something less than four wheels, then I'm interested. This week I'm at Maker Faire Africa in Lagos, Nigeria. This is the 4th installment, after Ghana 2009, Kenya 2010 and Egypt 2011. The creation below is by a young man called "STA", [...]

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