Rikimbili

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Cuban rikimbili, a typical makeshift motorcycle, 2009

Rikimbili (or also Riquimbili) is the name for a motor-driven bicycle that was created during the economic crisis in Cuba (from 1990) called a special period in peacetime . It is an individually manufactured means of transport consisting of a bicycle and any improper electric or combustion engine from another device or vehicle. For the storage of fuel, so that an internal combustion engine is used, beverage bottles made of plastic are mostly used.

Web links

Commons : Riquimbili  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ How communism turned Cuba into an island of hackers and DIY engineers Public Broadcasting Service