Man in Africa Builds Motorcycle and Make-Shift Helmet From Wood

I’m pretty sure this is one of the last things you thought you would see, or read about, today, but yes, a motorcycle built with a wooden-frame. It even features a wooden front wheel, and a rider with a half-built-half-broken helmet has been seen riding a motorcycle in Africa.

Where do we even begin with this thing? Well, for starters, and perhaps to no surprise, the bike is smothered in black tape, most likely holding the entire bike together, which is somewhere between genius and more appropriately, very worrying.

The bolt-ons, or should I say, wooden parts to build the frame, look equally unreliable, however, the bike actually runs as the rider can be seen entering a fuel station.

From there, why the bike remains turned on while refuelling takes place is a mystery to me, but we’ll gloss over that one for now because nothing really makes sense about this video or the motorcycle.

Or maybe it’s because the rider is worried about turning the bike off and getting it started again, so he has a fuel station worker put the fluids in for him. Yet, everything seems to be working in order, and the rider is seen revving the throttle to a pretty nice tune.

If you watch the entire video, you will see that it looks as though the rider has wrapped a tyre around the wooden frame to help keep the front of the bike in place.

Now, onto the rider. There’s not much to say except the clothing wouldn’t pass many safety checks, while the helmet looks like it would be more at home on a building site rather than a motorcycle.

That said, while the head attire is a particular no-no, there is something quite endearing about the video, as this particular man has shown a unique skill, by building a bike out of scraps through mechanical ability and knowledge.

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