Saudi women rev up motorbikes as end to driving ban nears

Even a year ago it would have been hard to imagine Saudi women riding motorbikes in Riyadh but on June 24 the kingdom will historically lift the decades-long ban on female drivers. [AFP]

Even a year ago, it would have been hard to imagine -- Saudi women clad in skinny jeans and Harley-Davidson T-shirts, revving motorbikes at a Riyadh sports circuit.

But ahead of the historic lifting of a decades-long ban on female drivers on June 24, women gather weekly at the privately owned Bikers Skills Institute, to learn how to ride bikes.