Monkey Bars

Just down the boulevard from The Bent Bar, is The Monkey Bar. Recommended in the Gok Wan look-book 'for the larger boy - or girl, whose proud of their curves...[and] welcomes swingers'.
My first love bar was modeled on Billy's Easy Rider bike. Then for the next 20 years my XS had a low drag pull-back - which would be on par with wheelbarrow Flanders for sensible flat track leverage. But nah, chopper racing is silly, so I need a silly bar. I've been hankering for some 'Z's for ages, but every other mofo has those. So I ended up at Honda Z50. Funny name for a bar.

Tech info: because I'm a cheapskate (or at least was trying to rebuild this bike to a tight budget) I went for Chinese rip-off metal bar. Initial comparison with OEM bar, was that there wasn't much difference in the bending. The welding was obviously worse. Truly cheap as chips. When I got home and mated the bars to the clamp I noticed a hairline crack in one of the locating teeth indents, and it ran around where the casting is heat-treated (or is that just some very hot CNCing!?) On closer inspection this bottle top sculpture (not a thing of function) was evidently as sturdy as a vinegar drowned chip. So I've now splashed out on a gen-u-ine Honda item from Monkey Bike UK (just down the road from the Dirt Quake track). It is truly a thing of beauty - and strength.

Apologies to Chalopy Ralph, I should have respected your wise Monkey words. BP