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bolt-on bar ends
I like the way you think, it's something I gave some consideration. If I could make something like this I'd be happy.
Even then, I'd be concerned with the bulge where the bar end connects with the main bar. That's the place I'd probably use the most, the 'hoods' position. I'll have a look around and see what I can find, perhaps there are legs on this.
One might notice it's starting to resemble Casey's Crazy bars. There's a couple of problems I make myself seeing on it so I can keep fantasising about blowtorching things: it looks terrible, and the hoods position has two tubes meeting at an angle. Don't know how the hand is supposed to rest there.
I keep finding that the DIY route is only half delirious. I reckon getting the tubes from ceeway might not cost much (3 x 410mm lengths of Gara 22.2), mitering is for free and a pleasant and rewarding activity (in my head, ok). The missing part of the puzzle is the brazing, I've never been close to a torch and I'd have to either find a workshop that allows someone like me to burn stuff, or find a kind soul that'd be willing to do me a job for an exchange of money.
Will keep brewing this.
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You could approximate it with a set of On-One Mary handlebars and some bolt-on bar ends.
In fact, a bar with a straight mid section and an aggressive sweep would probably do an even better job, you'd just need slight cranked bar-ends. I've got a pair of short straight post-moderne ones for sale if you want to prototype it for cheepz