A Honda Monkey built in a fifth-floor apartment in Paris

I get the occasional monkey or gorilla bike sent in for consideration. And to be honest, I’m never quite sure what to do with these machines. But this Honda Monkey is a cut above the rest, so I've included it here as a little light relief. It’s loosely based on the Japanese company's Z series platform, which apparently grew out of bikes designed to be ridden by children at Japanese amusement parks. Frenchman Hadrien Le Flanchec built this monkey over eight months, in his fifth-floor Parisian apartment. It’s not running the usual low-powered 50cc motor: Le Flanchec has fitted a...