Our Bikes

Rob from A&J Cycles mentioned wanting to build a new bike, so his fiancé picked up a crusty XS650 project for him as a wedding gift (no she doesn’t have any single sisters). Built at A&J Cycles with some help from Dave at Slag Kustoms and others, here is what we put together:

• 23” XL500 rim laced to stock front hub
• 18” Excel rear rim laced to Cognito moto rear disk brake hub
• Shaved front fork tubes (front brake delete)
• Woodcraft Clip Ons
• Kellerman Bullet Atto Turn Signals
• Purpose Built Moto 3 Button Switch and Black Box Lighting Module
• Biltwell Seat
• LC Fabrications Brake Reservoir
• Motone Spun Aluminum Gas Cap
• Spiegler Brake Line
• cognito moto Triple tree
• Uni Pod Filters and Breather
• Oury Grips
• Domino KTM Throttle Assembly
• Bridgestone Trailwing tires
• Pamco Ignition
• Modified Hugh’s Handbuikt Exhaust
• Bikemaster Black/Chrome BMZR Chain
• Galespeed Clutch Lever and Perch
• Frame, electronics tray and rear fender painted by Dave Slag Kustoms
• Tank painted by Ronnie at Weights and Paints
• Powdercoating by TRG Coating

Owner's personal bike.

1st Place, NYC JP Cycles Ultimate Builder's Street Custom Class - 2017 Performance:

• Iron Cobras Fabrication GP 2:1 Exhaust
• Keihin FCR 39mm flat slide carbs
• TTP Remapped Ignitor

Appearance:

• Motogadget Classic Tachometer/Speedometer mounted in a Benji's Headlight bucket
• Motodemic Adaptive LED headlight
• Motogadget M-Blaze Disc Bar End Turn Signals Available Here
• Motogadget M-Rear Bar End Mirror
• Extensive rewiring and shaving on the frame to hide the battery
• PlasticBike Thruxton Cup 1-Piece tail section
• Discacciati Adjustable Rear Sets
• LSL Headlight Brackets

Drivetrain/Suspension:

• 180 wide wheel kit using Buchanan Spokes and 17" X 5.5" Excel Rim
• Calfab Aluminum Swing Arm - 1" Extension
• 520 Chain Conversion with Supersrox sprockets and EK 3D Chain
• Cognito Moto Front Hub and Top Triple Tree
• 2006 GSXR 600 Front End
• Galfer Wave Rotors
• LSL Steering Damper
• Spiegler Vintage Black Brake Lines

Paint/Powdercoat:

• Powdercoating by TRG Coating
• Paint by Dave at Slag Kustoms
• Photos by Jim Lobiondo and James Malone

This is a customer bike that turned in to a shop project.  Mike K was kind enough to let us take his clean 2016 R and overhaul it in the spring of 2018. List of upgrades:

• Airbox delete in house with help from Dave at Slag Kustoms - included detabbing the frame, welding in a new electronics tray, removing the seat latch, painting the frame, relocating wiring and battery
• A&J Cycles Sprint Pod Filter Kit
• Motodemic Adaptive 2 Headlight
• Rizoma Parts: Front Fender, 3D Levers, 80MM Spy Arm Mirrors, Next Rear Brake Reservoir
• HightechSpeed X-Arc Turn Signals
• Luimoto Vintage Ribbed Seat Cover
• Ohlins Blackline Shocks
• Free Spirits Brembo Rear Brake Upgrade
• Custom Free Spirits front rotors
• Powdercoated many parts including: stock hubs, rims, sprocket cover, tank strap, heel guards, throttle bodies, triple trees, fairing bracket and more - TRG Coating
• Triumph Black Engine Cover Kit
• Outex Tubeless Conversion
• Painted Ducati Artic Silk White by Dave at Slag Kustoms
• Custom license plate bracket by Dave at Slag Kustoms
• Cerakoted Swingarm
• Titanium Rotor Bolts
• LSL Foot Pegs and Shift and Brake Levers
• Cone Engineering Shorty Performer Mufflers with Arrow Race Headers
• Bikemaster Black/Chrome Chain, A&J Cycles Black Rear Sprocket and Driven Racing Sprocket Nuts
• Power Commander V5 with Autotune - tuned by Xenocron Tuning - 94HP at Rear Wheel
• Feature on bonnefication: http://www.bonnefication.com/aj-cycles-thruxton-r/

all Photos by Jimmy Lobiondo

Toaster tank build is complete. Plan was to keep as much original on bike with the 40+ year old patina. Old school build with new school technology. Can be see at App Moto Jam Snow Hill Climbs in the winter! Build includes: Motogadget M-Unit, M-Lock w/ Tesa Cloth tape harness Motone Hand Control Switches and Billet Turn Signals 18X4.6 front and rear Bridgestone Trail Wing TW52 Tires - front relaced to 18X2.15 Rim with Buchanan Spokes LC Fabrications Battery Box and AntiGravity 12 Cell Battery San Jose BMW fork brace from 70s (ebay find) Works Performance Dirt Tracker Shocks LSL Superbike low handlebars Mikuni 32MM Carbs from Rocky Point Cycles Cone Engineering Stubby Mufflers Subframe from Side Rock Cycles Custom Box Stitch seat from Pirate Upholstery in Kingston, NY Engine machine work by Bombar's Beemers in NC 70s Hondaka Number Plate numbered by Pinstriping by AD All work done in housePhotos by Warren Salle and Nubbs Sugrue