If you think Drag Specialties is kidding when it says you can build a custom bike right out of the FatBook catalog, here’s proof. Just ask Tony Cenzi of CC Cycles. This is the one he built.

ver the past few issues we’ve had peeks at this one, but here it is complete–rollin’, rockin’ and ready to rumble. Tony Cenzi’s first-ever FatBook feature bike, a little street-digger with performance to spare, is proof positive that CC Cycles knows how to build a custom. It’s more proof that Drag Specialties can deliver everything needed to make it happen, too.
     CC Cycles, located in Spencerport, New York, just outside Rochester, has been in business since 1996. Tony’s shop has grown into a booming eight-employee beehive of activity. These guys turn out more than two-dozen motorcycles a year. They do it all, too, everything right down to the paint and graphics. CC Cycles squeezes in plenty of routine service work, too; performance builds and light customizing goes on right alongside all those ground-ups, like this one. Fat-tire kits are installed, pipes, carbs and chrome are all sold and mounted. Needless to say, Tony’s a solid customer at Drag Specialties. He has them on speed-dial.
     For this ground-up FatBook project bike Tony chose a Paramount rigid frame as a base. He’s powering it with a no-fooling-around Patrick Racing 113-inch engine. He has that little monster breathing through a Rivera dual-Mikuni induction and a set of Vance & Hines “Big Radius” pipes. Up at the front Tony went with Accutronix raked triple-trees and 2-over tubes using Deuce lowers. He chose some Arlen Ness wheels and controls, too, along with a BAKER 6-speed. There are Brembo brakes to bring it all to a halt. For the rubber, out back there’s a big Metzeler 280 matched with a skinny 21-incher at the front. “We went for a street-digger feel,” Tony says, explaining his parts selection. “This is a little race bike for the highway. It sits low and level, but that front end is still sticking out there a bit.”
     With that basic premise in mind Tony went shopping in the FatBook for everything he’d need. And he found it. Along with the hardware already mentioned, this bike’s swoopy tin work is based around a stretched Independent gas tank and a set of Russ Wernimont fenders. The oil tank is the one that came with the frame, modified a little to blend into the lines of the bike. Tony worked that custom magic around the frame’s neck area, too, but that’s about the end of the special work. By and large, what we’re looking at here is an outstanding selection of out-of-the-catalog parts. Like all FatBook builds, the idea was to demonstrate just how cool a motorcycle can be built using what the aftermarket offers and Drag Specialties delivers.
     “And I think it turned out great,” Tony says. “I’m happy with it.” So are the guys at Drag Specialties. Tony Cenzi stuck to the plan. About the only part on this whole bike that’s not listed in the FatBook is the seat; Tony made the pan and had it custom upholstered. “I used one of my own coil mounts, too,” he admits, but other than that this street-digger is straight from the catalog. Anyone could duplicate it. How cool is that?
     “And I’ll tell you something else,” Tony says. “FatBook project-bike or not, I get 90-percent of everything I need from Drag Specialties. They’re the best.” So is the bike he just built for them. Take a good look here, and again in person when you see this one out on tour. Run down the accompanying build sheet, as well. Just about everything included in this bike is listed in the FatBook, and it’s all in the Drag Specialties warehouse.

The 21-inch Arlen Ness front wheel Tony chose gives the bike a narrow look when seen from the front.

Obviously the Paramount rigid frame set the direction of the look of this bike. Completing the look are other products from Drag Specialties suppliers such as fenders by Russ Wernimont and Independent Gas Tank’s 5-inch Arco tank.

There are some wider tires available nowadays, but check out how good this bike looks with the Metzeler ME880 280/35VR-18 rear tire. Those Vance & Hines Big Radius exhaust pipes look great too. You know you’ll have the sound you’re looking for.

This bike has “Best of Show” written all over it. The Adjure headlight and LA Choppers 6-inch BFL handlebars match all the right lines on Cenzi’s design.