Perfect 10: Auto Fabrica's BMW R80

By the late 1980s, the simple, classic styling of most BMW airheads had turned gawky. The R80 RT was especially afflicted: its enormous fairing and sticky-out mirrors pleased the long-distance riders, but few others. Thirty years later, this makes the BMW R80 a prime candidate for the Auto Fabrica treatment. The English workshop specializes in a super-clean, minimalist look—the two-wheeled equivalent of a West Coast hot rod builder, if you like. Shop boss Bujar Muharremi recalls the day the bike arrived. 'Like many of these monoshock BMW R80s, it was fully faired-up—and a bit of a late 80s mess,' he...