Type 16: Auto Fabrica goes Commando

Some builders pick a formula and repeat it. Others reinvent the wheel every time and stick to one-offs. Auto Fabrica's methodology lands somewhere in the middle, and it's consistently produced spectacular results. The British shop will typically pick a readily available donor bike, completely transform it, and then produce a few variations on the design, tweaking it as they go. But for their latest project, they've chosen a very unusual donor bike—the legendary Norton Commando. Auto Fabrica's client wanted a 'Type 6'—a Yamaha XS650 custom that that first surfaced three years ago. But Bujar, Gazmend and Toby weren't keen on...