Don’t Fight It, Feel It: Auto Fabrica Embraces The CX500
When faced with a Honda CX500 in the shop, the first thing most builders do is ‘fix’ the frame. It looks awkward…
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Custom Bikes of the Week: 29 November, 2015
A radical Le Mans from Auto Fabrica, the most stylish Yamaha XT660r we’ve ever seen, and an Indian Scout ready to race…
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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…
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The Auto Fabrica Type 6: Reduced to perfection
In Japan, there is a design theory called Kanso (簡素)—meaning simplicity, or the elimination of clutter. And every time I see an…
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Factory Fresh: Auto Fabrica’s super clean SR400
At a glance, Yamaha’s re-issued SR400 is virtually indistinguishable from its vintage counterparts. Which is probably why it’s so popular. It has…
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Auto Fabrica Yamaha SR500
The English workshop Auto Fabrica is fast developing a distinctive style. It’s the reduction of the motorcycle to its simplest form, finished…
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Auto Fabrica Type 4 Yamaha SR250
For the past few weeks, I’ve had a KTM Freeride 350 in my garage—a press bike on loan. The most striking thing…
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Yamaha SR250 by Auto Fabrica
The SR400 has been around for a while as a popular custom donor bike, but we shouldn’t overlook its little 250cc brother,…
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