Yamaha XSR900 Type 11 Prototype One

Prototype One kicked off the Type 11 project that Auto Fabrica carried out together with Yamaha, and for the workshop it marked a turning point: the first Auto Fabrica bike on a current base, the three-cylinder Yamaha XSR900. It was meant to be radical. The ideas come from concept design and from the functional shapes of car and motorcycle racing, and the bike kept changing throughout design and build. It started with classic sketches on paper. Because the Muharremi brothers come from industrial design, the process went on through CAD, engineering and rapid prototyping to precision manufacturing, with digital and physical models sharpening the concept step by step. Much of what was learned along the way later went into Prototype Three. Prototype One is meant for the track and track days, with extreme proportions and components from well-known manufacturers. The seat unit is hand-laid in carbon fibre and correspondingly light, and several parts were 3D-printed in carbon and nylon. Tank and fairing are hand-formed from aluminium, with the front fairing flowing seamlessly into the tank. The Type 11 project was unveiled in London in April 2018.