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Norton Commando 750 Misty Green by Fuller Motors

Bryan Fuller produced this Custom Norton Commando 750, he presented it at the Handbuilt Motorcycle show Austin, Texas. Fuller Moto is an Atlanta, Georgia-based shop run by Bryan Fuller. When Bryan's not presenting Velocity's Naked Speed, he builds one-off hot rods and motorcycles.

Kyle Frey is the owner of this Norton, nicknamed 'Misty Green'. Bryan said: 'Kyle had seen our café racers and was interested in transforming his Norton Commando. He'd inherited it from his uncle, Fred Heistand.

Fred had come across this Norton as a matching numbers unit, with a frame and four milk crates full of parts. But it'd been sitting for years. The spokes were junk and the kicker was stripped, so it was unusable.

The Norton's frame was the first thing to get an overhaul; in fact, the original was busted beyond repair, so Fuller built a new cromoly frame from scratch, which is no mean feat. This oil carrying frame was built with lines running to the oil pump, with a small reserve tank hiding under the tail section.

Fuller called in Beno Rodi, the go-to guy for all English bikes, for a full rebuild.

He's in his 70s, and still enters a hundred motorcycle races a year, says Bryan.

He knows these old Norton's inside out, and has a stash of old and new parts to fill the gaps where necessary. The motor wasn't in too bad a shape, so Beno did a basic ring, hone, valve and port job.

He also took the time to rejuvenate the transmission, installing a new drive kit and clutch. The mufflers for the exhaust come straight from Cone Engineering.

One of the goals of the project was weight saving. At 464 pounds, the Commando is not too heavy, but it only has 58 hp to push it around in stock form. So Bryan swapped the heavy forks out for a much lighter and shortened CB550 setup. NYC Norton supplied new, custom-drilled triple trees to hold the CB forks.

Dirtbike hubs replaced the originals and the swingarm was extended to house the new rear wheel set up. The brakes are Beringer but they've had a full re-spray job to match the bike's new aesthetic.

The fairing was designed to pay homage to the old TT racers but with a modern twist. It was hand beaten, rolled through the English wheel and hammered, and finally fitted with an adjusted Ducati windshield.

The headlight took a few trials and errors to get right, originally being fabricated from an English lantern that eventually cracked from the stress of the parallel twin; other bulbs threatened to melt their way through everything so Fuller eventually opted for LEDs in the end. The Commando was painted a classic Norton Green finish, with pinstripes and a few graphics, provoking the name Misty Green. The leather work was all crafted by hand as well as the seat!