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Vetter Owner's Bikes Page 18
Posted Jan 27, 2010 |
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1979: My father, Clyde F. Vetter
1921-2010 Without him, there would be no Vetter anything. He rode. He introduced me to scooters. Here he is at age 58 on his Hondamatic 750 with my sister's boy, Lucas. |
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Al and Golden Henning in Germany, 1975
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| Al and his wife, Golden, began visiting me in my Rantoul, Illinois plant in the early 1970s. He had just retired from his professional life. He said the stress was killing him. Today, I remember he was 65. He bought his first motorcycle, learned how to ride and began touring the US. Then he toured Europe. Then he wrote stories about his adventures in "Road Rider" magazine.
Ed Youngblood remembers that Al had this GL with thousands of miles on it before he had even seen one at a Honda dealership. I think Honda took good care of Al. Besides being a true ambassador of good will for motorcycling, Al had a colorful background. His daughter was the "Coppertone" girl who eventually married TV commercial guy, Cal Worthington. Al died in 1977, after a non-motorcycle related surgery. |
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1972 Coppertone ad
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| I live in north VA. I was looking for a used Gold Wing 1996 thru 2000. My son was going to school in North Carolina by a Honda shop. He stopped in and looked at some bikes, started talking to sales person who remembered he had an older bike in the basement. So there it was: a 1978 Gold Wing with a full Vetter fairing, am-fm cassett deck, cig. lighter, saddle bags, trunk in good shape. Its a 1978 motorcycle with a 1980 Vetter fairing kit.
I have owned it for 5 years. I have literally fallen in love with this bike. |
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| Craig says: Thank you, Ben. The fairing is all Vetter except for the visor. However, we did not make seats or your luggage. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Page posted Jan 27, 2010
Updated Feb 28, 2010 |
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